Bits and pieces.
One, I got carded earlier today… for lottery tickets! I haven’t been carded for beer in months, but for lottery tickets? Gimme a freaking break! Two, I had a full-fledged panic attack earlier. When we … Read more
musings
Nice to see the weather is slightly less miserable in Dallas.
About to go home for the day, and help Jenna pack for her three-week trip to Munich. Her first time out of the country, and she is a nervous (but excited) wreck! It will be … Read more
“I fear that I am ordinary, just like everyone.”
Or should I pick a different Smashing Pumpkins line? That one comforts me so… I do think that I am ordinary, though “my life has been extraordinary, blessed and cursed and won.” Mellon Collie’s been … Read more
You doing anything good for the holiday?
Define good. Tomorrow, I get my hair done — a multi-hour process… But after that, I’m relatively free. K&J have found a great place up in Kensington, and they might need some help moving at … Read more
Little known fact about me.
When I was in high school — before I got involved in theater, so 9th-10th grade timeframe — I really really wanted to design fonts. I loved fonts. Loved them. I could sit and wade … Read more
A little bit better today.
I got some okay work done yesterday, and I think that — even though I felt like nothing I was working on at that moment (non-Evil stuff) was going to be useful — it’s valuable … Read more
I need to stop being such a control freak.
I have to accept that there are plenty of things in this world that are going to work out just fine, whether I do them personally or not. It will happen. It will be okay. … Read more
I really do like the new bassoon.
And Carla — my teacher — has also approved of it. Yay!! Now all it needs is a tune-up, and all is well!!
Man, I have been looking at this screen TOO long.
For a moment, I thought that this article on Symbian phones was, in fact, about Sybians. “Sybian sales soar 1000%? Wow, there must be a lot more happy women out there… Oh, wait. Why would … Read more
I have the bassoon.
I love it. It has a few tiny nicks, but nothing serious. It needs a new whisper key pad, too, but that’s totally common. And it sounds monumentally better on the high notes. (high = … Read more
I had to cancel my bassoon lesson today.
Again. This time, because I managed to beat the shit out of my original bassoon (it’s about impossible to take apart), and my new one hasn’t made it here yet. I was hoping it would … Read more