So, apparently, my oldest honorary-nephew is a lot like me. I was on phone a little while ago, before making dinner, with my friend Nettie--formerly known as netbyrd--and just before we had to hang up we were talking about her eldest child. He's gifted in the humanities (mom is a science geek, dad is a math/science teacher), loves to read, LOVES mythology ( Read more... )

I have always thought of myself as a great big ol' prude. I still think I'm a prude, only less so than, say, ten years ago. AND YET. When it comes to my D&D group, whether in gameplay or in character journaling (yeah, we're nerds, wanna make something of it?), I am often the instigator of our descent into gutter territory. With alarming frequency, ( Read more... )

So two weeks ago today, I got to meet the lovely fallsintoplace! And then I had such a busy weekend that I didn't hardly have time to get online at all, and then so many things had happened over the weekend that I was too tired from it all to post about any of them. Which is a lame excuse, really. I just fail at LJ posting. :D

So! fallsintoplace (Yen) came in for U.S. visit ( Read more... )

So, I finished the new Harry Potter book at 5:00 this morning. This afternoon, and again this evening, I indulged in soemthing I never do: fandom. I went visiting Checkmated's forum to see what other people were thinking about the book. Everybody was fairly calm and reasonable, even when they mentioned something they were disappointed with. ( Read more... )

My heart goes out to netbyrd and dblhelix13 for their father having to move out of their childhood home. Sit tight girls, something will work out.

Ah, the south. Mimosa trees, biscuits 'n gravy on the breakfast menu at McDonald's, and wasps the size of small birds. It's good to be back. I have a lot of stuff to update.

dblhelix13's wedding reception was great; I had a good time. Wish I could say something about the ceremony, but I missed it after spending over an hour and a half sitting in traffic ( Read more... )

I was so busy all last week, I didn't dare go online longer than it took to check my email. This week is a little better. I had a great weekend. Saturday Nettie and Co. were here, and I got to finally see the baby. Sunday my roommate did laundry for the first time in a month. He even washed his sheets. I had planned to ask him to take me to ( Read more... )