( So here's the Christmas haul: two days late, a dollar short, but there and much appreciated nonetheless. )

( The shocking true tale of 2003. )

Bill status: Paid.
Exam status: Greek this afternoon at 2:45.
Apartment status: Needs to be cleaned.
Money status: I need some before I hit the road tomorrow.
TI status: I can't deal with anything right now.
Library book status: Two to renew (am not finished with Sourvinou-Inwood, did not even get to start Lichtheim).
Christmas shopping/card ( Read more... )

Good things that have happened since 7 November, which appears to have been the last happy Friday post. I haven't done these in a while. Anyway, this list doesn't attempt to be comprehensive ( Read more... )

--E-mail mostly answered ( Read more... )

It's snowing! True, it hasn't begun to stick, but it's coming down. I rolled out of bed after 10 hours of sleep (thankyouZeus), staggered to class, and now I'm here. And there's leftover fried chicken for lunch. Yes, I've learned to fry chicken! Hooray ( Read more... )

So I did finally get my ticket paid off. I love walking, even downtown during lunch hour on a winter day--it does something to me and makes me happy. Also, it makes me feel okay about stuffing myself with oranges and string cheese last night. (I got a Marsh's card, finally--Marsh's is better than O'Malia's, as it's closer to the apartment complex, ( Read more... )

One reason I'm glad I don't h0 Terra Incognita in a bunch of different venues at the beginning of the month anymore is because I don't get discouraged when nobody's interested after the beginning of the month. Of course, this time of year everybody has more important things to think about than games, and that's as it should be. I'm very patient ( Read more... )

(with apologies to bratwurst.)

I think my new purpose in life, after the classics and the samurai and Terra Incognita and getting a job, is to somehow rent (because I'm not buying it) that classic of early '90s anti-drug propaganda, Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue!. Which I don't remember having seen the first time around ( Read more... )

G100 was canceled today, so after C311 let out, I went home and took a nap, and then I woke up at about 10 p.m. and packed my bags, which I then threw in the car. And then I rode hell-for-leather south to m0mmy's. On the up side, it was late enough that there was nobody else on the road. On the down side, it was dark (I hate driving at night), my ( Read more... )