YOU GUYS. I just went contra dancing for the first time in about a decade. I can't believe I forgot how much fun it is. I hurt in places I haven't bent in years, and I'm energized, and, for lack of a better word, I feel effing fantastic. And, I mean, I'm a terrible dancer, but contra dancing? Totally doesn't require skill. They hold contra ( Read more... )

Happy birthday, kantayra!
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It should be relatively clear that I not-so-secretly adore Jane Austen stories, particularly Pride and Prejudice. So you can imagine how much glee I was filled with when I saw that not only was Oxygen playing the 2005 movie version, but Ovation had Lost in Austen going on all this weekend. TV networks for the win, people.
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I waited until the very last minute to claim a prompt for j2_everafter, and still ended up with something that's really potentially fantastic. I'm totally excited, guys. gwentastic knows all about my devious plans for my prompt. And if she doesn't, she probably will, 'cause I tend to blabber about fic that I never end up finishing to her. She's awesome if you've got ( Read more... )

How to Turn Your Old iPod Into a Newish External Hard Drive
An exercise in the trial-and-error method, by sockherder.

1. Remember that you own an older model iPod with video, after you find it in one of your desk drawers.

2. Hook it up to your computer.

3. Watch the iPod reboot itself eleventy billion times because it's been in your desk for at least six ( Read more... )

Three hours of uninterrupted sleepy-time bliss for the effing WIN. I haven't napped so hard in months.

» xdawnfirex, I got your card. It's ADORABLE. Thank you!

» kallysten! My mom tells me I'm not allowed to read Runaways until Christmas -- she might even steal it from me and wrap it up to put under the tree. But the stickers, which I've hidden from my mom she can't do the same to them, smell SO PRETTY. It's like you somehow knew I was deprived of girly things ( Read more... )

Betty Crocker Warm Delights. You put goo in the microwave, and 30 seconds later you have cake. It's magic.

Speaking of magic [do I rock at segues or what?], I absolutely adore Merlin. And really, I don't give a crap about historical inaccuracy, because dammit, history ain't my major. For me, it's all about this:


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AS;LKDJALSKDFJ;ASLKDF! I'm not even gonna talk about how momentous this occasion is, because I'm SO EXCITED. THANK YOU, America, for not disappointing.


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