Seriously, holiday stress has now descended on me. I've really been grinding my teeth. And the last couple of nights have had really crazy dreams. You know, those stress dreams where nothing you do in the dream turns out right no matter what you do or how hard you try ( Read more... )

I'm trying to put up my Christmas tree.

And, OMG, I'm about 3 seconds away from strangling a cat with Christmas lights.

Kaylee cannot seem to understand I don't need or want her help.

This is a flyby post to wish you all a lovely holiday. I've been running around like a chicken with my head cut off these last two weeks with no time for online stuff. : (  Next year I think I'm going to spend the entire month of December in some exotic locale where they've never heard of Christmas. ; ) Hopefully, after the new year I'll be able to ( Read more... )

* It's unseasonably warm here. Seriously, it's supposed to be 78 today. While it's never insanely cold and snow  flurries happen once every five years at the most, the warm weather is sucking out my holiday spirit. Plus, I'm really sick of wearing my summer clothes, but it's too warm to wear the fall/winter stuff and that's my favorite stuff. *sigh ( Read more... )

Ahoy, there!

Some of ye scurvy land lubbers may not realize it, but today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day!

So in honor of this most glorious occasion I bring you a fic rec in which Jack observes Talk Like a Pirate Day:

Pirating 101by PepperF

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3160596/1/

Also, I've just discovered my piratical name.

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