-i bought a plane ticket home for memorial day! i wasn't going to, because going up to jersey just for the weekend is usually crazy and stressful and leaves me exhausted for a week, but pop-pop's been sick and i probably won't be able to go up again til thanksgiving and plane tickets were shockingly affordable. (ok, my parents mostly paid for them ( Read more... )

visiting with my family was SO MUCH FUN but also crazy exhausting. there was lots of running around disney involved. ( cut for people who don't care, which is probs everyone. huzzah! )

work: after boss gave us raises, one of my coworkers decided not to quit. so we're still understaffed, but not quite as badly! huzzah!

family: my dad had to go to the hospital last week, for reasons still unknown. he's home and cranky-tired now though! but also my family (aunt and uncle, several cousins, their kids, some of their in-laws, one of ( Read more... )

-i wrote out this whole long explanation of what a shitshow (new vocab word, thanks mark zusak!) my office is, but really, who cares? so basically, the rest of my department quit on monday so i am going to be even more homicidal than usual for the foreseeable future. on the plus side, i got a raise! apparently they were actually listening when i ( Read more... )

i finished season one of criminal minds! i have one very important question: where are all the icons of hotch in that fucking pirate hat ( Read more... )

i was going to do the survey thing i usually do, but i got bored with it. so instead, have some top five lists! (lists are in no particular order)

( top 5 albums, books, concerts, and movies of 2010! )

helloooooooooo, internets! i hope you all had a lovely holiday! i'm in jersey for the week, so mine has involved lots of lounging about in my PJs, making my dad watch white collar ("isn't bomer hot?" "which one is he?" "the STUNNINGLY ATTRACTIVE one!" "...sure. but this show is no ncis."), and drinking ALL THE COFFEE. (i miss coffee ( Read more... )

01. i caught up on psych this weekend! i love all of their stupid faces an awful lot, which should surprise exactly no one. now i just have to remember to watch it every week. when does it air? *writes a note*

02. the plan after psych was actually criminal minds, because i was really annoyed that my parents kept turning off the marathon ( Read more... )

01. thanksgiving was really good! possibly the best ever. thursday i sat around with my parents, watched the episodes of doctor who that had been on the tivo since july, ate the most delicious turkey my mom has every cooked, and then went to my aunt's and chased my cousins around for a little while. friday i achieved jersey nirvana: pork roll ( Read more... )

i completed my book goal today! lady knight was book #75 this year, which is exciting for me. i'm gonna keep pushing myself to see if i can meet last year's failed goal, but it's kind of a relief to know 2/3 of my goals are done ( Read more... )