I've signed my lease and paid my rent, so I'm officially living in a new city. I actually move my stuff in tomorrow. My grad school program orientation is on Friday, classes start Monday and then I will disappear into an abyss of work. BUT! I am convinced that this is going to be an awesome kind of abyss. For example, after filling out a survey to ( Read more... )

I believe I have seen everything (that is, all the filmed things) that Steven Moffat has written since 1999. That is, Coupling, Jekyll, Doctor Who and Sherlock. Fair game: I have watched nothing written prior to these, and it's been a while since I saw Coupling. As a visual person, I also have a difficult time separating the final product from the ( Read more... )

You live, you die, and then you come back to life, get up, and shamble around trying to eat your former friends and loved ones. That's the way it is for everyone.

from Feed by Mira Grant (aka Seanan McGuire)
If there's one thing I'm taking away from this book so far, it's a very important date ( Read more... )

I just realized that my Facebook status is from the Old Spice video on libraries and I fan-tweeted the USPS to thank them for the awesomely awesome service that is media mail.

Social Media Geek Win.

MadLibs post ( Read more... )

Hetero Life Mate and I were discussing how much we will miss each other when I move away for grad school. "It could be worse..." I said, which, of course, prompted a long list of movie, book and television separations that are worse than moving a few thousand miles ( Read more... )

Whew, busy couple of days. At least I got time-and-a-half for working nine hours on a holiday ( Read more... )

( Doctor Who, 5x09: Cold Blood (SPOILERS) )

Why did I not know about hp_paperpiecing?! Quilt piecing and Harry Potter, together? True love.

I still need to finish the pieced scarf that I started, stopped and the temporarily lost, plus I'm in the midst of making a coat and then I plan to finally put some old t-shirts to good use and make a quilt with those... but eventually I'll have to do something with ( Read more... )

I love the random information that comes out in "introduction" e-mails and posts.

The listserv for my grad program is up and running now, so people are saying hellos. A lot of snowboarders, anime fans, and gamers so far, and one person mentioned a love of Setlers of Catan (I'm totally befriending him, since I don't own my own board).

Things I ( Read more... )