Tonight was a night for deep, painful, sometimes gut-wrenching conversations with people and during them a lot of stuff from my childhood came up. On the one hand, parts of my childhood were bright halcyon days of love and joy and friendship and family. On the other, many parts of my childhood were dark and upsetting, with more than a little ( Read more... )

My life changed completely.

Happy 21st birthday to my annoying little brother, who has somehow become less annoying and certainly not little.

Love you, little bro.

I got some pretty awful news last night. Nothing that affects me personally, but still, it's the kind of news you don't want to get anyway. I'm going to cut the news itself, but here, have some of the fun and amusing things I've been doing feel better.

* Google's Pac-man header is playable. Also: I kinda suck at Pac-Man ( Read more... )

Here.

As a child I witnessed his repeated violence against my mother, and the terror and misery he caused was such that, if I felt I could have succeeded, I would have killed him. If my mother had attempted it, I would have held him down. For those who struggle to comprehend these feelings in a child, imagine living in an environment of emotional ( Read more... )

My baby little younger brother got tattoos!!! And a lip piercing!!

Ahhh!

Don't get me wrong, I love visiting the family, and Florida was very nice to visit in the dead of New England winter, but I'm so happy to be home again. With my kittens. And my stuff.

I'm also quite glad to be back in school. I'll be teaching Othello this semester--w00t! I'll be devoting one whole class period to Iago and how dreamy Machiavellian ( Read more... )

So, I think I've scanned every book I currently own (more books are on their way, of course). The final number? 1,362. Rawk.

In addition to that, I just found out I scored Strangers in the Land of Egypt by Stephen March from LibraryThing.

( synopsis from Amazon.com )

I really wish my grandfather got to see this. And my Uncle Jon. And Uncle Tad. And Uncle Craig, oh god yes. Not (just) because they're black, but because they lived through times of turbulance and struggle and strife, and they were part of the generation(s) that made this possible ( Read more... )

HOME!!!!Snuggled with kittens, and then voted. 829th person in the precinct--way more than ever before, says the old man behind the counter. Also did not get a sticker. I'd feel gypped, but a) I'm too happy about being home, and b) TE will take your word if you say you voted and didn't get the sticker. I called to check this afternoon ( Read more... )

* My vapid and inane roommate won't stop talking...to me. She already wants to trade addresses and phone numbers so we can keep in touch. She'll 'miss me' when I'm gone. There's a pile of James Patterson books and a Halloween costume that I can have if I want. Also, I can draw my curtain and watch TV with her anytime. All the WB sitcoms I could ( Read more... )