There was a bit where someone erroneously directed me to the sixth floor of an un-air-conditioned elevator-free building ten minutes before the class started, but after that it all went well ( Read more... )

It's amazing what a difference your job makes ( Read more... )

We're out of the New Carrollton apartment. It feels good ( Read more... )

Tyler is out hiking and camping on the Appalachian Trail this weekend. Obviously, I am not. I sort of deliberately didn't make any plans; it has been a long time since I've just spent a weekend alone, kicking around, getting things done, and the NaNoWriMo word count could use some extra attention ( Read more... )

Paraphrased from conversation this weekend, posted because I want to remember ( Read more... )

Tyler bought a ukulele. Now he's exploring the Leonard Cohen songbook.

*melts*

Yes. Yes, this works for me.

( In which case the internet can suck it - good days are worth recording )

"Do not bring people in your life who weigh you down. And trust your instincts ... good relationships feel good. They feel right. They don't hurt. They're not painful. That's not just with somebody you want to marry, but it's with the friends that you choose. It's with the people you surround yourselves with. And that's just as important as the ( Read more... )

Tyler pawned our encyclopedia off on a random homeless dude last night. He was already getting rid of it, reluctantly but voluntarily because it was from 1983 and has been in boxes on our floor and we have the internet. When he got to the dumpster there was some homeless guy hanging out there, so Tyler offered them to him. His response, apparently ( Read more... )

I have been pestering Tyler to get me a copy of this book Boneshaker since I read the blurb a couple months ago after a conversation about steampunk and zombies. He finally got his hands on a copy, and I finally started reading it this morning ( Read more... )