I should preface this by saying that I am not sure exactly where to start. There have been so many events in this country in the past year or so that have equally scared, confounded, and angered me. I have largely kept silent, kept my opinions and thoughts to myself, but the latest terrible incident, in my own backyard, so to speak, has somehow ( Read more... )

So, I managed to do DITL last week! My entry is here if you feel like having a look. I had fun doing it, even if it's actually a lot of work to remember to take pictures of your entire day, and I might try it again next month. If nothing else, it made Olivia more interested in having her picture taken.

Speaking of Olivia, she's officially two! ( Here are some pictures from her birthday weekend, from my camera and my iPhone. )

So apparently I never update anymore, nor do I comment on anyone else's posts, and most of the time lately I'm ignoring the Internet altogether (apart from Facebook and email) in favor of reading a book or playing Words With Friends (I am officially addicted). Thus, an update ( Read more... )

( The Good. )

Fuck our motherfucking landlord with a red hot poker! I called him last Wednesday morning to tell him that the dishwasher was not working. He finally called back on Friday afternoon and claimed he'd been out of the country, but said he would call me Saturday so that we could discuss and coordinate getting it fixed. Saturday, no call. Sunday, no ( Read more... )

I know I mentioned this very briefly a while back, and I still haven't been able to gather my thoughts sufficiently to write a really in-depth post about it, but here's a disturbing trend that I've noticed: some popular female bloggers use quite a lot of misogynistic language. I am hesitant to point out particular blogs, so I won't, but I've been ( Read more... )

So, I have been absent. Let's rectify that without any blathering about how weird and difficult it feels to come back to LJ after almost a month of silence, shall we ( Read more... )

I am beginning to despair of ever making it out of the lease on this condo alive. Our AC died. Now, the only reason I'm not currently camped out at my in-laws' house or a nice, quiet hotel is because we're having a "cold front" down here in south Florida and we technically don't need the air conditioner running. However, it warms up again tomorrow ( Read more... )

So, who remembers last month when this happened? That was kind of shitty, right? Well, we had the brake light repaired, mailed in a copy of the repair receipt and the $95 fine, and checked that particular task off our to do list ( Read more... )

To the City of Ft. Lauderdale cop who followed me for more than a mile before pulling me over, demanded my license without telling me why he'd pulled me over, and wrote me a ticket (including a $95 fine!) for my left rear brake light apparently not working - FUCK YOU. It's three days before Christmas, you couldn't have given me a warning or ( Read more... )