Arg.

Some days, I just really want to get out of the house. It would be nice if there was a place where I could not hear my dad bitching at everyone to do their chores. (And no, headphones do not work--my dad has the loudest voice ever. Also, we have an intercom system, because along with being loud, my dad is an incredible tech-nerd.)

See, at school ( Read more... )

I still have no job and no life, so I'm going to ramble about the Star Wars EU for awhile. This started out as a reply to beingdrowned's post at starwars_eu (caution! Sacrifice spoilers!), but I decided to expand it into my personal Star Wars manifesto--spoiler warnings still apply.

( *fanfare* )

Okay, so I just checked Yahoo.

New Wave of Troops Set for Iraq

I can't say I'm surprised, but this is what caught my eye:

WASHINGTON - A first wave of additional U.S. troops will go intoIraq before the end of the month under President Bush's new war plan, a senior defense official said Tuesday. Congressional Democrats kept up their criticism of plans ( Read more... )

Dear Guy at the Library PC Next to Me,

Your partner isn't here to work on your project. That sucks. Your partner is across town, you say? At a bar? That really sucks. But you know what's great about the telephone? It takes the sound you make here and transmits it directly to the person to whom you are speaking.

So WHY ARE YOU SHOUTING LIKE THERE IS ( Read more... )

So I got off work tonight--fifteen minutes late, because Amy asked me to finish stocking the candles and I have a history of breaking them so I put them up one at a freaking time because I'm paranoid like that--and Mom's there to pick me up.

And she starts off brightly with, "So how much money do you need next quarter?" (I owe about $500 more than I ( Read more... )

Originally this post was going to be about LOST.

Then it was going to be about the eye-opening and not-terribly-pleasant conversation I had with my sister, in which I was forced to examine some of my worst personality traits.

And then I found out that I had become the victim of credit card fraud, and that is what this post is about.

Turns out someone ( Read more... )

I'm supposed to be writing my second thesis chapter right now, but I keep refreshing the election results to see what's up. The Democrats won the Ohio governor's race and picked up a Senate seat, and it looks like the Dems have taken the House--that's hot. Also, the real smoking ban (as opposed to the treacherously worded fake one) has passed, and ( Read more... )

So, that history test I was worried about? I got a 100. *embarrassed grin* He did loosen up the grading scale, because he said a few people got perfect scores on the essay, but apparently a lot of people screwed up on the multiple-choice/fill-in questions. I'm sorry, but if you actually show up in class and stay awake, you can answer 3/4 of them ( Read more... )

i. In YA lit discussion today, I apparently made a really awesome connection...only I didn't really think it was all that awesome. We were discussing Out of the Dust, and in one of the early poems Billie Jo talks about her dad having fought in the Great War, and that all he'll say about it is that he remembers the poppies. Then at the end of the ( Read more... )

So, it's pouring down rain and will continue to do so for the forseeable future, which means no Donkey and thus no productivity for Sarah today. Yesterday it started pouring rain when I was a good three quarters of a mile from home. That was actually very fun, although one should never have to squeeze water out of one's bra. ;) But it's one thing ( Read more... )