So I got two huge boxes of presents last week that my aunt was rushing to get to me by December 1st. Why? Because it's a gift advent calendar, and I'm to open one present per day from Dec. 1 to Dec. 25. WOAH, I know. When my aunt told me that I was glowing for about a week. Then the presents arrived. I was bouncing around and twirling with ( Read more... )

1. In the I Should Have Checked My Junk Mail Sooner category: SOMEONE BOUGHT ME A FOUR-LEAF CLOVER FOR MY INFO PAGE. An anonymous somebody. Thank you to whoever it was! I know some people think the little images are lame, and I wouldn't argue strenuously otherwise, but I really do think they are fun and a great sweet idea that makes people feel ( Read more... )

I just found out that the Harry Potter GoF DVD extras are only on the two-disc special edition. :( Oh well, I downloaded most of the extras on LJ, I hope ( Read more... )

On the bright side, I haven't been really sick since I was in Paris in fall '04, so if I close my eyes and focus intently on my pounding head and ringing ears, I can almost smell the stank of the fromageries and feel the weight of my backpack on my shoulders. Mmmmm. And at least this time I don't have to catch a plane the next day, have my ear ( Read more... )

1. Today I got snail mail, voice mail AND email. I feel so loved!

Snail mail: A lovely Christmas card and postcard from glowing_dragon, who I met on holiday_wishes, and a super Christmas cute card from snapdragon76 with a really sweet message inside ( Read more... )

minakochan recently asked me if I was continuing with the travelogue from my Europe trip last fall. The answer is yes, but time seems to be rushing past me at such a frightful pace I feel like I barely have time to catch up on my silly internet pleasures let alone actually work on one of my writing projects. But I've decided that if I use the time excuse ( ( Read more... )

Well, my self-imposed deadline for writing my travelogue is quickly approaching, so I am going to sit down now and see what I can come up with ( Read more... )

I was starting to wonder why I am such a wreck this week, but then I did the math. I'm working 32 hours at my retail job, and 8 hours at my contract job. Adding in my volunteer work, I'm working 48 hours this week! Holy crap. No wonder I am barely coherent ( Read more... )

I saw some VERY strange trucks when I was in Paris last fall during my backpacking trip. They looked like small transport trucks, but instead of having a huge box attached to the smallish driving part, the attachment was tall, thin, and curved inward. I found this very strange and perplexing, and took what were probably the most naive Wow!Strange! ( Read more... )

So I had toast this morning. My toaster is a wimp and usually only gets the bread slightly stiff, nothing near what would normally be considered "toast," and then doesn't even let me toast it again. But this morning when I again pushed the button on the toaster, it stayed down. Yay, right ( Read more... )