I got a free tablet stylus from the vendor fair this weekend. I wish I'd won the iPad in the raffle, but I never win anything in a raffle, so this is pretty good, too. All in all, it was one of the best vendor fairs in terms of swag I've ever gone to. I got a free umbrella (useful!), a free USB drive, a free lunch bag (and a free lunch), and lots ( Read more... )

I have probably 20 bottles of lotion/shower gel at home, but I couldn't resist another sale at Bath & Body Works because I've discovered that I really like the body creams (less greasy, more moisture-retaining, and therefore better for all-over use than their lotions) and that I use up a lot of it quickly. So I wanted some more of the scent I ( Read more... )

Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiighing with happiness right now because my Captain America Blu-Ray just arrived. Yes, I pre-ordered something that arrived as a present to me even though it's actually my sister's birthday. (She isn't complaining--got a Kindle from me and my other sister and freaked the fuck out about it. Amazon is a many-tentacled gifting ( Read more... )

In all seriousness, yesterday, one of our post-docs, S, said I was a hipster. He said that I had told him as much. Buh-whaaaaat? Obviously, there is no way I would ever, ever say that, even as a joke. Today, in talking about it again, two other people gave him the O.o face as well, including A, whose response was pretty goddamned vehement. S ( Read more... )

No one told me that Mass Effect 3 was coming out March 6, 2012. You are all so, so fired. I had heard only rumblings that it was super delayed and, like, never coming out.

Well, at least I can finally use up that $50 gift card I have to Best Buy! No, in all seriousness, when I've wanted things from Best Buy, I've been at a loss as to what to get. ( Read more... )

I think I'm getting sick again. This is ridiculous. I've been sick easily twice as much in the last half year as I was for the two years previous. ( Bitching about symptoms. )

Amazon's free prime service for students lasts only a year? Damn. At least I get the next year for 1/2 price? Amazon, how you do suck me in. I've been totally suckered and I will probably renew this although I'm less than happy about spending money to get "free" shipping...

$50/month, unlimited movie pass to movies still in theaters.

On the one hand, this would be nice for those times when you want to see something but not so much as to pay the highway robbery price of $13 a pop. But, then again, that's what matinees are for. Plus, even if you see four movies a month, that still only saves you $2 over the standard ( Read more... )

I shouldn't have this much to say about Thor. At least this isn't about Thor really?

After the debacle that was shoe-horning in Black Widow into iron Man 2 and all the Avengers stuff that Jon Favreau clearly wanted nothing to do with, I was, despite my abiding love of Clark Gregg as Agent Coulson (who I think is way more interesting than Samuel L. ( Read more... )

I AM SO BORED. Here, I'm going to post about some things.

This actually excited me a lot until I realized that the article was about the release date of Mass Effect 3 being pushed back. As feiran  likes to say, balls to buttfuckers. However, that picture makes me inordinately excited. Mostly because NEW PEOPLE WITH SHEPARD AND ONE OF THEM IS AN ALIEN AND  ( Read more... )