I had Friday and today off, and spent a lot of it catching up on things I've let slide over the past few months, but I also loafed around the city and saw some friends. Among other things, I went to the farmer's market Saturday morning with D., the baby, the puppydog, and M.. Chatting with a couple of young mothers and their babies outside the ( Read more... )

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( Navel-gazing over my hangups, love memes, and fandom not being utopia )

( The Office 3.11 - Back from Vacation )

I went on an unplanned road trip to way Northern California from Friday to Monday, after exchanging emails with a college friend. I figured I had the time, and it was a good time for her, and who knows when that will happen again, so hey. It was interesting. ( Read more... )

( Stargate 10.09 - Company of Thieves )

Northern California is generally pretty temperate near the coast, and nobody has air conditioning. In weather like this, things grind to a halt as everybody retreats to shady spots and lies around spraying themselves with water.

I spent part of the weekend at D.'s, since he's close to the ocean and his place was marginally cooler. My own house ( Read more... )

* So, I posted my Aeryn Sun essay to idol_reflection last week and then got sucked into the mad dash to the finish line at work and forgot to let anybody know. I lose at self-pimping! Fortunately, I have others picking up my slack.

* And brynnmck wrote a wonderful essay on Kara Thrace that I highly recommend. She and I very much share a brain when it comes to ( Read more... )

I have! It's roasting in the oven right now and smells wonderful. This is a foolproof recipe that always produces a moist, flavorful roast chicken, but it is not for those who are hesitant to get intimate with their poultry.

( Roast chicken with red wine and shallots )

The weather has taken a turn for the crappy. Not dramatic crappy, but the sort of days-long cold, dark, foggy drizzle that makes venturing outside a miserable experience. (I can hear those of you who live where there's real winter weather laughing. Hush! It really is crappy!) Thanks to the miracle of online retail, I think I am done venturing ( Read more... )

We're getting a lot of clear, crisp days now--fall is here. This morning in a meeting, we were all discussing the fact that autumn has arrived and the newly-moved-from-Michigan writer gaped at us in disbelief and pointed out that it's only a few degrees colder, and we had to explain patiently to him that he is experiencing a Northern California ( Read more... )