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Happy birthday, hawkorhandsaw! In several hours my wonderful, endearing, hilarious and all around awesome/badass boyfriend will be 29. We should all wish him a happy birthday and for many happy returns. He IS the best person ever, after all.
Whoa, it's been awhile since I updated.
1. I don't care what anyone says (because yes, I've seen people on the Internet calling this commercial offensive), I love this commercial:
2. It's been a good couple of weeks. There's been more D&D as per usual (Daniel's character got killed last time around but luckily we raised him from the dead...for the second time in our campaign so far. Eventually dude's gonna start getting grumpy about being dead so often).
3. I also have been reading a ton. I read more Pratchett (Guards! Guards! and Men At Arms), just finished Gaiman's "The Graveyard Book", and now I'm started on Ursula K. LeGuin's "Lavinia". So not just lots of ready, lots of GEEKY reading. It's pretty fantastic. We also still have a ton of books coming in the mail, as we ordered about seven books the other week.
4. For part of this week I was in a nunnery! For work we had a "retreat", which apparently means "really boring thing in which you listen to people talk at you and then don't even get a nice hotel room out of the deal and also there's no TV and no beer which makes Homer something something". We only had to stay in the nunnery/hotel overnight, and I was glad to get home yesterday. I'm also glad I always bring books with me, because I would have been so bored on Thursday night without one.
5. Not much else going on. Life is pretty routine, but in a good way. Daniel's birthday is coming up in a couple of weeks and I'm looking forward to that. Otherwise that's about all!
1. I don't care what anyone says (because yes, I've seen people on the Internet calling this commercial offensive), I love this commercial:
2. It's been a good couple of weeks. There's been more D&D as per usual (Daniel's character got killed last time around but luckily we raised him from the dead...for the second time in our campaign so far. Eventually dude's gonna start getting grumpy about being dead so often).
3. I also have been reading a ton. I read more Pratchett (Guards! Guards! and Men At Arms), just finished Gaiman's "The Graveyard Book", and now I'm started on Ursula K. LeGuin's "Lavinia". So not just lots of ready, lots of GEEKY reading. It's pretty fantastic. We also still have a ton of books coming in the mail, as we ordered about seven books the other week.
4. For part of this week I was in a nunnery! For work we had a "retreat", which apparently means "really boring thing in which you listen to people talk at you and then don't even get a nice hotel room out of the deal and also there's no TV and no beer which makes Homer something something". We only had to stay in the nunnery/hotel overnight, and I was glad to get home yesterday. I'm also glad I always bring books with me, because I would have been so bored on Thursday night without one.
5. Not much else going on. Life is pretty routine, but in a good way. Daniel's birthday is coming up in a couple of weeks and I'm looking forward to that. Otherwise that's about all!
Happy Valentine's Day, SG!
We're going to spend ours being lazy bums, probably watching Almost Famous (because we did last year over Skype and it was cute), and maybe watching Tool Academy. Because that show is hilarious. Yup, we're super-romantic.
It's not a day filled with chocolates and flowers and super-romantic and expensive dinners, but that's not what I like most. What I like most is hanging out with Daniel, which means this Valentine's Day is going to be perfect.
We're going to spend ours being lazy bums, probably watching Almost Famous (because we did last year over Skype and it was cute), and maybe watching Tool Academy. Because that show is hilarious. Yup, we're super-romantic.
It's not a day filled with chocolates and flowers and super-romantic and expensive dinners, but that's not what I like most. What I like most is hanging out with Daniel, which means this Valentine's Day is going to be perfect.
Today is Daniel and my's anniversary! We're poor so it's been fairly low key, which is fine with both of us since we're kinda homebodies. We went out for yummy pizza and listened as the chick in the couple behind us was generally assy about everything, including the conversation Daniel and I were having and about the fact that about 20 kids who were well behaved came in during her meal. It was amusing. Later we're going to watch The Soup and Zombieland, which we rented.
I know I talk about how great Daniel is all the time, but an anniversary is another good time to say it. This has been the happiest year of my life, and I've never felt so content and accepted with someone. I'm excited to spend many many more years together with the best person I know.
I know I talk about how great Daniel is all the time, but an anniversary is another good time to say it. This has been the happiest year of my life, and I've never felt so content and accepted with someone. I'm excited to spend many many more years together with the best person I know.
Today should prove to be a good day. We're about to head out and run some errands, then there will be D&D. hawkorhandsaw is going to make some turkey for us and I'm going to make cupcakes. Then, Simpsons and other good TV.
Yup. Aside from being much too poor and not really liking my job all that much, life is good. I have to stuff to stress about and so does hawkorhandsaw, but I think at the end of the day when you get to spend time with good friends, yummy food and fun stuff to do you're pretty lucky.
