Well, this weekend was pretty much a wash. I pretty much spent the entire weekend rewatching West Wing for no apparent reason. No writing, a bit of packing and organizing but not much. Oops. Still, I kind of needed that ( Read more... )

While being berated over the phone by a stranger for something I am not responsible for and have no real power to fix, it does help to remind myself that I'll only be answering these fucking phones for another four weeks. Nineteen business days, and I'm gone forever ( Read more... )

Temperatures in the DC area may reach 100F this afternoon. UGH UGH UGH. Seriously. Today has been canceled due to possibility of heatstroke. >_< And it's supposed to be just as bad tomorrow. I cannot handle this shit.

TV meme continues:

Day 13 - Favorite childhood show

Toss up between Fraggle Rock and Wishbone. I think probably Fraggle Rock ( Read more... )

And the saga of the snowpocalypse continues with yet another blizzard. I am so over this shit. My day job has of course been closed all week, which means I am not getting paid, but on the other hand, means I'm actually getting about enough sleep every night, which makes for a nice change ( Read more... )

That was quite a snowstorm there. It did an excellent job of shutting down the DC area. Also knocking out my internet, STILL, which annoys me quite a lot. (Posting from a bookstore now, because my apartment is currently an internet dead zone -- even the wireless account from the restaurant downstairs, which I can yoink when the apt connection goes ( Read more... )

So I finally caved and realized that I was going to have to get a new driver's license, since I haven't lived in Illinois for well over a year now. So I got a Virginia license, which, man, I really do live in Virginia now, I guess. WEIRD. Anyway. It came in the mail today, and it is quite possibly the most hideous thing I have ever laid eyes on. I ( Read more... )

Moving: completely fucking exhausting, actually. Also kind of awesome and exciting. But mostly exhausting. I'm...mostly unpacked, except for some bric-a-brac and then some books and all my DVDs. Books because I'm one bookcase short, DVDs because I have probably well over a hundred by now and nowhere to PUT them. New!roomie was all, "hey, there's an ( Read more... )

OH RIGHT, on top of losing my shit over Torchwood as you may have noticed, real life has been particularly whammy this week. I made it to the final round of interviews for a nifty job with a Very Serious Arts Organization, which means I have an exactly 1 in 3 chance of getting it (NOT GOOD ENOUGH ODDS), my year-long job of decent work but shitty ( Read more... )

So there was a massive deadly crash on the DC metro yesterday evening. It was on the red line, which is the train line I take most often, but out near Takoma, which is nowhere near anywhere I go. Weirdly, I didn't even hear about it until this morning -- despite the fact that I was riding the metro not long after the crash. There were intercom ( Read more... )

1. I am making the most amazing Strawberry Cupcakes for my housemate's birthday, you have no idea. I love trying new recipes for baked goods, and I'm adding my own cream cheese icing (from scratch, natch), which I added some of the extra strawberry juice to, and OMG, guys. NOM ( Read more... )