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Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
10:41 am	No way And now, on top of everything else that's kept me from updating LJ, my car is in a currently indeterminate state of fixing. (As in, the repair shop won't call and I can't drive it as-is, so I can't go to work or anywhere else.) This has not been my end-of-year in many ways. In other ways, it's been lovely. OMG. This post is so cryptic if you haven't seen me IRL in the last two months. I should change my background color to black for the appropriate angsty/goth factor. (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
12:52 pm	SoCal visitation last week! For the first time in apparently ages, I'm a home with some free time to write. Why am I home in the middle of the work day?, you may ask. ( Low-key medical, but with non-driving relaxants. ) Way more interestingly, xyon and I went down to Southern California for Labor Day week. Yes, week, not weekend. While a very good time, let me not recommend taking a road-trip vacation while also having places to be. The dual nature of the trip ("let's do this today", "we'll find a hotel when we get there" and "omg! we have to be in San Onofre in half an hour") added a layer of unnecessary stress. Here's a day-by-day breakout of the awesomeness that is SoCal roadtripping with a purpose: ( Saturday ) ( Sunday ) ( Monday ) ( Tuesday ) Aside: This muscle relaxant is pretty awesome. I feel a bit weird when I walk, and sneezing is still an uncomfortable idea, but way lower on the cramped-up pain scale. Wonder if I should go with the industrial ibuprofen too, or just this one for now. ( Wednesday ) ( Thursday ) ( Friday ) ( Saturday ) ( Sunday ) All-in-all a good vacation with a bunch of work done. I came back happier and healthier and still in love (and like) with my fiance, and aren't these the most important things? (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, August 3rd, 2009
7:12 am	Furniture! Ooooh, I bought furniture at the Farmer's Market yesterday. ( Someday, I might start to like this apartment even. ) (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Sunday, July 26th, 2009
11:11 am	Happy birthday, flyghosh! If you come visit me in Seattle, I'll take you out for it. (Offer good almost any time.) (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, July 13th, 2009
7:17 am	Actually shiny My Friday this past week was gorgeous and marvelous and all of those good things. ( You did more than work-from-home so that you could do laundry, didn't you? ) So, yes. Amazing Friday. (4 Comments |Comment on this)
7:14 am	Shiny? See Facebook I was going to write an awesome post about my shiny new ring here, but I'm seriously depressed by today's weather. No, really. I didn't know weather in summertime could make me want to cry. What's with this? It's summer. How come we're getting so much cold and rain? Seattleites: Tell me that this is unnatural and that we'll have a real summer next year, even if it's only 2 months long. I know. You're sick of reading about the weather on my LJ, but I'm this close to admitting that I just can't take it. If I can't even get a little bit of summer in summertime, how am I supposed to make it through the rest of the year? **whine** Make it stop! [Side note: I don't believe I have a "weather" tag for LJ. OMG. Why do I need one?] (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, June 20th, 2009
9:14 am	Fremont Solstice Parade So, 10 am, my place? Then we'll walk down. I shall figure out where the route is. Oh, and maybe I should get dressed... (Comment on this)
Thursday, June 18th, 2009
10:31 pm	Time, what a time it was. A time of innocence... Happy birthday, squarky! (Comment on this)
Sunday, June 14th, 2009
1:29 pm	Next weekend - June 20 Locals: Anyone interested in hitting the Fremont Solstice Parade next weekend? We've all heard about the naked bicyclists (isn't that uncomfortable) and artistic floats (being built right now!). I'm totally excited to go. Anyway, if you're up for it, the parade starts at 12 pm next Saturday. I vote that we meet at my place around 11:30 and walk. But I could be persuaded to stake out spots on the parade route at 8am and wait. Okay, it'd be a really really hard sell, but still. (9 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, June 7th, 2009
8:58 pm	Very good weekend Ack. As usual, I'm running late because I've overbooked my life. But, I have had a very packed and good weekend, so here are some highlights for y'all. ( You may live in jealousy of my awesome, but not over-the-top weekend if you read behind this LJ cut. Or you may not. ) Current Mood: accomplished (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, May 31st, 2009
10:50 pm	Of COURSE I said, "Yes" Two things of note happened this weekend. In chronological order: A - My parents came to visit. Way more important: B - I got engaged. ( Let me guess . . . you want more details. ) (52 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, May 15th, 2009
8:54 am	My morning rocks! (Well, countrified) This morning,two awesome things have happened. (1) I saw KARR on the road. No, seriously. The car has a license plate that said "KARR", a license plate holder that said "The Knightmare", and windows so dark you couldn't see in. I tried to snap a photo, but driving and taking a phone photo didn't mesh so well on the photo end. (2) While walking to Starbucks, I was struck with a perfect catchphrase with which to write an old-school country love song. And by this I mean "on the boring end of honky-tonk". It'd be entitled "For all the right reasons" and has an awesome twanging baseline. ( Obvious lyrics because it's 1970s honky-tonk country ) (4 Comments |Comment on this)
