Congratulations, ropo and wimsey70, for surviving another spin of the odometer! Here's hoping that every year treats you a little better than the last one!

My home computer died last week, so my Internet access has been intermittent. Yesterday, I bought myself a new computer for my birthday (yay!) but it turns out that one of the major components was mispackaged (boo!) so I need to exchange it before I can finish installation.

Happy 30th birthday, ipsafictura! Welcome to the club! Enjoy the cognitive dissonance of crossing over to the wrong side of the generation gap!

Ten fun facts about my life before and after turning 30:

Before 30After 30
composed art, music, and poetrycriticized other people's work
couldn't keep hair out of my eyescouldn't keep hair
dated a woman twice my ( Read more... )

I'm 35 years old today. That makes me legally old enough to be President of the United States of America. I can't believe they let people my age do that. Crazy.