First off, the Wolverine movie was fantastic. I went with a coworker from the PetsHotel. The continuity was preserved far better than I expected, and there were a couple of younger versions of current day characters, but not too many ( Read more... )

Robin, my roommate, is away again, and I may or may not see her for longer than a weekend between now and December ( Read more... )

I still work at PetSmart, though I very rarely get any hours in the PetsHotel anymore. I've been working in the Pet Care department since April of last year. That means that if it's not a cat or a dog, it's my responsibility. Fish, hamsters, rats, mice, guinea pigs, lizards, snakes, turtles, birds, and crickets are my domain now ( Read more... )

People have been poking me to post ( Read more... )

I have a flight tomorrow out to New York.

It was supposed to be to see my grandmother.

Now it's to go to her funeral.

She just died half an hour ago.

But I was supposed to see her tomorrow...

How can a gas station stay open when it's charging $2.43 for gas and (a) the local average is 2.24, and (b) the gas station across the street is charging 2.19 ( Read more... )

I've been getting ready for the holidays and preparing lots of food and cleaning the house.

In the last couple of days, I've made friends with the butcher, the baker, and the candlestick maker florist. Which is kind of neat on the one hand, and kind of unfair on the other. It's my tendency toward building community roots battling with my wanderlust ( Read more... )

I was in a bookstore the other day when this caught my eye.

I picked it up, brought it over to Robin, and said, ( Look! It's porn for Barbossa! )

Yes, I live.

1) I have returned from CAJE and am still coming down off of a spiritual high. I will never not go again ( Read more... )

Sorry for the huge lag in updating.

But it is true. I live!

I am pretty much settled into my apartment in Norfolk, Virginia. Have moved in with Robin, and am currently still dripping from the shower that is just required after you get drenched in sweat whilst fencing. (Yes. My arm hurts like a bitch. But the muscles will get used to the ( Read more... )