In keeping with the theme of trying to stay positive, there's a "cheer-up" meme going on:


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Another friending post: Baby Polar Bear's Friend Challenge

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1. What is your favorite food to eat prepared by someone else (parent, spouse, friend, etc.)? It's really hard to decide. I'm part Italian and part Armenian, so food is really big in my family. My dad makes some great meals. I love his pizza, his pasta for which he can make a myriad of wonderful sauces, his red snapper, the stove top popcorn he ( Read more... )

Okay you guys, I really need to focus on positive things right now, so here goes!

1. My health is good! Long-time readers of my journal will know why this is so important for me.
   
   
2. My family is healthy, too.
   
   
3. I got a hair cut yesterday! I rarely post pictures of myself, but I just might post one later because my hair dresser snapped a few when ( Read more... )

I'm trying to do the right thing and prepare myself to to vote tomorrow on state and local measures and candidates, but it's frustrating. I want to be a good citizen and and be informed and for me, this means more than just reading the summary. I like to know where these propositions and candidates are coming from, who's putting in money to back ( Read more... )

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**sigh** Sometimes, I don't like change ( Read more... )

So it's 49 years ago today that the Beatles "conquered" America. America was still recovering from the assassination of John F. Kennedy in November of '63. The arrival of John, Paul, George and Ringo was one of the first rays of sunshine that helped on the road to recovery. My dad loves to tell the story about bringing a little transistor radio ( Read more... )

So I'm making this knit afghan. Why on earth I ever thought I could - or even should - knit rather than crochet an entire afghan I have no idea. Must have been a moment of sheer and complete insanity. It's not that it's that difficult, and it doesn't even take that much concentration. In fact, I kinda like working the star stitch and I love the ( Read more... )

Sunday, popplesba (formerly referred to as The Purple Headed Lady actually, I think I called her The Tall One?) and I went to a showing of the Indian Jones trilogy at The Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. It was awesome! A sea of fedoras and leather jackets... It's been a long time since I've really seen any of those movies, and I'd never actually ( Read more... )