elipie suggested summing ourselves up in 10 movies. I didn't get too deep, but this is a decent cross-section of ( what cranks my wheelhouse. )

So, our cable company randomly stopped being an inefficient corporate monopoly and gave me two tickets to an advance screening of The Desolation of Smaug tonight. With free popcorn and drinks!

( Holy crap that's an amazing CGI dragon. (SPOILERS) )

Are there any apple orchards or pumpkin patches within train/bus reach of NYC? This is what people do in New England during fall, I'm to understand. In Florida, we celebrate with an al fresco meal and packing up our sweaters because businesses stop over-air conditioning their offices ( Read more... )

Would Iron Man and Batman count as superheroes? (Thanks,
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( My brush with The Rachel, the self-fulfilling cycle of anxiety about my hair, and why Cumberskittles is responsible for this latest crisis. )

I finally string enough thoughts together for a new entry, and of course it's more than 1,000 words of personal meta.

( He was interested, and had money, but it was in his car. Would I mind watching his kids for a moment? With that, he pushed his infant daughter into my arms and walked out to get it. )

Because a girl can only do so much between hormones, too little sleep all week and not eating for 15 hours because of a clusterfuck with our delivery order from a new restaurant. But some of it was good crying! And some of it was just melodramatic.

When you talk of the Tampa Bay Rays' 2011 wild-card drama - and you will - know this - St. ( Read more... )

Like everyone else this morning, I woke up to the new Delicious, a stunning example of what happens when you throw a bunch of money and developers at a problem that doesn't exist, while doing zero audience research to figure out how your service was being used. Having been largely out of fandom for about five years, when SGA was still The One ( Read more... )

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Grievous oversight: Thanks to without_me and wovenindelibly for the virtual snowflakes - they reminded me of the people I love here. Need to get out to see you ladies again sometime ( Read more... )