Merry Christmas to one and all.  I just wanted to sit down and write a quick update.

Thanks to my parents, one of the goals I had set for the near future---buying a bike---has been achieved!  It is a used bike, and probably a girl's bike at that (although, quite frankly, what the hell do I care as long as it gets me where I want to go?).  It ( Read more... )

Some random things that have been on my mind in the last few days:

I started reading Don DeLillo's White Noise on Wednesday---actually, I should say I started reading it again, since I had attempted it once before and never got past the first chapter, then a friend borrowed it and I never got it back---and I am impressed.  It has no real ( Read more... )