Kurogane, the Honda Accord I've been driving for most of this year, is a very pleasant reliable car with good gas mileage and a lovely sound system. However, he sits fairly low to the ground. This makes driving him home in the middle of the night in the middle of a thus far two-hour downpour down a road that's a recent victim of construction a ( Read more... )

So, for one of my classes I'm using this online system called MathXL. In order to register for MathXL, you have to buy an $88 textbook containing a code required for registration. I took a MathXL class last semester, so I already have an account! A lot of people don't like it, but I find it very helpful -- there's no instructor, but each problem ( Read more... )

A bit of good news: I've almost certainly acquired a job as a pet sitter! This is good -- I am in desperate need of a job and this will provide at least some income to work with so Keri won't be the only one keeping a roof over our heads. Now for some grumbling ( Read more... )

Today is really not my day ( Read more... )

Holy crap guys, my immune system exploded. I got a 600mg pill of Motrin earlier so it's hard to tell, but I'm pretty sure that my throat still hurts.

I probably have strep.

To the people who asked for cookies last post: You're still getting them! I delayed making them so that they would be as fresh as possible when I sent them out, and it seems ( Read more... )

Next time mom asks why I mix everything by hand, I'm going to point out that I must burn at least twice as many calories making the cookies as I gain eating them. Uuuugh, my arm.

On that note, does anyone really like snickerdoodles? Enough to have some mailed to you? I accidentally doubled the recipe so instead of making 40 cookies I'm going to be ( Read more... )

The purchase of a big, fluffy, twin-sized blanket means I am officially no longer capable of washing all my bedding in two loads (sheets and blankets). I have to split the blanket load in two.

This is awesome.

In other news, I've finished all my Christmas shopping. Now to finish the icons. c_c

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I kinda really want to give myself a really short haircut. Like, really short. Like take an electric razor to my scalp short. Partly because I just want to, and parlty because I'm rapidly approaching the age and workforce where giving yourself weird haircuts for no reason is no longer acceptable.

I was gonna steal a meme from envisioned/vegetas/patchouli but the code went ( Read more... )

There's something to be said for Tucker's ability to hide himself in the tree and my inability to find him until he moves to poke his head out of the branches.

And of course, he was high enough up that I couldn't pull him out without pulling the whole tree down in the process. Stupid cat.

If I haven't made at least 4 Christmas presents by ( Read more... )