for me, searching for a house is strikingly similar to registering for classes in college.

( more on housing here: how it's similar to college registration, how we're searching, and notes on the process for my own benefit. also some goals. always good to have these things in writing! )

everything about today is grey and rainy. good for the weather, bad for the body. luckily i am home today; hiding under blankets makes feeling icky much easier to bear ( Read more... )

the beautiful winter haze continues. i haven't seen the sun in a few days, and to my surprise, it really doesn't bother me. even in winter/storm season, the bay area gets some sun in between; this constant haze/fog/cloud cover is a bit unusual. there's lots of spare the air warnings because the particles in the air aren't going anywhere. and, ( Read more... )

huge stormclouds have been blowing in from the coast all day, carried along by buffeting winds that occasionally push torrents of rain ahead of them. perched here on the hilltop, it's a sight both beautiful and frightening; inspiring and humbling. but mostly, there's a feeling of tension, the hesitant hush before the storm lets loose.

judging by ( Read more... )

tuesday mornings are less than ideal. i always seem to wake up earlier than normal, and my consolation is that i can do dailies; but of course, tuesday morning is maintenance time for WoW. /grumple ( Read more... )

working 5-10 minutes from your car (walking time) sucks when it's raining. i don't want this rain to stop, but i reheheally don't want to walk down the pier in it either. it's a cold rain, the kind that drives in from the side when the wind gusts and always finds its way down your neck ( Read more... )

i had a dream last night about tattoos. i was in a toy store/tattoo parlor and the artist had stenciled on this amazing, elaborate design that occupied most of my right forearm. it wasn't a story of my life, but it was a story of me in my life - my hopes, my secrets, my personality, they were all right there in complex symbology. i'd originally ( Read more... )

the best solution to panic: admittance, then effort ( Read more... )

cheerful kittie is cheerful ( Read more... )

.... so this is what pre-9:00 am feels like. i'd forgotten. aaand i can't say i missed it. much ( Read more... )