what a weekend, huh? (especially for the americans in the audience.) we lost shelley duvall, richard simmons, dr ruth westheimer, and shannen doherty, then someone took a potshot at former president cheetolini, then jd hillbilly elegy vance got the nod for republican vp. and argentina won the copa america (google "copa america final" and see ( Read more... )

yesterday i:

went to artbeat
bought a pretty glass thing to hang in front of a window
also a ring made of silver and polymer clay
also two very cute cards
also a red leather luggage tag with a hedgehog on it
also earrings made out of very small washers (the jeweler had another pair of earrings and a bracelet made out of tiny hex nuts woven like ( Read more... )

happy (slightly late) birthday ghost-light! who remembers other people's birthdays on time.... :D

dancing boys: *line dance*

if you live in the blast furnace currently known as the uk - or various other parts of western europe that happen to be on fire, jesus - i hope you're staying cool and hydrated (and unburnt!) and are taking care of yourselves. i ( Read more... )

my sister and i saw black widow today - in an actual movie theater! - and i liked it! it has a bunch of ridiculous fight scenes, making it fit in neatly with the rest of the mcu. ( have some spoilers. )

my sister and i saw spider-man: far from home last night and i'm not sure how i feel about it. peter is still the cutest, except when ned is the cutest, and i enjoyed jake gyllenhaal, but i think i liked the first one better.( spoilers, natch. )

my sister and i saw incredibles 2 last night, and it was fun and adorable and had a lot going on, and i love the mid-sixties look of everything. so mod! and superheroic! one of the great things about pixar movies is that they're mostly made for kids but with an eye towards the adults who are going to be taking those kids, so everyone can enjoy ( Read more... )

my sister and i saw spider-man: homecoming tonight and it was super cute. tom holland is adorable. ( spoilery stuff. )

i think today was the last day i'll get to spend any time in my parents' house. it was definitely the last day to get anything i might want to keep. (the haul included two prints, a painting, my grandma's medical school diploma, and half a family tree.) (my sister has the other half.) i spent some quality time cutting photos, diplomas, and misc ( Read more... )

after several hours in the coffee place down the street today i finally finished a first pass through my bigbang! ooh, excitement. added some stuff, took out some stuff. still need to finish the epilogue. i think it's a little better but it's still not great ( Read more... )