lara returned to us in a simple but lovely cedar box, with a little plaque bearing her name, and our names too. they glued it shut, which i guess i understand. she's currently sitting on the mantle, and whenever i go to turn the mantle lamps on or off, i try to say hi, put my hand on the box, or somehow create a physical energy exchange. i look ( Read more... )

i figured it out -- it's not fall that messes with my head, it's daylight savings. my internal clock, the one that follows the sun, is spot on. my brain only gets confused when i look at a clock and the numbers clash with my internal sense of time. sadly, this lasts for a few days, until my brain catches up with my internometer ( Read more... )

we now pause your internets for a brief public service announcement ( Read more... )

I had grand plans for today but instead I am stuck in bed. Someone I ran into last night was sick because a major cold is bearing down on me full force. Normally I'd be fine but being outside all night and barely eating yesterday did not help. So here I will stay, dosing up on vitamin c and thyroid booster and praying it dies out fast. My apologies ( Read more... )

happy halloween ( Read more... )

that was pretty much the best halloween in a while. not because it was halloween-y, but because the fun stuff happened *on* halloween. days like halloween are good excuses for tasty treats ( Read more... )

happy spooky day ( Read more... )