I can't go as far as saying it's been a complete 180° turnaround in my world since getting much of my life back, so let's call it a respectable 90 ( Read more... )

Two steps forward, one step back. That sums it up quite nicely ( Read more... )

I think I have most of my gifts planned out and/or bought already, and it isn't even December yet. Who am I and what have I done with Laurasia? She would never do such a well-thought-out and un-procrastinatorish thing like that ( Read more... )

Back from the 2010 LA Auto Show! Great show this year with most of my favorites :)

Justin, and spending a million monotonous hours on the freeway every day with nothing to do but look at cars ... they are both responsible for getting me to actually give a crap about cars. I wouldn't call myself a car enthusiast, because I know very little about ( Read more... )

It was a little too foggy this morning to catch a good look at the end of the Leonids shower this morning :( But I'm pretty sure I caught the slightest glimpse a couple times off to the side. Often when you're stargazing for meteors, you'll catch one at the very corner of your peripheral vision and it only lasts for a tiny fraction of a second, so ( Read more... )

I don't care about William and Kate ... yet I still clicked on about 3 or 4 stories about the royal engagement throughout the course of the day. I don't know why. But, it just might be that the age-old storyline of a common girl from the country meeting a prince and becoming a princess is too "Disney" not to make me look -_ ( Read more... )

Unfortunately, tonight it was a choice between gathering all the honeymoon photos and finally getting them ready to post online (after more than a month) or writing a "real" LJ entry. I've put the photos off for far too long, and so I chose in their favor ( Read more... )

I can't fathom how it would be like to give up my life for the defense of the country, its people, and its allies, as they did ( Read more... )

Apparently retailers have managed to shove Christmas back practically into Halloween season. It was bad before, but this year has been pretty inexcusable ( Read more... )

It was a remarkably pleasant day. Not a common way to describe a day spent in Downtown LA, especially for me because I normally can't stand it ( Read more... )