And this time for awhile, thankfully. I love to travel but between the holidays, the cruise, and this quick trip I feel like I've barely seen my house lately (not to mention my husband). So it's nice to be back, and to know that I'm not taking off again anytime soon.

But it was a great trip. As previously mentioned, hanging out with cupcakemonster was a blast ( Read more... )

Posting from cupcakemonster's computer just because I can. :D

It's the last day of my mini-trip to Vancouver with luvmoose and I'm having a great time. Yesterday was yarn stores and bead shops and cupcakes (brought up from LA and from cupcakemonster's favorite bakery) and show. The guys kept flubbing lyrics (Steve created an entirely new verse for "Shoebox") and cracking up, which ( Read more... )

The new DSL modem came yesterday and so my home is once again connected to the series of tubes at a rate faster than the land speed of a sloth. It was so weird, being unable to watch videos or download pictures or really do much of anything other than chat online. How anyone still tied to dial-up manages is just beyond me. I'm so spoiled ( Read more... )

So I actually took all of these. You can tell because they suck. ;) Well, okay, they're all right. But they aren't nearly as good as T's usually are. But I still like them

( A whole bunch of pictures behind the cut )

So when we last saw our hero, she was heading off to go read a book by the pool, which she did, and managed to not get too badly sunburned in the process. That night was the last BNL concert of the trip, which was, as expected, a great show -- not quite as many true "rarities" as in the Tuesday evening concert, but it was an Ed-heavy set (there are ( Read more... )

( Cruising and music and adventures in checked baggage. )

The first week of a new quarter is upon me and it's been crazy. Class presentations -- scheduling them and giving them -- getting back into the rhythms of life with students, dealing with glitches large and small. You would think that, after a three-week break, that we would have all our ducks in more orderly rows than this, but no. So it's busy. ( Read more... )

Nothing quite like a four-day weekend to recharge after a time of stress. I had been hoping for a few fun but low-key days, and I got them: some Kingdom Hearts, some LEGO Star Wars; a visit to the Ferry Building for fruit and pesto fixings; a couple of trips to check out the demolition of the Bay Bridge (photos to come!); lots of online ( Read more... )

So I am back from seeing BNL with grue23 tonight. We got there too late to see The LeeVees, sadly, due to parking problems, but were in plenty of time for the main show. Excellent show, as always. Musical highlights for me included "Yoko Ono", "Thanks, That Was Fun", "Shoebox", "Call & Answer", and "Maybe Katie". Some good banter about nakedness in ( Read more... )