Ugh. Went home sick -- couldn't stop sneezing and couldn't breathe through my nose, felt like all the weight of my upper body had collected in the top 10% of my skull. Even though I wish I had more days off, and even though I don't mind being sick actually, unless I'm really sick, I don't like missing work for being sick. So it goes. Also: the ( Read more... )

This weekend was a complete whirlwind. I knew it would be. To wit:

Friday after work I rushed to the board game store to get a second present for my brother, then rushed down to the chain of strip malls in Beaverton where Teal meets Scholls Ferry (and shuddered to think I lived there for two years!) to celebrate his 26th birthday. After an ( Read more... )

I used to do these meme/test things all the time. This one is stolen from shalora, someone I do not know who is five hours younger than me (presuming she was born on the west coast).

* Grab the nearest book ( Read more... )

Started 2009 surrounded by naked ladies. That's not a horrible way to do it, right? The plan kept evolving as people kept canceling and so on. In the end Jessie and I went to Dragon Fish, then to Union Jack's, then back to my place after midnight for board games and drunken sleeping. Got up late, hungover of course, and went to lunch at the ( Read more... )