The wind is howling outside ( Read more... )

Today I went over to my parents' to use my mom's mixer for peppernut dough.  And round about the time I got to putting in the flour (which is the last step), I'm thinking, boy does this go faster than doing it by hand!  (Though I always end up doing the last two cups of flour by hand because even the sturdiest mixer burns out when the dough gets ( Read more... )

Friday we were watching The Big Bang Theory (we're on the second season), and we abruptly realized something.

I'm Sheldon.

I mean, okay, my IQ is a good deal less than 180ish, and I don't have any doctorates, and I actually like people and try to treat them with dignity and kindness, but man alive, there are so many times when his reaction to ( Read more... )

You know what's weird?  Posting on Facebook and getting replies from 1) someone I met on LJ, 2) a friend I met in highschool 3) my roommate's former roommate who I also sang with in a small group in college, and 4) my aunt.  None of these people have ever met, and yet my aunt and my college friend got in a discussion ( Read more... )

The party last night went swimmingly.  We had about thirty people show up (not all at once), which got a bit crowded, yet still went well.  There were some excellent costumes.  Amy's, based on a CLAMP manga, turned out spectacularly.  (Her hair was a mass of ringlets, and she was so sad to have to undo them.  They were gorgeous.)  There was more ( Read more... )

I don't like to be weak.

( Community service )

Y'know how my brother caught a guinea pig in is backyard?  They named it Tim.  After Tim the Enchanter.

But then I realized Friday that their dog's name is Daisy, so... Tim and Daisy.

(Now let's see who gets that one?)

So my dad offered to help me with my curtains.  Because, you see, the apartment house requires that the big ol' vertical blinds remain over all windows, and that nothing be put between them and the windows, and trying to find a curtain rod that goes around said blinds is nigh impossible.  After fiddling with an ancient traverse rod and discussing ( Read more... )

I finally got around to making some stations on Pandora.com.  It makes such complete sense.  I'm sitting here dividing them up according to musical era: baroque, classical, romantic, modern...  And one devoted to such bands as the Newsboys.  Heh ( Read more... )

Annie's computer kicked the bucket this week, so last night we had no Castle.  But we did have the first season of The Big Bang Theory.  And we liked it very much.

I like how all the geeks are different, with varying levels of geekiness, dorkiness, and that controlling, nit-picking instinct that we geeks so often have.  I love how Sheldon is a ( Read more... )