Ladies and gentlemen, may I present you with my very first decorated cake:


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Apparently I need a "nom nom nom" icon as well.  Eh.  Anyway, on to the real entry!

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When I was young, and my mom would bring my brother and I along while she did the grocery shopping, we would station ourselves in the bakery and watch the cake decorators do their thing.  It was fascinating.

Now that I’m all grown up, I still have a ( Read more... )

I finished reading The Hunger Games series over the weekend, and quite liked it.  I really liked the first two, but the last one threw me for a loop--I'm still not quite sure how I feel about it.  I could go on quite a diatribe about it, but I'll spare you all for now--besides, there are reviews out there that express my views much more eloquently ( Read more... )

I had finally switched out some of my icons, and discovered for this entry I need one that's someone being pensive/thoughtful.  It never ends ( Read more... )

I grew up in Colorado, and we lived in a very, very old house; it was built in 1902.  Well, the top half, anyway.  Before the 1940s, it sat on the back of the lot, but later they moved it up on top of a basement.  Remnants of its previous location were still evident in my childhood--the path of the old driveway could still be seen on one side of ( Read more... )

I tend to get into obsessions/phases with different things.  For awhile, I was a knitting maniac.  Now I don't even want to look at the pair of socks I've been meaning to finish for my mother.  I was also obsessed with Tumblr for a time, then that went away, and now its back (damnit, Tumblr!)  We won't go into my WoW obsession (which, actually, I ( Read more... )

On a completely different note, sometimes I wish the person I am in my head could be the person I am out loud.  Being socially awkward and inept is not a fun thing.

In my defense, so was the other guy ( Read more... )

So, its turns out that while 2011 is the Year of Pet Doom, it is also the Year That Everyone I Know is Pregnant or Getting Married.

Except me, of course.

You guys.  2011's cruel march on pets continues!  Since my last entry, THREE more pets have been struck with its evil, evil wrath.  Seriously.  WTF?!

( This is crazy. )