So, Christmas is more or less over, or at least it's getting into its bittersweet denouement. Last week I had a celebration with friends, which consisted of seeing Tron: Legacy (which was a lot of fun) and having dinner at Harry's Hofbrau (which was very tasty). Family Christmas consisted of dinner and gift exchange and such at Debbie and TJ's ( Read more... )

It seems like not many people I know actually use LiveJournal these days, but whatever. I post here as much to blather for my own benefit as anything.

The old Taurus I was going to start driving whenever I get my license spectacularly failed its smog check, and would cost something like $1,000, and if I had that much (which I totally don't) I'd be ( Read more... )

I have a new driving learner's permit, and hopefully this time I'll actually get my license. At this exact moment I'm just glad not to have to force myself to read the driver handbook, especially when I have so much neat stuff to read. I kinda want to record a podcast/audiobook of the handbook (with some snarky comments and random observations), ( Read more... )

I had a pretty laid-back birthday today (though the real celebration--seeing Scott Pilgrim and having a BBQ--is coming up on Sunday). I took the day off of work and slept in, watched the Comedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff (which features Pam Anderson, Seth McFarlane, and Hulk Hogan and is all kinds of amazing), then went to Chevy's to claim a ( Read more... )

Kurumi Artwork (always!)
Gold Brick V
Gold Digger Movie
Red Vs. Blue The First Five Seasons Box Set - Remastered
Dark Sun Campaign Setting
Apocalypse World Preorder

The other day I finally saw the doctor about my rather persistent cough, and it looks like allergies are the culprit. I got a prescription for heavy-duty cough medicine (the little gel-pills that limit the coughing reflex), generic Claritin, and antibiotics just in case, and with the allergy medicine I don't really need the cough medicine. ( Read more... )

I had an altogether awesome weekend, if a long and tiring one. Saturday was Jenny's "Fanime Lite" party where we hung out and watched anime all day and well into the night. The party was very long, but on the whole it went really smoothly. No one got lost or was later than they'd planned on being, the food and such came together without incident, ( Read more... )

I've had a cold since last Sunday, though I'm definitely on the mend now. I missed most of a week of work, though I was pleasantly surprised to find that I actually missed my work. I still have lingering symptoms, but I've at least reached a point where I'm not needing to constantly be on cold medicine (did I mention that Alka-Seltzer Cold is ( Read more... )

So, I kinda jumped the gun a bit and went ahead and bought an iPhone 3GS. On the whole it is a beautiful little piece of hardware, and I expect to legitimately get a lot of use out of its features. I was looking up restaurant options and bus schedules and such before I'd even got it home, and I can see myself getting a lot of utility out of that ( Read more... )

My iPod isn't quite dead per se, but it's acquired a habit of interpreting most button presses as pressing the select button, which means that it's a great portable hard drive, but it's nigh-impossible to persuade it to let you navigate the menus. I bought my iPod in around 2004 if I remember right, while I was still at SJSU, which means it's ( Read more... )