Since I really only post anything on here when something big happens, I suppose I'm kind of obligated to do this.  I'm not even really sure if anybody reads this anymore, so it may just be for posterity more than anything now.  Anyway, a month or so ago, one of my co-workers mentioned that she was selling her house for a good price, which got me ( Read more... )

So, this is what happens when I'm left home alone for a week- I click on the random links that Gmail puts at the top of the page.  I found this one on an email from som epolitical group campaigning for Al Gore ( Read more... )

That my dog- a Chocolate Lab, a breed of dog often used for hunting and bred to be tough and not scared by loud noises- is scared of fireworks, leading to her hiding underneath the nearest avaliable object at the slightest loud noise.  Meanwhile, my sister-in-law's dog- a Puggle, a dog bred to... I don't know, eat everything in sight and be gassy- ( Read more... )

You know, I should have known something was up when Kurt Vonnegut died and I kept hearing the phrase "So it goes"  everywhere.  For those of you who haven't read Slaughterhouse Five, that's what is said whenever someone or something dies.  I always thought it was a really great way of approaching it- though originally I thought it was just a way of ( Read more... )

So as a late Christmas/wedding present, we got a fancy new digital SLR camera (in case you don't know, SLRs are the big, bulky cameras with the detachable lenses and the lovely, lovely *click* sound when the shutter opens) and it's purdy.  Very, very purdy.  The one we got has a 10 Megapixel chip in it, which means we can take pictures and blow ( Read more... )

Since everybody keeps accusing me of being "ambiguous" or "cryptic' (psh, whatever that means) I guess I'll clarify my previous post. Crystal and I did indeed get married on New Year's Eve- actually I guess it was New Year's Day, since it was after midnight- and it was in fact an elopement, since neither of our parents were aware of our plans. It ( Read more... )

Elope (e-lope) v. to run off secretly to be married, usually without the consent or knowledge of one's parents.

Happy New Year!

Of nerdiness. That's right, I've joined fantasycongress.com. For those of you who don't know, it's like fantasy football, but with Congresspeople and Senators- they get points based on various actions involving legislation (1 pt for a bill getting to committee up to 50 pts for having it signed into law). I'm currently 6th out of 12 in my league, ( Read more... )

I didn't vote ( Read more... )

That's right folks, I'm updating. What about it? I figured since I actually have some spare time, and there's actually exciting stuff happening in my life (including the context behind that quote, but more on that in a bit), I might as well go ahead and let the world of LJ in on stuff. Seeing as how I have a tendency to ramble (wha!? madness you ( Read more... )