January 2012
“There are things one loses in giving up God, and they are not insignificant....”
– Good Minus God: The Moral Atheist - NYTimes.com (via morefunthanbeingsad)
“May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope...”
– Neil Gaiman (via mylatot)
December 2011
Vague whining
Off to Consort’s parents house to eat soba and sushi and drink champagne and scotch all evening.
It’ll be nice I’m sure, but I kind of miss you know like going out occasionally, like a young adult with a social life.
Plus we’ll be over there tomorrow too. Just not really feeling these plans.
Can’t remember the last time we went downtown for the evening. ...
laaaazy
So I had this brilliant idea that I would go out for a run today since it’s nice outside and I’m a bit off schedule and have a little extra time.
But now I’m sitting here with a cup of coffee and tumblr in front of my face and the last thing I want to do is get dressed and go out in the cold.
Bleeehhh.
NOOOOOO
Nooooo my ancient Labtec beige computer speakers (circa 2000) are dying, the plug connection is getting flaky :(
I’m afraid it’s terminal.
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NYE superstitions
Now, I am not very superstitious at all but I figure New Years is one of the best days to be open to a little extra help. I keep it simple and do two things…
1) Money under the doormat. My grandpa told me about this one, and on Christmas he gives me a coin to slip under there (he says it should be silver). It’s supposed to bring extra money around, which is a pretty good thing.
2)...
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More new music adventures
Koenji Hyakkei
My brain just exploded. I can no longer words.
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More unpopular opinions
Listening to Florence and the Machine for the first time. She seems very good at singing loudly? I could use some nuance here.
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You might be a Prog fan if...
You can’t tell if you like a song or not until 12 minutes in.
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Today’s diva crush is Annie Lennox. I can’t post it from my phone, but go ahead and YouTube Through The Glass Darkly and enjoy.
Can you tell I have a weakness for contraltos?
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donotcallmeashley replied to your post: Heeeey Ulta has my favorite shampoo/conditioner on…
what is it?!
The Artec Kiwi moisturizing one. It’s the best for my dry, straw-like hair!
Heeeey Ulta has my favorite shampoo/conditioner on sale - regular $28, now $12.99/liter
o/~ It’s the MOOOOOOST WOOONDERFUL TIIIIIIMEEEE of the YEEEEEAAARRRRRR o/~
I made a thoughtful post.
Tumblr eated it.
themoderatelyambitiousscientist:
After Exclamation I wore this stuff. Then I became a hippie and wore patchouli and Egyptian Goddess and stuff. I sometimes wear this
But I really don’t wear perfumes too often. I work in a lab and I really notice other people’s perfume/cologne, so I don’t want to be the person who’s smelling. At this point almost no one else in the lab wears smelly stuff...
Unpopular Opinion Time
I should get that tumblr savior thing and block Doctor Who. I don’t dislike it; I just can’t muster a care and it’s always getting blogged around.
“I go back and I get these master tapes and I’m able to go inside the music and...”
– Steven Wilson. (via lowarthighcraft)
i’m awake, i’m awake.
this getting up at 6:30 thing after a few days of being lazy and sleeping soundly until 10 is killing me.
sleep deficit, nbd.
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stupidfancy replied to your post: Port
damnit why i been watchin movies instead of tumblr, all my creys
Another day! This port ain’t goin anywhere :)
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Port
My friend gave me a nice bottle of port. Right now it is languishing in the cupboard; no one I know drinks it. (Lots of people seem to get headaches from red wine.) I love the stuff but I can’t justify cracking it all by myself because it does go bad after being opened and I won’t drink enough.
Who wants to come over and drink port?
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Falling in love with k.d. lang all over again.
/swoon
My cousin’s kid (~2yo) has a little friend named Trenten.
You may have heard of a town in New Jersey called Trenton.
I’m all for originality in naming but when you start naming your kid after misspelled cities in New Jersey you have a problem.
Bare fridge dinner: pasta and canned kidney beans and frozen spinach. Not too bad.
Not nearly as good as tasty duck, but whatevs.
Yeah yeah. Quit whining about it and just tell them you’re not going. Not the end of the world here.
Crankypaaaaants
Consort told his parents that today would be a nice day to have a special dinner and invite me over. So his mom is making a duck and they’re eating at 5:30.
Hi, I’m getting off a plane in the morning, not getting home until noon, and I need to work an 8 hour day. Meanwhile, shitty rush hour traffic will make the trip up there a good hour of driving.
I’m kind of frustrated...
Just emailed my boss and told him I was teleworking today.
This makes the trip back and the workday when I get home 400% better.
On a plane, broad-shouldered dude next to me is totally taking up my chunk of seat space.
But yeah, my big ass means I need to pay for 2 seats, eh.
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Watching the ep of Deep Space Nine with the new ensign from a low-gravity planet — a metaphor for disability — and I’m listening to my dad just not getting it.
The ensign refuses help abruptly— “She’s got a chip on her shoulder”— no, she’s just perfectly capable and doesn’t want your help.
Retro and modern. All at once.: you look great!... →
broadist:
ATTN: “You look great! Have you lost weight?” is not a compliment. I know it has been the go-to praise-route towards many women since the inception of puberty, but I’d like to put an end to it. Why do I hear this like a broken record every holiday?
Some alternatives:
You look…
My parents just went to bed and there’s a fire in the fireplace do I’m sitting here with my back to the fire being wonderfully warm and cozy. Too bad I can’t take a blanket and pillow and sleep out here.
(I could but my dad gets up for work at 4:45 so it’s not the best idea…)
Windows users
For Christmas I’m getting my parents a much-needed new computer. I use a Mac at home so I’m not really down with the “must-haves” for windows… I’ll download Firefox but I don’t know any other essentials.
Halp?
My dad is watching some program about Noah’s ark and they’re showing polar bears and hippos and orangutans getting on the boat and I’m snarking being all like “man those polar bears had to come a long way didn’t they”
Meanwhile my dad’s like “hey this is the first time rain fell from the sky” (the ‘firmament’ concept)
Meanwhile...
More family stories
I guess my uncle’s nieces ‘fell away’ from their church and there was lots of nasty, mean talk about them.
My aunt said “Everyone always says you shouldn’t judge, but I know when people are doing something wrong— God’s word is clear and I’m not afraid to tell people that they’re wrong”
And I’m sitting there shocked, and...
arousal-annulled:
which one of you little bastards is responsible for fuckyeahprogdog
let me love you
Yes.
Post-Xmas-family-gathering analysis
Favorite past time after everyone goes: griping about my young cousins and their bad attitude