Through some happy coincidence, I heard this today for the first time.

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I couldn't stop my face from breaking into a grin. Christ's sake, I really am insufferable--even more so than usual--about all of this, and something tells me I always will be ( Read more... )

Aunt and uncle just called from the Philippines to say that my grandfather passed away earlier this morning.

My aunt was the older of his two daughters, and to put it gently, they didn't have the greatest relationship.  Once my grandmother died, my grandfather came down from Baguio to live with my aunt and uncle; he was given a small, squalid ( Read more... )

I ran across this at three in the morning (because, as we know, there's a proper time to trip and fall face-first into nostalgia, and - give or take a few minutes - three in the morning is it). Sam, something tells me you've already seen it ( Read more... )

Truth is, I slept early last night in the hopes of being awake for as much of today as possible ( Read more... )

Quarter past five; Mika Nakashima and Aya Kamiki filling my headphones with music and lyrics that I've never heard before while I type away in Word. I could do worse being wide awake in the not-quite-morning ( Read more... )

Your 2009 Stanley Cup champions: the Pittsburgh Penguins!

AHHAHAHAHAHA YES.

Game 1 (in Detroit) - L 1-3
Game 2 (in Detroit) - L 1-3
Game 3 (in Pittsburgh) - W 4-2
Game 4 (in Pittsburgh) - W 4-2
Game 5 (in Detroit) - ???

Steal it.

Game 1 (in Detroit) - L 1-3
Game 2 (in Detroit) - L 1-3
Game 3 (in Pittsburgh) - W 4-2
Game 4 (in Pittsburgh) - ???

もう一回。

Game 1 (in Detroit) - L 1-3
Game 2 (in Detroit) - L 1-3
Game 3 (in Pittsburgh) - ???

Do it. Better than the last game.

Game 1 (in Detroit) - L 1-3
Game 2 (in Detroit) - ???

Do it.