It’s a dreary, rainy day. The sun is hidden. The clouds have won. Forboding is in the air.
In other words, it’s a perfect Halloween!
I don’t have any plans for tonight, except maybe watching Shaun of the Dead, since it’s on my DVR, it amuses me, and it’s thematically appropriate for the day. This morning, however, [...]
Monthly Archives: October 2009
Tonight the Gouls Come Out to Play
Saturday, October 31, 2009
The Eve of the Eve
Friday, October 30, 2009
A while since an update. Nothing interesting has really happened. Just normal life. That’s not a bad thing. Let’s see, since the last post:
1. Dinner with a friend and the missionaries.
2. Went to the Church Women’s Organization Meeting Without a Name (Formerly Known as Enrichment). Had a great time. Did some meditation. Got some makeup [...]
NaNoWriMo 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
I’ve decided to do the NaNoWriMo thing again this year. I’ve never finished, but I’ve only actually tried twice. This year is my year! I can feel it!
I can’t remember why I completely bailed one of the years – probably just general apathy – but the other year I bailed when Company X lost [...]
Monday Randomness: Canadian Turkey Edition
Monday, October 12, 2009
1. Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!!! (Canadian version)
2. Lips swollen? Check. Throat swollen? Check. Hives? Check. Stupid immune system. At least my eyes aren’t swollen, so that greatly minimizes the freakishness look. Drugs have been consumed. Luckily my cold is over, so I can suppress my immune system with wild abandon.
3. I’m at work today. “Tiger Corp” has [...]
Dude! I got to pet a lion!
Saturday, October 10, 2009
About a month ago, my officemate told me that, while visiting family near his hometown, he, his wife, and his daughter had stumbled upon a zoo. Well, it’s called a zoo (the Tri-State Zoological Park), but it’s more of an animal rescue sanctuary. The important part of the story, however, is that they were able [...]
Plotting and planning and paternalism
Friday, October 9, 2009
One of my cousins in college posted in her blog about registering for classes. She said she can see the class schedules for next semester now and had spent the last three hours perusing all the classes and making tentative schedules. She posted that registering is possibly her favorite part of school.
I totally understand that. [...]
Exempli gratia
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
I really like being the only writer in the program office. After all the drama and aggravations of the relatively large group of writers in my last job (okay, pretty much just the aggravations of one person), being Master of All Things Document-Related has been pretty sweet. Do I want to declare that all our [...]
Reason #93 why I want to strangle people
Friday, October 2, 2009
This happens ALL THE TIME here in DC. Someone will turn on their emergency blinkers and double park, as though their blinkers create a magical parking space just for them. This is especially annoying on very narrow, barely-two-lane roads. It’s even more fun when those roads are fairly high traffic. Drives me INSANE. Makes me [...]
The new year!!
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Happy Federal Fiscal New Year!!! (Note: This cheerful greeting applicable only in the United States. For all other countries, please insert “Happy October!!!” Thank you for your cooperation.)
I feel like I should do something fun to celebrate the new year… but nothing comes to mind. Maybe I’ll weave a basket of twigs tonight. Or maybe [...]
