My thoughts go out to anyone affected by Hurricane Ike. I have two good friends in Houston who are hunkered down now waiting for it to hit.

Unlike 2005 when Hurricane Rita missed Houston, Ike will hit straight on. Back in 2005, Houston officials ordered everyone to evacuate, which ended up being more harmful than the hurricane itself (around 120 ( Read more... )

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!!!I dressed up in celebration (wearing my 2007 Old Navy American flag shirt, and my Texas flag necklace from Houston Pride), and I am getting a LOT of weird looks and questions. It probably doesn't help that I'm actually saying to people, "Happy July 4th ( Read more... )

HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!

1. Last year I celebrated Canada Day in Houston, Texas. Yes, you read that right. It was AWESOME. Here's my report from last year:

"hnarbit hosted a fabulous Canada Day party at her house which was AWESOME. I kept saying that Canada Day was all about the beer, and was touched when everyone brought Canadian beer to the party (Labatt ( Read more... )

It's official: Obama DID win Texas! :D

Credit hnarbit:

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It seems my handwriting provokes a strong reaction in people (comments range from "elegant" to "horrifying"). That makes me giggle.

More quotes! For the last couple of years I've been collecting quotes I like, and I figure it's time to share them. I posted my writing quotes a few days ago, and here are the rest. Enjoy ( Read more... )

01. Are any of you guys familiar with San Marcos, Texas? It's a small town south of Austin, and I'm thinking about applying to school there (Texas State). I'd really really appreciate hearing any thoughts people have on the town, the school, and especially how close or easy it is to get back and forth to Austin (and, hey, San Antonio too). Is it ( Read more... )

( List of people participating in the 10k writing challenge this weekend. )

01. For those of you who missed my Harry Potter movie review (spoiler warning), go here. Link me to your reviews please! Also to anything else from the last week or so you want me to read. I read a bunch of my f-list yesterday and caught up as much as I could, but the last week of my trip did get insanely busy and I missed a lot on LJ ( Read more... )

I've been in Houston, Texas, for a week and a half now. It's a lot different than my trip last year, since I'm not taking the train all over the country (which was definitely a backpacking experience) but flew to one place for three weeks to hang out with my two friends. I'm realizing now that three weeks is a long time, especially when I've ( Read more... )

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