I just finished reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver, and its' one of the most inspiring things I've read in quite sometime. I've had an interest in eating local for a while as well as giving up factory farmed meat, and after reading this book I'm going to go for it. One of the interesting points made is that eating local is ( Read more... )

Things of note as of late ( Read more... )

You are 74% REAL Texan!!

You're way more Texan than average. You're parents were probably from here too. We're glad to have you. You probably go to the border for Christmas shopping and are well versed in BBQ, Mexican Food and .. well thats pretty much it.

How Texan Are You?
Sick of being sick. Mostly because I feel alright in the mornings and ( Read more... )

I'm having one of those days where I attempt to be productive and it just doesn't happen, by no fault of my own. Ah well ( Read more... )

Fri Sep 15
Enon / the Octopus Project / Tokyo Police Club
Hailey's, Denton, TX
Doors at 9PM / all ages

It's been far too long since I've seen Enon!

Having an annoying day at the jobby job...cranky mean managers who call me "doll" (don't call me "doll"), and I forgot for the first time to send out a reminder email to my managers for the report that is the bane of my existance every Thursday morning from 9-11 am, so almost no one has done it. Plus my email isn't working right, and my hands hurt ( Read more... )

Internet is not working right at home and I can't figure out what's wrong. Sometimes it craps out, but my roommate is home enough to fix it...I think it's a problem with either our router or the cable modem, but I've restarted both a few times and wiggled the cables to make sure everything is connected. Don't know, very annoyed. Plus, the dogs ( Read more... )

It's still a little in advance, but I was thinking about having a BBQ Sunday evening. Bring your own beverage and meat, I'll provide the charcoal, backyard, and probably a batch of potato salad. Any takers?

It never fails to amaze me just how quickly my weekends fill up.

Tentative plans:

tonight
Rockabilly show with brokennotbeaten?

tomorrow
Laziness. Maybe get a haircut? Maybe clean my house? (no...probably not) Maybe swimming + drinking + eating with friends?

SundayLunch with mom at Cupboard (she's on her way to East Texas...my grandmother is having surgery ( Read more... )

My friends' page brings me menstration humor.

Seriously though, This book Think Like a Guy : How to Get a Guy by Thinking Like One sounds like one of the worst pieces of crap to spill from my genders' fingertips.

One of the highlights, also courtesy of Bookslut:

Guys also show affection by putting up with you. We're women, so by nature we ( Read more... )