The family has begun to arrive. Grandma’s here now, and Tracy + company will be here forthwith. Let the week of Christmas cheer begin!! I love my family, I do, and nobody would ever dare suggest otherwise. But four days? All together? I am sensing some marathon paper-writing sessions in my near future, is all …

But. I’m going to anyway. 🙂 I just had lunch with my mom and one of her coworkers (hooray for mexican food on a bitterly cold day!!!), and as we were settling up the bill, my mom pulls out her Hawaii ID card (which she can use to get discounts, since they own a house …

I LOVE it when people send me random Internet funnies. (Links, not forwards, people, please!!!!) Here’s my favorite from today, shared by Justin: Funny church signs

For the first time in years, I remembered to bring some of my favorite piano (sheet) music home with me, and so when I’ve been able to (which has not been frequent) the last few days, I have been sitting down at the piano trying to play the songs I love without completely butchering them. …

Last time I was in Dallas, I picked up another Laurie Notaro collection of essays, this one called “We Thought You Would Be Prettier.” It is HILARIOUS. I was reading it last night in bed, and laughed so hard my sides were hurting. In particular, the story “The Unseen,” about the rat that took up …

I’m now going to resist the urge to write yet more oblique posts about something I no longer want to think about. I’m over it… and moving on! (Thanks again, Jeff, for wanting to go and … well. You know. Whatever would I do without you?)

From Christmas in Arkansas 2008 Here are a few pictures from our drive to Arkansas yesterday. Please note, no drivers, cars, nor hounds were injured in the snapping of these photos!

I got roped into the chaotic vortex of MySpace quite some time ago by high school friends (and a cousin) who love it… but from day one, I have hated it. I hate the backgrounds that make the text impossible to read. I hate the music that people put on their profiles — even if …

Yay! I’m writing this from the comfort of my parents’ living room in Mountain Home. I am so thrilled to be here … even though my mom’s just watching an old Hallmark Christmas movie and Rags is snoring at my side. While driving here, I was doing my normal DJ activities with my iPod, and …

Part of the curse of being a passionate person — by which I mean, a person who gets all caught up in whatever new cool thing or person wanders by — is that I sometimes really put myself out there, and often, it doesn’t yield positive results. While I will be deliberately vague here, suffice …