today is elvis costello's birthday. which of course explains why i have foster the people's pumped up kicks stuck in my head.... >.< (i blame wendy.)

agatha christie and her surfboard - yes, agatha christie knew how to surf. apparently she learned in hawaii in 1922. how cool is that? (also i love that her surfboard seems to be named fred. heh ( Read more... )

holy shit, japan. O.O if any of you guys have friends or family there or in hawaii (or anywhere in the pacific, actually), i hope they're ok. i've been resolutely not looking for pictures or video of the disaster, but this clip of swaying buildings in tokyo is actually kind of cool. (if kind of scary....) they sway so they don't fall down. ( Read more... )

happy birthday kc_risenphoenix! you published writer, you. :D cupcake? glitter? tiara?

dancing boys: *shimmy*

ephemera is right this second winging her way home - she was originally going home saturday but got on an earlier flight - i hate to take joy from other people's misfortune but i really, really liked having her here and i'm kind of bummed i don't get her ( Read more... )

if you read her lj you already know this, but ephemera is temporarily stranded in boston on account of the volcano. (she was going home from a work trip in indiana and the plane took off for the uk but then had to turn around because dublin airport went and closed on them.) on the one hand, i know she really wants to go home. on the other, i get to see ( Read more... )