So I was at the mall today, and the mannequin in the front window of Forever 21 was wearing this. I lol'ed, went into the store, found it on the rack, lol'ed again, took it into the fitting room, and put it on and made various kawaii V-for-victory signs at the mirror. Despite its awesomeness, I knew I'd never wear it in public (I'm not a screen- ( Read more... )

Courtesy of cumaeansibyl: These are the top 200 books most often marked as "unread" by LibraryThing's users (as of today). As usual, bold what you have read, italicise what you started but couldn't finish, and strike through what you couldn't stand. The numbers after each one are the number of LT users who used the tag of that book ( Read more... )

Anybody else think this sounds like the most fantastic and fun idea ever?

Saw a few people post this, looked interesting ( Read more... )

Sometimes the Baby-sitters Club can surprise you.

I recently finished my first-ever reading of #62, Kristy and the Worst Kid Ever, in which the family across the street from Kristy takes in a foster kid named Lou who is, as the title suggests, a terror. Now, I admit, I wasn't expecting much out of this title, partly because Ms. Martin's treatment ( Read more... )

( Thoughts on Sailormoon. Sort-of spoilers for Sailorstars. )

Stop me if you've heard this one before:

• Arts & Crafts Fair
• Bingo Tent
• Carnival
• Fireworks
• Local Entertainment

The Cubs fail at life, it's 12:23 on a work night, and I've had a headache since 11:30 this morning (not helped by the crowds and/or the lights), but I'm strangely happy. Perhaps it was because of a sort of pleasant list I was making in my head as I drove home from the office after the game. I'll have to remember to write it down.

So this afternoon, around 3:00, a funnel cloud was spotted in western Cook County. A tornado warning was issued and word started to spread around the office and as soon as I heard about it, I went into panic mode. But I was in a phone meeting at the time and no one else seemed to be worried and they all kept talking about calculating tax rules and ( Read more... )

Sometimes I wish I could feel comfortable posting here, but lately it seems like everything I write is either inane and forced, or offensive, or meaningless.

Sometimes I wish I was interesting or at least opinionated.

This is stupid.