I don't think I have an icon appropriate for my feelings this week.

( America is over )

Still no power on our side of the neighborhood pond...

( Helene Update )

I've gotten almost all of the SC high schools entered into the Google Doc spreadsheet and have started emailing some of them for the high school writing contest I volunteered for. Next time remind me not to be this dumb. You can't count on people to volunteer ( Read more... )

RL Update: You Can't Choose Your Family

So the sister called after I told the nephew I didn't appreciate being lied to about the grocery situation. She says she is the one who lied to me because she didn't take any groceries to her son after telling me and our cousin that she did. She didn't want to admit they just didn't go so she lied to both of ( Read more... )

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Yes, it's nearly 3:00 pm and I'm still at home ( Read more... )

So did everybody see the eclipse last night? I checked in as I went to bed and saw the beginning, where the shadow was starting to take a "bite" out of the moon, but I had to get up early so I didn't stay up until 1am to see all of it.

( RL Venting Read At Your Own Risk )

That moment when you realize the new member in your critique group ... is a total n00b!!

( Cut for HeadDesking )

So my roomie pipmudturtle just came back from his trip to work having never made it -- some a*hole ran a light and hit him broadside. Thankfully, he's OK but we fear the car is totalled. He can't even open the driver's side door and had to get out by the passenger side. His dad is going to loan him the family vehicle until he can get a rental tomorrow -- ( Read more... )

pipmudturtle keeps trying to convince me that I need to see the final Harry Potter movie to complete the experience. I keep insisting that I don't.

Here are the reasons I will not be attending the Deathly Hallows opening tonight (or any other night):

( I Will Not Be Moved )