I've been watching Inauguration festivities coverage on CNN all day. I'm very much looking forward to Tuesday, though I won't be able to watch the Inaugural coverage live because I'll be in training to be a sub on Tuesday (O.O FIRST DAY!!! O.O) Right now, I'm listening to Springsteen singing with a gospel choir on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial ( Read more... )

Seriously...

crazyjedi came over today to help me make fig preserves. We made three batches. One like the recipe, minus the liqueur and vanilla. Good, but a bit too sweet. So a second with half the sugar - better. And then a third to which we added a vanilla bean. OMGSOFREAKINGGOOD!!! Original recipe hereWhile making these preserves, we revisited fandoms past. West Wing ( Read more... )

It usually doesn't have anything even remotely interesting to tell me, but I rarely turn the channel immediately after tv shows I watch end, and sometimes the news comes on... like tonight. And I'm really glad I caught this 'cause it's super interesting - at least to me ( Read more... )