the crazy psycho neighbor apparently got tazed and arrested last night. (again) i have no idea how i managed to miss this, but am glad i did as i'm indescribably tired of this guy. i'd seen him earlier in the day, up on his balcony and walking home from the store - wearing a bright orange santa hat. it was nothing if not surreal ( Read more... )

so i'm currently reading watership down, and i've noticed something that stood out to me a few weeks ago while reading savage sam by fred gipson: there's a heck of a lot of plant life casually mentioned in both books. and for the most part there's no description given...both authors just seem to take it for granted that everyone knows exactly what ( Read more... )

in the past two weeks i've had food poisoning and been to the er for a suspected heart attack (it wasn't). two days ago i got a bug bite that still hasn't gone away ( Read more... )

it's been a very bad week for fans of laughter: first george carlin had the bad idea of dying on us earlier in the week, and now i find richard hammond announcing the retirement of his mirror column.

:(

okay, so it's thankfully not quite as drastic as mister carlin's option, or, say, hammond suddenly quitting top gear or something, but it's still ( Read more... )

i have never seen weather this bipolar in my entire life. it's been alternating between 'bright, sunny and clear' to  'dark, cloudly, and raining tiny hailstones that look like a bean bag's insides' all day. at least FOUR TIMES it's yo-yo'ed like that. on the fourth time, the hailstones turned into snow.

i want it to be april now.

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good news: my special edition 2-disc blood and chocolate dvd finally arrived yesterday, a solid month after i ordered it. whoohoo! (will hopefully have some screencaps to share soon) also, new torchwood tomorrow - w00t! - and a2a soon after that.

bad news: ( bitch, moan, whimper and whine )

last night i clobbered the second toe of my left foot on an open desk drawer while i was doing my stretches. took a good chunk of the nail off. it's probably a tiny wound comparatively, but i'm hobbling about like a paranoid invalid until it heals.

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bad desk. wicked desk.

i'm really bored with being cold and wet. springtime now please.

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