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Hey, guys! I need your addresses. And try to keep August 11th free, if you can. I think I have this set to screen all comments. So you can leave your address that way.

Update: no, I'm not officially engaged. Ben is a perfectionist, so he's been working on designing my ring for six months. But we're doing our engaged encounter this weekend, took the ( Read more... )

Ben knows me so well.

He bought me earrings for Valentine's day, Which is quite traditional and acceptable.

But he knows me. So he bought me armadillo earrings for Valentine's Day.

That's just perfect.

I have now watched 3 Lady Gaga videos, and I think that's at least 2 too many. But, see, my favorite Stephenie Meiers parody people kept making fun of her, and I wanted to see why...

I always wonder how ideas like this make it past the "brainstorm phase."
Person A: so, this is a love song about some guy in Nebraska.
Person B: Great! We'll put the ( Read more... )

Happy Halloween, everybody!

Yup, it's my favorite pagan holiday. Here are some quick book recs to get you in the mood:

• Ghost Story: OK, not very Halloweeny, but if you haven't read this, what are you waiting for? So good, it actually makes the prior book better by existing. Theological errors/inconsistencies aside.
• The October Country: If I haven't ( Read more... )

I have now given up on regular journal entries. You will maybe get one spring, one fall. I am hoping to soon transition this into an annual hardcopy Christmas letter. We shall see.

So, I still love my job. My boss says I will probably get a promotion at the end of the year to associate editor. That's basically a full editor position, as opposed to ( Read more... )

On Saturday, Ben took me to the House of Blues. We were in an intimate room on the top floor, highly decorated, and standing room only-so everyone sat on the hard floor. Opening act was Imaginary Friend (whom I'd never heard of), who had a fabulous voice and great lyrics, but needed more drama in his music. A percussion section might help. The star ( Read more... )

From the diary of St. Maria Faustina Kowalska. The bolded words are those of Jesus.

Jesus is commanding me to make a novena before the feast of Mercy, and today I am to begin it for the conversion of the whole world and for the recognition of the Divine Mercy...so that every soul will praise My goodness. I desire trust from My creatures. Encourage ( Read more... )

I ended up unexpectedly seeing a movie last weekend when Ben ran into some people he knew from college at Mass. After standing around the Church talking for about 15 minutes, I suggested we all move to somewhere that serves food, and by the time two of them said they were going to see it, we still didn't want to part just yet. Very interesting ( Read more... )

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