( All the things I wrote this year )

You ever have those mornings where you wake up completely dehydrated? Yeah, that's fun. Once you've undehydrated a little, you might then find a Special Weather Statement for your region that reads a little something like this:HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MIDWEST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK... THANKS TO A PERSISTENT AREA ( Read more... )

Tom Hiddleston will be playing Pretty Big Deal war photographer Robert Capa in an upcoming biopic, which I find pretty phenomenal for a lot of reasons. The obvious one, of course, is that it means there must be crossovers with The Hour, because OF COURSE Lix Storm knew Robert Capa (and competed with him, and was probably better sometimes, because ( Read more... )

Thank you so much to everyone who let me scream and wail and sob at them -- I can't tell you how much that shit helps. The four stories I have to produce this week are looking more doable: I have to put together an audio story tonight (about street beautification and its effects on business!) and (ulp) I am interviewing the president/CEO of the ( Read more... )

This is so much better than homework, guys. And it automatically means that the homework goes away, right?

Guys?

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For
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The BBC canceled The Hour.

I.

Cannot.

Even.

This was originally posted on Dreamwidth, where it has
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( Things I produced, or sort of produced, or talked about producing, this year )

I realized that when the lady at Northwestern called this morning at 8:15, she was waking me up at 6:15 Pacific time, which would explain a lot. Turns out I will need a tetanus/diptheria booster shot, but I think I can get that taken care of rather quickly, assuming I call the nurse at my PCP first thing. It's all about using up the last of my work ( Read more... )

In twenty-one minutes, I am setting up this printer I just bought (it has a scanner too!) and hauled all the way home from Staples, which, oof, is a much longer walk when you're lugging a printer than not. After that, my day goes Print "Summertime" --> Meet friends for dinner --> Last Vocal Tech class --> Meet up with J. --> Head to the South Loop ( Read more... )

Guys, yesterday was the most epic vintage shopping victory I've ever, ever had.

See, vintage shopping is a tough proposition for me. I'm 5'10", with broad shoulders and hips. Most vintage clothes are just too small for me, and the stuff that isn't usually doesn't fit well.

Enter Very Best Vintage (
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