ok, it's been some time now but things are just stable enough, i think, that if i write this story it won't be taking away from something else that i need to be doing ( Read more... )

as i wander around my neighborhood here, one i've lived in for 12 years now, i see things that i'm going to miss and i get slightly melancholy. now it's not like i'm moving across the country, i'm just moving across the city and at that, not even all the way across the city. but most of the these things are the things that you walk out of your ( Read more... )

is this thing on ( Read more... )

i'm pretty sure this will count as TMI for some of you ( Read more... )

went to seattle this weekend for some assorted family committments.
got to see autumnwinds and mountain_child which was completely delicious. i have some photos from the stuff we got up to but i'm too tired now to process...i will leave you with two.


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- so i go to give blood today. they've altered the process, instead of going up to the desk and checking in and waiting to be the next in line for the first step they now check you in and give you a number. probably better but when i got there the receptionist ignored me for a while while she chatted with some friends of hers, then when she ( Read more... )

The BBC believes [sic] most people will have only read 6 of the 100 books here. How do your reading habits stack up?

it's a pretty peculiar list.
some of them are great works, others, i guess, are just really well known.

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color:#1F497D">My f’n bus driver today…
We get to the turn at waterfront and he pulls over and shuts off the bus  (i was reading and hadn't really noticed anything until the turn happened.
color:#1F497D">As he stands up and walks to the back door to exit, he’s super surprised to see me still on the bus.
He asks me where I’m going and I tell him ( Read more... )

so this year we did things a little differently ( Read more... )

to quote jennyleeOooh something to force me to use the camera!Ask me to take a picture of any aspect of my life that you're interested in - it can be anything from the house I live in to my favorite shoes. Leave your choice here as a comment, and I will reciprocate by taking the pictures and posting them as an entry. That way you get to know a little bit ( Read more... )