I've not been taking care of my cuticles lately, so they tear and get those annoying staph infections. Adding to the bother is the extent to which I still sunburn; cue more redness and swelling. Frustrating. But for a moment, I stopped and thought. My body, without my being particularly aware of it, is responding to threats. It's working to protect ( Read more... )

Been wasting a lot of my time elsewhere these days. I don't have a real explanation, beyond that a lot of my friends don't really post to LJ any more, so it's mostly become a tool for keeping track of people. Trust me that life is fine in the meantime, and e-mail me of you want to catch up for reals.

So, I've been maintaining a constant low-level chortle at the efforts of certain Ron Paul supporters to establish 'Paulville' in the West Texas Flats. Now, as I find out, they have (drum roll) a WEB SITE. The subtitle is 'Like minded people, coming together ( Read more... )

Life is good. School is double-dutch-done. I'm working on really interesting things at my internship. There are tomatoes and squash and peas in the garden (well, the plants, anyway) and the little Carolina jasmine in the front yard is slowly winding its way up towards the sun ( Read more... )

The Pod hit 'Golden Years' by David Bowie while I was walking in to school today. That song is one of the few that can right off put me in a good mood; I think it must have something to do with watching A Knight's Tale on TV some time and the one scene where they're all dancing funky to, strangely enough, 'Golden Years ( Read more... )

Virginia Woolf has said everything better than I will ever say it.
That said: the (European) starlings are out in force recently. It seems to be the time of the season for them; always on the way to or from school I'll hear and then see one perched on a power line, warbling loudly, flapping his wings in display. Or maybe it's a she; European ( Read more... )

Tonight is LAW SCHOOL PROM! I have a vintage yellow dress (that I took the hem up on today) and a grey velvet clutch (that I made today) and GOLD SHOES and my blue coat (that I mended today ( Read more... )

Think you've got colored wires growing from your skin? You're not wrong. Maybe.This reminds me of dreams I used to have of grass growing out of my skin, some sort of airborne parasitic grass plague, or the one with the 'vampire' that looked like an alligator and when it bit you, you started growing teeth from the edges of your mouth around the back ( Read more... )

Other people have lots to say right now. Myself, I'm fond of silence for the moment.
There's nothing better than when the world around you makes its own noises- the drop of leaves on a quiet morning, the thunder in July, the constant percussive din of hail falling.

Wrapped presents
Read The Keep by Jennifer Egan
Watched Sweeney Todd and Superbad
Slept a bunch

Other than that... a whole lot of bupkiss, my friends. Long, luxurious bupkiss. Freedom has never tasted so sweet.