Ken's parents are celebrating their 50th anniversary this weekend. Because they are the wealthy ones, they are taking the family out to dinner here ( Read more... )

I grew up without air conditioning. In central Massachusetts we didn’t really need it for most of the summer. Oh, I thought we did-melting away in the 83-and-breezy, slightly humid summer. Nighttime box fan hum, tuning into college radio, Buzzcocks and The Smiths. Mission of Burma. Staying up way too late trying to work out how to become as ( Read more... )

But not nearly as big a football fan as I am a baseball fan. Thus I can be sitting here with headphones on while the Ravens are on and not even realize the game is over and they won. I've had my nose buried in West Wing episodes while he's been here watching the game. I can't even sit quietly during a Red Sox or Phillies game in June. Big ( Read more... )

See, there's a party tonight. A very important party, as irish_caffeine is home from Italy for a few weeks and I must see his face. But I have to work Saturday at 4am. 4AM. I mean, honestly, can you imagine ( Read more... )

ETA: Crap. The images are cut off. This only troubles me because the kitty-supper-club picture has lost a member.


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...I'm going to do one of these meme-a-day things ( Read more... )

Am I ever going to grow out of calling people "dude"?

So, apparently our house has a thing called a "sump pump" and it isn't "working".

This living in a house thing is hard, yo.

The last hurdle to re-employment. To celebrate, I went to CVS and spent too much money on makeup. I'm thinking maybe a new haircut is in order as well ( Read more... )