On Valentine's Day, Justin and I went out for a special dinner. They seated us in a room with shiny mirrored walls, and while we were waiting for our food I did some surreptitious mirror-spying on the people sitting around us. There was a girl sitting across the room who looked like Summer Glau (both Justin and I came to that conclusion separately ( Read more... )

A very heartfelt happy new year to all of you at LJ and elsewhere. I'm on the couch today, recovering from some sort of food poisoning/intestinal virus/piece of shit sickness that wasn't very festive for NYE. But starting the year on a down note means it can only improve, and this little meme retrospective of 2012 seems like just the thing for a ( Read more... )

A week ago today, I turned twenty-five ( Read more... )

One of my mission 101 goals, a challenge that a friend gave me, is to make a list of ten adjectives I want to apply to me, and to work toward realizing them during the next 1001 days.

The following is my list, and where I stand with them now.

1. ( beautiful )

I spent last weekend in Los Angeles, hanging out with my friend Chris and looking after Lise's cat while she was out of town. Late one night, as I was driving through the fog from Chris's house to Lise's, listening to Rufus Wainwright and thinking gloomy thoughts, I came to a realization ( Read more... )

Today is the last of the 1001 days I took to work on my original Mission 101 list, so I've been reflecting.

( the list and my accomplishments )

( the meme list )

( the meme list )

( the meme list )

I've been ill. Some weird stomach thing that started in February and has been getting steadily worse since April. Blood tests have revealed nothing. I can identify no patterns. I've been on anti-nausea medication for about a week and yesterday for the first time was able to eat a little without it. It's frustrating because it comes and goes, so I ( Read more... )