Went out to water the tomatoes earlier and ran into the pair of raccoons who live under our deck. I was pleased to see that they were looking so healthy (they're fat as anything and their coats are really thick and lovely, so they're obviously benefitting from the diet of OUR APPLES AND TOMATOES) but at the same time I really wish the bastards ( Read more... )

I've been back in Ohio since Friday. It's fantastic to hang out with my family again, though I'd be lying if I said West Chester's anywhere near as cool as Blacksburg.

We went to the zoo on Saturday, and because I actually remembered to bring my nice camera this time...picspam ahoy!

( Go go charismatic megafauna! )

My cousin Fabian is visiting us from Germany, and these last few days have been an exercise in linguistics and creative thinking as we 1) attempt to find interesting things to do around here and 2) attempt to find ways of communicating, period. He's my age and his English is really pretty good, especially compared to my horrible fragmented German, ( Read more... )

Well, I seem to now officially be an adult with a job and a diploma and everything.

Graduated on Sunday, which was...an adventure. There were bagpipes. My hat nearly fell off when I walked across the stage. Our valedictorian quoted Lil Wayne in his speech. Our house was overrun with German relatives who brought mass quantities of delicious food and ( Read more... )

Well, close, but not quite.

Our next-door neighbor owns a lovely grey-and-white cat named Murphy. She's fairly young, dainty-looking, and politely affectionate. For the most part, I'm very fond of her.

Lately, however, Murphy's decided that she likes our family, and has taken to leaving little 'presents' for us at the front door. Yesterday I went ( Read more... )