1. This afternoon I headed to the yarn shop for some needles and a gift. I was really happy to learn that they can help me out with the sweater I'm knitting -- which is mostly great but has a serious problem with the neckline. ( Pics and complications. )

Have I mentioned how much I'm LOVING this school year thus far? Those of you who've known me for a while will realize how shocking that is. ;) I really do adore teaching, but wow, it can be insanely stressful sometimes. But this year is going so incredibly well! The switch to 8th grade has been a godsend, and I'm thrilled to be teaching Reading ( Read more... )

Wow, I bought makeup today. Haven't done that in years. Most of the time, I just can't be bothered with it, and I've never cared much what my face looked like. To be honest, I think I just gave up years ago on ever being "pretty", and I'm totally okay with that. Far more interesting things in life! I've also had bad acne all my life, and in ( Read more... )

Have I mentioned how much I'm loving the Emmys guessing game? We already know the top ten comedies and eight of the top ten dramas. More intrigue today with the acting finalists, which could prove to be great news for either VM or BSG, but perhaps not both. ( Which network got snubbed? )

Funny how I'm most productive late at night. Guess it's a good thing I'm on summer vacation, huh? First of all, some links:

The BBC's Doctor Who website is amazing. They really do put to shame nearly every other TV show's official site, just for the sheer wealth of goodies -- "Tardisodes", commentaries with a variety of people, extra videos, ( Read more... )

For the past few days, I've been writing little ficlets and leaving them in friends' LJs. I'm reposting them here so they'll all be in one place. One Veronica Mars, two Galactica, and one rather odd crossover. They're far from being the bestest fanfic evah, but I had lots of fun writing them. :)

The first one's for soundingsea, who shares my Dead!Lilly ( Read more... )

Yesterday's post was fandom-free, so I'm going overboard in this one.

Back in January, I TiVoed a rerun of Katee's "Cold Case" episode -- and in an amusingly ironic bit of fandom synergy, it's the same "Volunteers" ep that featured Amber Benson (Tara/BTVS) and Maggie Grace (Shannon/Lost). I downloaded it off the TiVo last night and made a few ( Read more... )

Time for yet another abuse of the poll feature. This one contains spoilers for "Not Pictured", of course. ( The Veronica Mars Season Finale Wacky Poll! )

This household now consists of one human and three computers. Haven't quite reached hardcore geek level, but I'm getting there. The new Dell that the school bought me is surprisingly nice, and I've already downloaded Trillian, Firefox, and BSPlayer -- against regs! Ooh, I'm such a rebel. Two major downsides, though: 1) the widescreen display ( Read more... )

Ah, fic. A subject near and dear to my heart, but also rather frustrating right now. I feel like I've read most of the Galactica fic out there (it's such a tiny fandom.) I haven't read any Veronica Mars fic in almost a year, and I know I've missed tons of really good stuff ( Read more... )