For the past few days, for no apparent reason, I've been concocting this list of the national/international events that have had the most vivid effect on me thus far in my life. I'm not sure what it means that the earliest one that really had a big impact was when I was 16. I remember some politically or culturally significant events before that, ( Read more... )

Today Shannon and Gary headed off to do their manly stuff w/the Maka house, and Mary was at work, so I just hung out on my own, which was cool. It was the first time I'd had the house to myself since we've been here, and I'm a big fan of the whole "having the house to myself" experience. So I just puttered around: read, slept, lay on the bed in the ( Read more... )

This evening I went crazy on iTunes and bought a bunch of music. For a long time, I felt like I *should* buy music that was unfamiliar to me, expose myself to new things, and it meant I ended up listening to a lot of stuff that didn't excite me much. But tonight I splurged on 80's stuff that I can sing along with, 'cause I know all the words. Many ( Read more... )