Tomorrow I leave for Pennsylvania, my car stuffed full of luggage and presents and topped off with a kitten.  It's been hilarious watching London shake off the anesthesia - she was wobbly for a little while, then her eyes dilated to EPIC widths and she went out of her mind.  I...I think she might be tripping.  I don't know.  But I hope she's good ( Read more... )

Last year, my mom and sister took a bunch of the photos from 2009, assembled them into calendars and sent them out as Christmas presents.  They were surprisingly popular - apparently folks have asked if we'd do the same this year, so Coral sent me digging for pictures to contribute.

Thing is, I'm kind of bad at photojournalism.  My camera's sort ( Read more... )

How was my Thanksgiving, you ask?


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I've been waiting anxiously for the new mom-gift yarn to show up.  I'd expected it Wednesday, yesterday at the latest...so when it didn't show up with today's mail, I checked the UPS site.  The status was:

Your item arrived at 2:34 AM on April 10, 2009 in PITTSBURGH, PA 15213. Information, if available, is updated every evening. Please check again ( Read more... )

We didn't have anything planned originally, but Nick happened to come across a Carbon Leaf flyer in Chapel Hill and, knowing that they're one of my very favorite bands, he picked up tickets!  The show was technically Friday the 13th, but it ran into the wee hours of Saturday morning.  I'd never seen Carbon Leaf in person, and I was very impressed ( Read more... )

Nick and I spent a quiet New Year's Eve in Wilmington.  We were going to try First Night Raleigh, but A) temperatures were projected to be 20, with severe windchill, and B) the Big Boss told Sherrie and I not to bother opening the office on Friday.  Hooray for unexpected four-day weekends!  I've got a few sketches to share, and the third attempt at ( Read more... )

The last four years have been full of what I like to call "Big Girl Moments," ie, my first Big Girl Apartment, by Big Girl Job, my Big Girl Furniture, etc etc.  This holiday season marked my first Big Girl Roadtrip.  I have never driven more than four consecutive hours before, but I can officially bump that up to seven, spanning five states, which ( Read more... )

I leave for Harrisburg in an hour and a half.  My mother has just emailed me to say:

Remember..... gas peddle on the right, brake on the left.

PRESENTS CAN STILL BE WITHHELD, MOTHER!!

omg can I leave yet?

Hooo-leee crap, that was a ridiculously social weekend!  Friday Holidays are dangerous; they encourage us to party all weekend and get nothing done.

( I managed an Aftermath 'Mango, though. )

Since I had yesterday off, I went and did the early voting thing.

I don't consider myself radically anything, but you wouldn't know it to see my pets (or animals who have lived at my house for any length of time):

( None of these are posed, swear. )