As the main event of last Friday's festive holiday cookie baking festivities, V and I made a double batch of gingerbread dough. I had used the recipe last year, but apparently my brain conveniently glossed over the fact that even a single recipe was more than sufficient for the gingerbread needs of a small Bavarian village. We slogged through about ( Read more... )

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This time last year, I was knee deep in holiday knitting. Remember that? Remember four sweaters in nine weeks? Remember the exhilaration, the pure giddy thrill of madness? The knitting all-nighters? Remember how that project cost me not only my sanity, but any possible shred of Holiday Spirit? I do.

It's nearly been a year, and the ingrates don't ( Read more... )

A few questions for this Novemtacular morning...

- What is the difference between "emo" and "scene" kids? UrbanDictionary.com doesn't make a great differentiation. See, you look up "scene" and it mentions "hardxcore." If you look up "hardxcore," it says "emo." And then there's "hipster."  My working hypothesis is that scene = hardxcore and is like  ( Read more... )

With my real, honest-to-God, no-foolin's, no more tempin's, gift-wrapping my soul for The Man start date hanging over my head, I'm spending more and more time browsing apartment listings. Yes, people, I'm doing this. I'm embarking on the My First Apartment chapter of my life. Git along, little mousies! Adulthood, ho!

No one I know is looking to make ( Read more... )

I finally saw Body Worlds on Friday. Ooooh, ahhh. It was very cool, very artsy, very beautiful. I didn't find it remotely creepy, a feeling I'm choosing not to address right now. The bodies are so unlike living humans that you would need to continually hit yourself on the head with a mallet reading "These are real people" to even remember. I'd love ( Read more... )

Man, I got on the late train this morning. That's the train leaving at 7:10, and it is the last train that will get me to work at an acceptable time. I can usually expect to get into the showers by 8:05.

Anyway, I don't like the late train because of the conductor. Like other passengers, I try to doze off a little on the commute. I've got 8.5 ( Read more... )

Shhhh. It's quarter to ten on a Thursday morning, and I'm home.  Take that, mice!

Ya see, my parents are on a three-day trip to Maine for their anniversary. I stayed with V and E in Boston on Tuesday night and then made my way home after work yesterday. It was my first time taking the bus from Ashmont and walking the mile home. My father's fear of  ( Read more... )

Welcome back, migraines. I've missed you. During my latest trip through oral contraceptives, I had not a single episode in months. This past week, however, I had one. It made me glad, because it means cycle-y things are continuing apace without medical mediation. Go me!

Generally, I lucked out big time when it comes to migraines. They don't come ( Read more... )

Guess what? I just found out "Body Worlds 2" is coming to the Museum of Science on July 30. Hooray! Hooray!