I have a great New Year’s Resolution for 2011. Not a silly one like in years past, but one that I can actually accomplish without too much difficulty. I, Merry Farmer, am going to spend more time being me. =D ( Read more... )

"How will you ever write your novel if you don't get rid of a few distractions ( Read more... )

So. My car has been making noises for the past several weeks. Noises that have worried me. Noises that have made me concerned that something is wrong with my baby. But just last month I had $1100 worth of work done on it, including installing a new engine mount. (Note: remember this fact, it comes in handy later in the story) So why the heck ( Read more... )

In no particular order....

1. The Office - Season 5
2. A new TV (from the thrift store - they have huge TVs for $50!)
3. More salwar kameez suits
4. Dinner at Cheesecake Factory
5. A new car (preferably a Mini Cooper)
6. The following movies on DVD:
---Swades
---Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham
---Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
---Taare Zameen Par
---Phir ( Read more... )

Wow. I had such a great time this past weekend that I almost don't know how to put it into words. Me? Merry the writer? Not knowing how to put something into words? Yeah. It was that good. Or maybe I'm just so exhausted from it all still that I can't think straight. That sounds pretty darn accurate to me. But I'll try ( Read more... )

So I have had the last four days off. I was supposed to go to the Boston area but that was canceled. The following is a lovely account of what I did with all that free time instead ( Read more... )

As I said to one of my co-workers in an email the other day, "I'm not an idiot, I just play one on TV ( Read more... )

Oh my gosh, that was the best weekend EVER! On so many levels and for so many reasons. It had everything: friends, food, fun, Bollywood, cricket, and extremely attractive guys with beautiful eyes and a rich voice with a cool accent flirting with me and being super nice! Woot ( Read more... )

Man, that was another good weekend! I tell you, it is so much better to be on a happy upswing than to be all mopey and depressed. I have had two bouts of really bad moods/depression in the last ten years and I am so due for a long stretch of happy. And so far I've got it. But what makes it so great is the friends I have. I think I have more ( Read more... )

So remember how I said something about talking so much on Sunday that I blew my throat out? Well, that may have been wishful thinking because it's still sore today. Furthermore, I think I've got some swollen gland action going on and there has been more coughing and nose-blowing than usual. I'm still fighting it tooth and nail, but the battle is ( Read more... )