This morning, I finished How to Be Idle by Tom Hodgkinson, chicken soup for this over-worked, efficiency-obsessed world. It has very simple, practical and empowering advice that speaks of a utopia of four-hour workdays, long nights spent in earnest conversation at the pub, sleeping in, partying and vacations. Beer and fishing. Tea and smoking (I ( Read more... )

A- Age you had your first kiss - 17 ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday Zoe! She is eleven, don't you know.

P.S. Is anyone stalking me (or at least my Livejournal) at the moment? Random LJ-ers? Friends of friends? Friends-who-don't-have-LJ? Just randomly curious. Hello?

Meditations on Turning Eight Twenty, by Lisa Simpson Basil UtterI had a cat named Snowball ( Read more... )

I think it's basically official now. Either Ian or myself is moving out next semester. It's for the best really, considering that I go to bed several hours later than he does (and I'm sure that will not change next semester, even without the writing class). It just doesn't make sense to keep it up like this. Though it's annoying that I'll be on my ( Read more... )

1. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOLLY POCKET
2. I am the worst "Talk Like a Pirate Day" celebrater EVAR

I'm not gonna be as nerdy as I was here, ( but... )

I forgot to wish Liz a very happy birthday on Thursday. So...happy birthday Liz!!! (Man, was this all only a year ago? Weird). Also happy birthday to Kate for the day before that ( Read more... )

Right off the bat, I would like to point out that Phone Posts are now MP3 supported! So now, when I talk? You have to listen. NO if's, and's or but's. I own you. =D ( Read more... )

I think Sara, Charms and Alden are particularly appropriate here.

So Helena spent last night here, and it was really nice. I showed her around the campus, and we had dinner and watched Eternal Sunshine. I showed her Facebook, and she convinced me to poke about thirty people total (six people have poked me back so far), and I showed her the ( Read more... )