every year shortly after christmas my sister, my cousin with the four kids, and his sister-in-law and her three kids go see a movie and then have dinner. this is their sixth (!!!) year and also the first year i could actually go ( \o/ ), and we saw in the heart of the sea which wasn't quite what i was expecting, altho i'm not sure what i was ( Read more... )

'twas the night before christmas, and all through the house not a creature was stirring except for the fucking mouse that seems to have moved into my coat closet. >.< the landlady's son who lives behind me has been duly notified several times, and has been in my house to set traps several times, and there's still a mouse running in and out of my ( Read more... )

today i doubled down on my slackitude and didn't get dressed or leave the house at all, except briefly to take my trash out. i sat on the couch all day and watched tv. well, i watered my plants and did some dishes, but otherwise there was a lot of nothing. it was a little weird ( Read more... )

today i celebrated not having to go into work by... not getting out of bed until noon. >.< which was not actually the plan. i didn't get dressed and leave the house until almost four, which was also not actually the plan. and i may or may not have gone to work anyway, by which i mean i went to the office, by which i mean i forgot to set an away ( Read more... )

happy birthday wrenlet! still my favorite enabler. :D everything is her fault.

dancing boys: *two step*

(it doesn't even matter what it is. it's still your fault.)

i'm totally falling behind on the month of babble meme. >.< the babble for december 17 was favorite bands of my youth, for halfshellvenus, and possibly i should have asked her to define "youth".... ( Read more... )

tonight is the series finale of haven, and in its honor ( i liveblog. )

( cookies! )

a couple days ago i got an email from the gas company saying "congrats! you're 54% more efficient in your gas usage than your neighbors!" and it's because i turned the heat off. it's the middle of december. that ain't right. seriously. i'm a little weirded out ( Read more... )

thoroughly enjoyed izombie last night - seven minutes in and ravi was already THE BEST - but the ending, while probably inevitable, was a depressing as hell place to stop for winter hiatus. sigh ( Read more... )

question for the cookie-making folks on the flist: if i were to make sugar cookies with sprinkles (specifically blue and white star-of-david-shaped sprinkles), do i need to frost the cookies with something for the sprinkles to stick to, or can i just put them on the cookies before baking ( Read more... )