There are baby spiders on the kitchen ceiling. *shudder* We've already removed several. I don't want to simply kill them, but they are seriously freaking me out. Have I mentioned lately that I'm somewhat arachnophobic? In fact, it's not just spiders that scare me, but most insectoid and arachnoid creatures with more than 4 legs. Yes, I know they ( Read more... )

I just had what may be, bar none, the most fucked-up dream EVER in my whole life ( Read more... )

Trowa and I joined up with gilana, candle_light, and cthulhia yesterday evening for the Zombie March from Davis Sq. to the Cellar, a pub between Harvard Sq. and Central Sq. Trowa dressed in his Nazgul costume (a different sort of undead) and the rest of us put on our zombie faces and fake blood, and we staggered and groaned our way through town. cthulhia and I took a detour ( Read more... )

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While driving up to the Toast, we had an interesting conversation with gravitrue about various things, including music, audiophiles, porn and HDTV, and fantasy vs. love of detail. He had commented that being a music lover is different from being an audiophile -- the former loves the music, the latter loves the equipment -- and we noted that one could be a ( Read more... )

Thank you to all those who came to the cabaret!

I had a great deal of fun in this production and feel privileged to have performed with chanaleh, desireearmfeldt, dietrich, heliopsis, kissoflife, mangosteen, plumtreeblossom, Thom, and, of course, Branden the Fabulous Accompanist. kissoflife, it was most excellent duetting with you! Thank you for asking me to join you in the production. I would have been way too shy to put myself ( Read more... )

Sometimes, sometimes not. Sometimes I think I'm being perfectly normal and then I get cues from those around me that I'm being weird. Sometimes I realize I'm amongst people who get weirder things than me free with their breakfast cereal ( Read more... )

In the last week or two I've experienced a bout of anxiety about the state of the nation that's been much worse than usual. I think I'm feeling a little better now, though. A lot of factors have influenced that state, I think, possibly even including a bit of PMS made worse by a blast of hormones from EC (I'm not usually hyperemotional during PMS, ( Read more... )

This morning I found that my car's battery was stone-cold dead. That was grumpy-making. Also confusion-making, because the headlight switch was turned on, but the last time I had driven my car it had been daylight, so they should never have been on in the first place. I have no idea why or how I had done it. Great. So not only is my car dead, I ( Read more... )

classics_cat linked earlier to this searing essay on white privilege and ensuing discussion. There was a whole lot of stuff to ponder, not all of it easy to read and take in. A couple of folks became rather defensive, and asked hand-flappingly, "But what am I supposed to dooooo?" and one played the " you're too angry, so I can't listen to you" card. When called ( Read more... )