There's nothing quite like getting in the car with a friend and just heading out with no definite plans and making it up as you go along. You don't know where you'll end up.

We misplaced a suburb.

*planning to do it again*

It's 11:51 PM and I've got a shot glass of gin and a shot glass of white tequila ahead of me and I've lost track of which is which ( Read more... )

I learned to drive stick shift today ( Read more... )

I can run a steam boiler ( Read more... )

Brother and his friend are in the backyard trying to hit plastic golf balls over the roof. The cats are watching with great interest as they mostly roll down the roof and fall in front of the (rear-facing) dining room window. The house is just slightly short of "hot and sticky" and I have the windows open; the irises are blooming and the parts of ( Read more... )

It is really, really awesome, especially for someone who's been a wallflower pretty much since birth, to be surrounded by this amount of well-wishing, comfort, and general friendliness ( Read more... )

It's completely amazing what the internets can offer, no? Or perhaps traumatizing was the word I wanted there.

There exists a livejournal community called badlubeday. This amuses me. It also makes certain parts of me shudder in horror and makes me cry for the human race, but it amuses me. Also, fanficrants is a marvelous time suck. TVTropes.org is even worse. It ( Read more... )

Holy fuck, today was a rollercoaster ride. I was too keyed up to sleep much last night; got up early to vote, and stood in line for forty minutes to do so. My polling place was in the high school's commons area, and all the students saw us lining up almost out the doors to vote, and that's going to be what they remember about Election Day, not ( Read more... )