It's quiet. Too quiet. Things have been... odd. Aside from the various "happy mother's day!" comments over the weekend (cuz, y'know, female of the super hippy persuasion, you're going to have people assume you got those hips the hard way) and the wanting to punch a dude in the face early Sunday morning, work has presented me with this ( Read more... )

Day 5: First Heartbreak

Stop me if you've heard this one before... wait, no. You're getting the story again anyway. But hey, raid the liquor cabinet to entertain yourself, k?

I'm trying to avoid too many of the obvious life-changers because they're obvious, but some really should be mentioned. I'm going to try and dole them out amongst the ( Read more... )

Day 4: X-Men: The Animated Series.

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  Like just about anything awesome but not musically inclined that I've adopted, this is courtesy of Mums. I... don't remember watching it prior to Mums being upset about Morph's death. But she was and I somehow got hooked and the rest is history ( Read more... )

Day 3:  And now the tale of the First Mix Tape that mostly wasn't ( Read more... )

  Inspired by luxken27's ode to Buddy Holly, today's installment is the art of the mix tape.  My first* mixtape was made for me by a friend of mine in Australia. We met online doing a CCG card trade, although I think we'd interacted a bit prior to the trade. He was away from home and I didn't mind waiting for him to make it back home for the trade, so we ( Read more... )

100 Things, Day 1: I Want You   It's 1997 and my father is in the hospital for surgery to remove one of his kidneys. After not going to school (shocker) and waiting to see how surgery went (well), Mums and I return home to wait for the boy to get off from school. I'm killing time because none of my friends are home yet or... something and this ( Read more... )

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