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Now is the winter of my discontent...
After having written out the post-that-wasn't last week I was reminded how the act of writing (or even better, talking) out/through the myriad thoughts rattling around always helps to force a linear path, and through it some conherence and understanding. My thought processes aren't really tangled so much as convoluted helix(ices?) at times, and ( Read more... ) -
Wow.
So I just spent about an hour writing my first post in 35 weeks, and just as I'm finishing up Friefox crashes and I lose it all! Guess I'm not supposed to share my angst with the internets afterall.
To the internet, I say: Screw you guys, I'm goin' home. -
huh. neat.
You've got to admit, it's a pretty impressive fake. -
woo!
Thanks to the internet and a powerful resurgence of wanderlust, I will now be spending Valentine's Day evening on an airplane. And President's Day weekend in NYC. :)
Operation Get the Hell Out of Town is go. -
If you try sometimes you just might find you get what you need...
1. Where did you begin 2007? Physically, at The Roundcliffe. Emotionally, cranky and frustrated.
2. What did you do in 2007 that you'd never done before? Moved into my own apartment, quit a job, reported a crime.
3. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? The only resolution I've had going the last few years ( Read more... ) -
The horror!
Last year at Christmas I recieved a copy of Martha Stewart's Homekeeping Handbook, which has proven a great resource for proper storage techniques of sweaters, advised cleaning schedules and methods for areas of the house, and general pointers on how one ought to maintain one's home. This past year, when flummoxed, I've asked Martha. And Martha, ( Read more... ) -
Welcome, Yule!
Now, see, I find stuff like this and think that sometimes, no matter what, you just gotta love people.
(Last year I may or may not have checked the webcam compulsively.)
Happy Holidays everyone! -
If the ground yawned and swallowed me whole would I fall all the way to China?
Last month David and Mary loaned me a book called Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart, which at the time I took with a chuckle and thanks. I accepted the book primarily interested in its premise of exploring zen from a clinical psych (Jungian, actually) perspective, and comparing how each framework approaches various issues and phenomena people ( Read more... ) -
Packing lesson
A wise woman once told me that you can't walk through new doorways if you've got lots of baggage - you just can't make it through the opening if you're carrying too much ( Read more... )