So, my respite from LJ was longer than I had planned.  Things aren't consistently as bad as they were when I decided to stop writing for a bit, but Facebook's constant little updates have made it harder and harder for me find deeper, more meaningful, and lengthier topics to write about.  I am not proud of this, but it is true ( Read more... )

In a follow-up to my "Friends Only" previous post, I'm posting this to "Everyone", since I know I have a few friend lurkers.  The summary being that this past year has not been too positive.  In an effort to turn things in a more positive direction, I have decided to try and volunteer over the holidays this year.  It will be the first time I don't ( Read more... )

Had an AWFUL work week, but I am feeling better after a friend forced me out last night after work.  That's twice I've needed the nudge to put work 2nd, and twice it's paid off.  If only I could recruit these friends to pester me every day, I might actually have a life ( Read more... )

I don't think I've ever heard traffic reports that mention street closures and traffic snarls due to "Transition Headquarters activities"... until now.  Oh, it's gonna be a fun few months.  And I say that with sincerity.  The other great thing about being in DC during this exciting time is that apparently I get Inauguration Day off of work.  Now, ( Read more... )

Earlier, no words for my mouth.  Later, no words for my eyes.  On the way to work, there wasn't a single newspaper to be found.  Not even the discarded commuter papers you find all over the metro or in the recylce bins.  None in the news racks on my walk in.  None on my lunchtime walk in a 12+ block radius that I wandered, including at the Post ( Read more... )

I am utterly speechless today on this glorious of days.  Tears of joy listening to Obama's speech last night.  Sadness over the news of Prop 8.  But otherwise, speechless and awed.

Today, I woke really darn early, waited in line for [only] an hour, after parking my car a block away from a family of 5 deer grazing on a front lawn, amidst the most beautiful fall leaves I've seen gathered in one block, walked past a PTA bake sale at the school where I cast my vote for the next President of the United States (which, although I ( Read more... )

Did you know that your armpits are connected to muscles in your back? Did you know that if you work your back really hard, your armpits will hurt? Or, for that matter, every muscle in your entire body from the waist up and neck down. Guess I did well when I picked my knee-recovery sport of rowing, but MAN am I achy (and stiff) today!

Leaving work, across the street a crowd was forming. News trucks, security and a lot of people. Located across from my building is the famous/infamous Mayflower Hotel, home to the Spitzer and Lewinsky sex scandals. Anyway, today, a mere few hundred feet away, stood the building, inside of which stood Senator Barack Obama. A few hundred feet and ( Read more... )

Ernie is apparently as social to other animals as my cat is. And so, 2 more dead snails today. Sunny and Slick barely had a chance. And Ernie's on my shit list.