on friday when i wasn't home my roommate harvested and ate the pregnant cucumber WITHOUT ME. she said it was salty (???) possibly because it got so much sun and because it's been so hot out. and she ate it anyway. in a salad. MEDIOCRE. fortunately there are still cukes-in-training which will ideally grow into cukes-ready-to-eat which i will ( Read more... )

at king richard's faire we saw... a service dog wearing wings. and not just any service dog. a service corgi. wearing little butterfly wings. (i mean, it was a ren faire.) so, so cute.

last month i ordered a new keyboard for one of my pi's students, and she still hasn't gotten it. amazon says it was delivered to the mailroom but the mailroom ( Read more... )

What I just finished reading:
brazen, with which i learned about some pretty fabulous ladies and was thoroughly charmed by the art. also goldie vance vol 1, written by hope larson and drawn by brittney williams, in which the goldie of the title works as a valet at a resort hotel in florida, where her dad's the manager. she helps the hotel ( Read more... )

two met gala folks i forgot to mention - lily collins as a goth nun, and donald glover with his starburst jacketi submitted the beginning of my bigbang to my writing group for critique - i had to submit something and that was all i had - and two people commented that they didn't know what anyone looked like, and i should consider some physical ( Read more... )

i'm watching hannibal. i figure those are non-spoilery enough lines. :D hugh dancy is incredibly cute, but really i'm watching for mads mikkelsen. and i like it so far altho i keep trying to cross it with criminal minds. >.< it's the serial killers. i wish it wasn't on against elementary, tho ( Read more... )