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... )

one apartment today, which was kind of in the middle of nowhere. one of the bedrooms was significantly smaller and had a closet that was too shallow for hangers, so there were shelves in it, like a built-in bookcase with a door. the kitchen walls were tiled, which is apparently a 1930s thing - the tiles were not ninety years old but were in good ( Read more... )

I GOT SNOWED ON THIS MORNING AND IT WAS GLORIOUS. it turned to rain and then it stopped precipitating altogether, but still, for a brief moment i got snowed on. it can now be winter. :D ( Read more... )

today i met my sister for brunch and then we went over to our parents' house because my dad has started going through his books and he wanted to know if my sister or i wanted any. we did. i acquired a book about pirates. :D and a random assortment of history books and, uh, a book about cars (cord and auburn). and east of eden. they're in a ( Read more... )