Yesterday I was coming off a 12 hour shift (sounds worse than it was, got my second wind around the 9th hour) and phoned home for a ride since the very idea of waiting for a bus and then trudging home 3/4 of a mile in the snow made me want to pull my hair out ( Read more... )

I didn't know when I sat down to watch an episode of Fox's Glee what I was getting into. I thought, "I keep hearing good stuff, I should check it out." -- I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT WAS A SHOW-SHOW. XD I thought it was a reality show about a mean-spirited group of kids who wanted to make it big in the "ultimate glee club" -- like a mix of So You ( Read more... )

Every time I end up riding my bike home in darkness, the thought always crosses my mind that I could die. I'm morbid and paranoid and neurotic, so it's perfectly natural for me to imagine being hit by a car, getting hit in the back of the head with a crowbar, running into a telephone pole, stabbed in a robbery gone wrong, shot with a wayward ( Read more... )

Firstly, I would like to say that my oldest niece is now wearing training bras. SHE IS GOING INTO THE THIRD GRADE. WHAT THE HELL. I don't recall wearing bras until fifth grade, maybe fourth. She's a petite Asian. We don't get boobs early or very big.

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Noooooo. Part-time Mommy!Leila is about to flip her shit. Especially knowing that even ( Read more... )

Yes, these are hard times ( Read more... )

Leila's technique for SAVING and MAKING money: avoid riding the bus to work. Instead, ride your bike...this way, not only do you NOT spend unnecessary money, you get your daily exercise...AND if you hook a plastic bag over your handlebars and pick up soda cans on the way to and from...you can MAKE more than monthly interest earned off of your ( Read more... )

...I was writing 10/11/09 on all the paperwork at work today.

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FAIL.I'm gonna mark the day on my calendar just in case it's not a weird premonition for something to come ( Read more... )

Um, so I disappeared off the face of the planet again ( Read more... )

I didn't think the book would turn my world upside down. Her first book already did that. I feel like I've just been slapped in the face.

Ruth Ozeki's second novel...All Over Creation tells the story of Yumi Fuller, runaway daughter returning home to care for her dying father, three children--all with different fathers--in tow. It weaves its ( Read more... )

Jake died. Except it wasn't just him this time, his cousin died, too ( Read more... )