Happy new year (and decade) to everyone ( Read more... )

Merry Christmas to all my friends who celebrate, and for those who don't, it's great to have a public holiday isn't it ( Read more... )

Back from a few days up in the moutains. Had a lovely time with my university friend. The weather was great, the kids screamed as much as possible, her partner worked all weekend and she was frazzled. The only 2 times they didn't scream was when we took them to see Where the Wild Things Are (fabulous) and when I read them their stories before bed ( Read more... )

Right now I'm basking in temps in the 80s so it was tough to remember that everyone in America was celebrating Thanksgiving. Hope you all ate and drank well and avoided conflict with those you love ( Read more... )

One of the things that has fallen by the wayside this year in everything that has gone on is my reading. I've kept up with reference reading for my work but reading for pleasure has been tough when I was so busy and my mind occupied elsewhere ( Read more... )

I'm posting some quick diatribe thoughts about the entire twilight enterprise. A warning: this contains almost entirely negative views on the entire Twilight oeuvre. Please excuse the grammatical and other errors - I can't bring myself to go back over it for review ( Read more... )

So, I haven't been around for a while. While I have really good reasons, none of them is an excuse ( Read more... )

I'm currently in the US. I got here last week for a family event that I didn't even know I was going to 2 weeks ago. I was so busy planning the trip and organizing myself and getting here that I literally didn't have time to post to let anyone know I was coming. Luckily, my mother has my sister's wedding plans well in hand and I could be spared for ( Read more... )

Most of you know I have spent the last four years in a deeply internal place, doing lots of psychological demolition and rebuilding in conjunction with the whole life-change thing. I think I have quite a reasonable new version of me (I think I'm about V.8.1.2 now) and I've decided that it's time to get out there again and mix with other people, the ( Read more... )

Hmmm. I logged onto LJ today and it's been 29 weeks since I posted! Thanks so much LJ, for the guilt-inducing reminder. I seriously don't know where my brain has been. I think the fact that I work with people these days rather than a computer means that I don't get online that often but it's no excuse for not catching up with all of you ( Read more... )