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, inspired by chantal87, I made up some Duran Duran icons. I spent 3 or 4 years utterly obsessed with the band (and especially bassist John Taylor) in the mid-80s (and even wore clothing similar to theirs, had my hair cut similar to theirs, dyed my bangs similar to John's, named my cat Nigel -- which is John Taylor's middle name -- etc.), so it was fun ( Read more... )

I was randomly thinking today about some of my favorite possessions ( Read more... )

The knee is much better today and only woke me up a few times last night. Hurray!

Shannon and I spent a couple hours this evening packing stuff up and moving storage bins out to our fabulous new garage with its fabulous new shelves. The closets are suddenly so spacious! We are also getting rid of a lot of stuff. I mean, is there really any chance ( Read more... )

Shannon and I biked down to the (sorta) new Berkeley Bowl this evening, primarily because (1) I wanted to check out the store's "British food" section and (2) Shannon wanted to have a look at the nearby bike trails, which have been recently under construction. Despite the morning's drizzling rain, this evening it was lovely, sunny weather for a ( Read more... )

Yesterday, while having a pill thrust into her mouth (unfortunately not down her throat, though that was accomplished eventually), Cobweb bit my left index fingertip in some magical way that was excruciating. Some of the worst pain I've ever experienced. Shannon and I assume she must have hit a nerve or something, because it really hurt more than ( Read more... )