( Post-holiday whine )

It feels weird to talk about something so basic, and so... I want to say "superficial", and I'm not sure if that's the right word. But I've debated even posting about this, and I still don't know if I'll click post.

( So I was boot shopping... )

So... words that aren't about the election ( Read more... )

This last week hasn't been fun.

And right now, I'm feeling *such* an "us vs them" mentality setting in. A lot of my friends are worried, and scared shitless, and just plain angry that Trump hit power. These friends aren't in the US, but they can easily imagine what their lives would be like if they lived in the US and if his policies came to be, ( Read more... )

Sometimes expressing stuff is hard.

There was a screenshot of a tumblr post going around facebook. It was about the relief someone can hear about hearing a term for the first time that describes them.

I was tired, and emotional from London, and I shared it with a post-script.( The post-script and explanation )

As a computer engineer, I've developed a reflex to help with my day-to-day survival. If in certain company, when I tell someone that I work with my computers, the next words to pour out of my mouth will be, "No, I will not fix your computer for free". Actually, sometimes there are variations; I leave out the "for free" bit. The general idea is that ( Read more... )

On Stenaline home from Edinburgh. Had an incredibly good time, but more on that later ( Read more... )

Oh man. Good party. ( Stag party - rambling may ensue )

So, I got "Pride And Prejudice And Zombies" in HMV today. It's interesting. Quite readable, although not having read any Austin (I tried reading Emma, gave up because it was going to be studied ad nauseum for my Leaving Cert, then found out that my Leaving Cert class wasn't doing that novel), I don't know if there is that same sense of readability ( Read more... )

I realise I'm tired, although I do wonder if it's more than I realise ( Read more... )