7:22 am	Yay! Happy birthday, darthfox! Glad you were born; glad you're still livin' it up on Earth. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009
10:23 pm	Stuff that hasn't been updated Since I've been so busy having a social life and seeing my boyfriend almost every day, I haven't been updating LJ much. I've been reading, though, so I don't totally fail. Short version of my life: * work continues * went to Vegas last weekend * singing with a Celtic and covers band * expecting to be officially engaged to boyfriend-above-mentioned rather soon * haven't seen Star Trek yet Good enough teaser for y'all? (21 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, April 30th, 2009
11:01 pm	So totally ready for the weekend Come 4:45-5 pm tomorrow, I'm going to be with my boyfriend, underway to a magnificent trip to Vegas. I'm so ready for it to be late afternoon tomorrow. So ready. To distract myself from not living in the future, I have recently: * packed for Vegas * run errands * had a 3 hour rehearsal with the Irish-bar band I'm now singing with (Note: We're planning to do an open mic in mid-May to warm up to doing shows. Most likely at the Wild Rover on the Eastside.) * met my bf for coffee/tea before rehearsal (because 3 days in between contact was way too long) * joined an unofficial team at work made up of driven, creative, and energetic people * procrastinated on everything I need to do in the next hour (e.g., recycling, depilating) (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
6:27 am	Empty updating Wow. I realized last night just how little writing I've been doing. I haven't updated my LJ in weeks. I haven't done any work on any of my projects. (Well, I started a new fiction project in February, and then abandoned it about the time I got sick and began spending all my time with my awesome boyfriend.) I haven't even written any fanfic or drafted any columns for magazines/weblogs that will never see them. So, this morning, having woken up way early . . . I still haven't written anything. Though I did start this LJ entry and saw that the Heinlein Short Story contest has updated their webpage with "still judging; thanks for your patience". Wonder how many thousand entries they got? ( But you all want to hear about my love life ) Okay, I've now used enough time on this LJ entry that I'm not going to get caught up on the plot of A God to Demons so that I can start writing it again. That may be my project for the weekend. Off to get ready for work . . . and I intend to wear last night's retail therapy purchase. So what if said purchase is a slightly-worn-looking pair of jeans? They're the right length, and I don't have any client meetings scheduled until tomorrow. Current Mood: contemplative Current Music: traditionals for jamming with a celtic band Thursday (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
7:39 am	Happy birthday, the_magician Hope it's treating you well, even if you don't stay in the dungeon.... 0.0 (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Sunday, March 29th, 2009
12:08 pm	Excuses, excuses So, y'know why I haven't made an LJ post in, like, 1.5 weeks? It's because my new guy (whom I may admit is my "boyfriend" at some time in the near future) keeps taking up all my time! Seriously, like, the day two weeks ago where I was all cranky and wanted to do nothing while still being restless? He came over and watched TV with me for 2 hours (before sleep-time). It's been lovely and easy, and I should really make a day-by-day chronological post that at least hits the highlights. But this feels like a lot of effort at this point. ( Okay. Fine. Highlights only. Three lines max. ) I really ought to make a filtered post about how I feel about things and maybe give some sweet and awesome details (e.g., fashion-as-an-analyzing-game, car door holding, etc.). But I did that out loud with Tiffany last night, and with X the previous Friday. I may never get around to writing anything at all. Now I'm off to blow-dry my hair and hit Target . . . before he comes over for a bit, of course. (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, March 21st, 2009
11:01 am	My poor houseguest ( Poor Xuyen ) ( The two people who've met him don't hate my new man. More importantly, I continue to rock at finding cool places on the internet. ) ( Still dying to take a city break. C'mon people. Help me out! ) (10 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, March 20th, 2009
8:47 am	city break, anyone? Okay, I can't go out of town this weekend because I happily have plans. But I'd love to get out and take a city break weekend. Now, I know this is harder to do in the US than in Europe (where you go into a travel agent on Thursday, say "I want the city break special in the window" and pay sixty pounds for airfare plus an apartment for Friday and Saturday nights). Still, I'd like to go somewhere warm, and somewhere reasonably priced. Anyone have any suggestions (location, airline, hotel, crash space)? Anyone want to say, "Janine, I'll meet you in [city name here]"? Or "Janine, I'll get a European deal on an apt share in [city name] so you can spend more on a plane ticket and we'll share any other expenses"? Current Mood: restless Current Music: "Sick of Seattle" (4 Comments |Comment on this)