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"Gleek"
I hate this word.
I have no opinion on "Glee," which I have never seen. I was hoping I'd never hear the word in conversation, but somebody opened a conversation with me this weekend by telling me they were now a "Gleek." -
all rights
We got our gold sedan. I feel like a grandmother . . . but a grandmother with reliable transportation. -
car shopping
My husband and I went car shopping yesterday. The car I got in 2003 (right before we met) isn't as reliable as I'd like it to be given my commute. It feels strange when I think about not driving this car anymore. Even though I've been with him for so much of the time I've owned it, it (and the idea of having "my own car") feels like an artifact ( Read more... ) -
I realized yesterday . . .
. . . that I engage in aggressive self-criticism in an attempt to prevent other people from saying first what I suspect they are about to say ( Read more... ) -
Saturday afternoon
Today is my husband's 40th birthday. I took the day off work (I usually work Saturday, Sunday, and Monday) but he doesn't really want to do anything but play computer games from the 1980s ( Read more... ) -
Hello there!
I haven't posted for quite a while (obviously) and am not even sure who is still on here ( Read more... ) -
NaNoWriMo?
Who is planning on doing NaNoWriMo this year? -
now it is cold here
When I moved, I got rid of all of my jackets because I didn't like them or they were too big. I meant to get a new one, I really did.
Jump six months forward. It is now cold outside and I'm getting ready to go out to dinner. I go to my closet to grab a jacket . . and, of course, find none.
Man. -
off-line for a while
I somehow screwed up my network and had to wait for somebody to come and fix it for us. So I was off-line for a long while. What's up with everybody ( Read more... ) -
ouch
I've got a permanent retainer on my lower front teeth. It has been there for ten years or more. Most of the time I forget about it, but once a year or so I will move my tongue the wrong way and cut the bottom of it on a wire. I've done this recently and the bottom of my tongue is really sore and . . . cut ( Read more... )