Plus we get to be an awesome couple while we do it, so that's a bonus!
Yup. Aside from being much too poor and not really liking my job all that much, life is good. I have to stuff to stress about and so does hawkorhandsaw, but I think at the end of the day when you get to spend time with good friends, yummy food and fun stuff to do you're pretty lucky.
Plus we get to be an awesome couple while we do it, so that's a bonus!
Updates!
1. Had a biopsy today (no worries as I was reassured by the doctor that it was probably nothing) and I am SORE. If only House were around so I could steal some painkillers from him.
2. However, there's good stuff to look forward to tonight. Maybe some D&D and for sure (I almost typed that as "for sore", you can see how much it's on my mind) the new Psych episode and Real World. Ah, good TV and guilty pleasure TV. A fine combination.
3. I've switched to a higher dose of melatonin to take when I can't sleep, and it gives me amusing dreams. The other night I had a dream that I saved my friends from a monster by teaching the monster to read.
4. I got a fantastic heart tentacle plant from the lovely Erika in the mail this week, along with a print that I ordered for hawkorhandsaw as an early anniversary present! I'm totally delighted by both of them (the tentacle plant might be the most adorable decoration we have in our house), and y'all should totally check out what she's got for sale!
5. The D&D campaign continues to be a lot of fun. We just reached level 12 and my character found a pretty awesome item last session (Seed of War, it's in Adventurer's Vault 2) which I look forward to making use of. Yes, we are big nerds.
6. I can't believe it's almost February already! This month has flown by. This week will continue to fly by, I imagine, since I have lots of meetings tomorrow and I leave early for a doctor's appointment on Friday afternoon. And then next week I have a day off for our 1 year anniversary, which should be wonderful. I wish I had more money to buy Daniel nice presents though!
7. The weather is finally acting like more normal Chicago weather now and it makes me grumble. I was enjoying the unseasonable relative warmth. Though it looks like it's going back up to the 30s next week, so good.
This entry is boring so I'm just gonna shut up now!
1. Had a biopsy today (no worries as I was reassured by the doctor that it was probably nothing) and I am SORE. If only House were around so I could steal some painkillers from him.
2. However, there's good stuff to look forward to tonight. Maybe some D&D and for sure (I almost typed that as "for sore", you can see how much it's on my mind) the new Psych episode and Real World. Ah, good TV and guilty pleasure TV. A fine combination.
3. I've switched to a higher dose of melatonin to take when I can't sleep, and it gives me amusing dreams. The other night I had a dream that I saved my friends from a monster by teaching the monster to read.
4. I got a fantastic heart tentacle plant from the lovely Erika in the mail this week, along with a print that I ordered for hawkorhandsaw as an early anniversary present! I'm totally delighted by both of them (the tentacle plant might be the most adorable decoration we have in our house), and y'all should totally check out what she's got for sale!
5. The D&D campaign continues to be a lot of fun. We just reached level 12 and my character found a pretty awesome item last session (Seed of War, it's in Adventurer's Vault 2) which I look forward to making use of. Yes, we are big nerds.
6. I can't believe it's almost February already! This month has flown by. This week will continue to fly by, I imagine, since I have lots of meetings tomorrow and I leave early for a doctor's appointment on Friday afternoon. And then next week I have a day off for our 1 year anniversary, which should be wonderful. I wish I had more money to buy Daniel nice presents though!
7. The weather is finally acting like more normal Chicago weather now and it makes me grumble. I was enjoying the unseasonable relative warmth. Though it looks like it's going back up to the 30s next week, so good.
This entry is boring so I'm just gonna shut up now!
New haircut! I'm super happy with it, especially considering that the lady who cut it couldn't do too much with it, since I'm still trying to grow it out.
Also, I got to help out at a local homeless shelter today for MLK Day, and then head home early and spend the afternoon with Daniel. So it's been a good day! And there's a new How I Met Your Mother tonight. Huzzah!
Also, I got to help out at a local homeless shelter today for MLK Day, and then head home early and spend the afternoon with Daniel. So it's been a good day! And there's a new How I Met Your Mother tonight. Huzzah!
hawkorhandsaw has a follow-up interview with Microsoft for a really good position tomorrow afternoon. Please send all your good luck vibes his way!
Also, tonight = Night of Awesome TV. New Bones, TWO new episodes of 30 Rock, Jersey Shore (yes, we like to watch awful TV), and new Project Runway. The TV Gods smile upon us.
Also, tonight = Night of Awesome TV. New Bones, TWO new episodes of 30 Rock, Jersey Shore (yes, we like to watch awful TV), and new Project Runway. The TV Gods smile upon us.
