My sister brought home her Wii with Guitar Hero. We've already gotten my dad "singing" and playing tennis.

Mwahahaha.

Happy Birthday, 1anonymous1!WTFWTFWTF. I have just now learned that my mom, who is FINE, went to the ER last night because of persistent dizziness/vertigo, and my sisters, who found out about it this morning, did not pass this RATHER IMPORTANT information on because they didn't want to bother me at work ( Read more... )

Happy EST New Year, El Jane! My parents didn't make it past eleven, so our celebration is over. We:

- drank wine and ate popcorn and ice cream
- watched Sci-Fi's Twilight Zone marathon ( Read more... )

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While I did watch Heroes last night, and do plan to continue to tune in when available, I'm not going to discuss it in this LJ past this post.

( The reason and comments below are no different from earlier opinions I have expressed, but I would like to avoid being negative on this journal in general. I just need to get it off my chest once. And in case it needs to be said, my own aggregated negative opinions do not invalidate your positive ones. I am not forcing you to click this cut. )

Yay, I just finished talking to my parents! This wouldn't normally be reason for excitement on a Sunday evening, but with the power situation, I wasn't sure if it would happen. They're back home to a very green pool and messy streets. No power yet, but someone from the power company was on the street (I could hear Mom flagging him down while ( Read more... )

Parents update, via my sister: They're okay at their hotel, but there's no power anywhere. One of our neighbors didn't evacuate and communicated via text that the bayou (for non-TX people, that's what they call the network of drainage ditches) behind our street is pretty full and it's still raining, but doing its job - our house is fine and the ( Read more... )

If I don't do this now, it's never going to happen. SO!

( Just sit right back and I'll tell the tale )

Happy happy, and all that ( Read more... )

And back to the grind. Sigh! I came home with a jacket covered in fur. Reportedly, the cats miss the extra laps already.

This week, at least, should zip by. I have a hundred or so things I need to Get Done outside of work - I just need to remember to do them, rather than let the car auto-pilot itself home. I especially need to get frames for the ( Read more... )