Ahem...

IT'S SNOWING!!!!!!!!!

Fuck yeah! It's sticking, too! And coming down pretty heavily! Hells the fuck yeah! And I have coffee ice cream.
This year is going to be good, I can feel it. So far it has been the year of doing people's hair.

( Hair )

Oh, and after all this time on LJ, my favorite mood icon is the one on this post. So adorable and demented.

19:04 Ode to a coffee can: Is there a more versatile vessel of crafting and caffeine? I can fill you with lego, after you fill me with drink. #

14:48 Romanes eunt domus! #

14:59 Studying Viking lore. Looks like they suffer from the Klingon effect. Everyone was a warrior. Apparently no smiths, farmers or artists. #

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It's cold weather and some form of liquid/frozen/hybrid precipitation from the sky. Not Armageddon! Chill the F out!

I'm slightly concerned about getting home, this evening, but that's because I ride mass transit, and if the buses stop going, I'm screwed. Waiting for the bus in 21 degree weather sucked, this morning!

Otherwise, I plan on getting home, doing some chores, and making some homemade soup. Of course, this necessitates a stop at the grocery store, but by that time it will have begun....doing whatever it is its going to do, and all the Southerners should be out of the store and huddling in their homes waiting for the sky to fall.

Mmmmm, home made beef/beer/veggie soup. I haven't made that in ages!


Sarah and CJ

Actually went a little bit on tilt at last night's game. I was in the lead, chip-wise, in our second timed game (two 2-hour games, Wednesday nights), drew ace-queen, and impulsively moved all-in after the guy before me checked. Everyone else folded, he called with less than me and turned over paired aces, and that was that -- none of the cards to come out on the flop, turn, or river helped.

That knocked me down to about a third of my previous chipstack, and when I was dealt king-ten offsuit on the following hand with about 20 minutes total left to play I threw up my hands and moved all-in again. (I had no other chance to catch up and come close to winning any money.) Someone else at the table called, turned over paired sixes, and I was out.

Grrrr. I have to get better at controlling my impulses when I get outplayed or hit a bad beat, so as not to go into chip-spewing death spirals in the future. Usually I'm not bad about that, but last night... hmmmph.

I'm becoming a better poker player, true, but that bit of bad luck (on top of hitting ace-king and getting upended by an ace-ten river-straight on Monday) still annoys me. Nonetheless, I'm still thinking seriously about taking part in a deep-stacked tourney at Rockingham Park on the 18th. It has a substantial entry fee, but my bills are pretty much taken care of for this month and I'll have gotten paid on the previous Friday.

Total winnings for the year to date: -$20.

prof_pangaea wrote the most fascinating pictorial fic I've seen in a long time, in Sherlock Holmes book-verse, entirely told as messages between the two Holmes brothers via telegram records, after Reichenbach Falls. It's definitely well worth the time to read. The end ... wow. Just go read it, will you? : )

18:49 Rick rolled by Better of Ted. Frick me. #betterofted #

19:16 #Heroes without @greggrunberg is like 64% of the episodes this season. bit.ly/hPhgd #

21:19 .@theBeatleBoxSet is following me. Odd, an intimate thing following me. Zombified box set? Never, besides of course bit.ly/8BUpfI #

21:20 Building new monsters for next round of D&D. Need monsters with specific characteristics at appropriate level for party #noobdnd #

21:44 Silly rogue, you can't back-stab a gelatinous cube. It's no
t because he's Keyser Söze, its because he's a freaking cube. #noobdnd #

22:12 Hear me. Hear my speak. I want "Rocket to Marva" merchandise. What can be done, oh @LOST_SKELETON ?? #

22:14 Bam, said the lady at Dragoncon 2009. Be proud @Nathanfillion bit.ly/6yRXJe #

00:38 I just now got the Bill and Ted phone booth time machine as Doctor Who's Police box time machine. #doctorwho #

00:51 I think I reply "Never tell me the odds" every time someone tweets some probabilistic outcome. For this I make no apology. #

14:44 Based on a quick survey of the population of the library, homeless people are very well read. #

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00:01 My life in both stone and metaphorical ruins. #titlesruined @NiaVardalos #

00:47 Can't figure out the more suggestive phrase: "Hand-tossed" or "Sweet and Spicy Asian" bit.ly/1akiwn #

01:00 Sweet! "This Movie Is Broken" A Don McKellar/Bruce McDonald film. www.imdb.com/title/tt1571739/ #

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This year's been good so far. Lets hope it keeps it up!

I am currently eating with my lobster fork, which somehow makes food taste so much better. Last night I stayed up for some late-night ebay sniping. I got three mink skulls and six minks for a good price. Why am I buying minks and mink skulls? Ssshhh, never you mind.

I always thought it was odd that the people that seem to love looking at tortured animals the most are members of PETA. Fun Fact: Amy Sedaris has been in ads for PETA, and also decorates her home with taxidermy. This makes me smile.
Don't worry, I know I'm twisted.

Vegas photos are up at last:

22:41 Man, when the not-to-distant-future gets here, the shit is going to hit the fan. #

02:26 Don't make me choose between @ActuallyNPH and John Barrowman. Can't be done. bit.ly/8bJS9I #

12:43 The fantastic Comic and Entertainment expo in Calgary has a twitter. Billy Dee Williams is coming this year! @Calgaryexpo #

16:05 My Ringo Star impression becomes Jackie Mason way too easily. #thebeatles #impressions #

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Santaland is over for another 10 months. Harold was a bit weepy, but I'm glad to get my free time back. I'm going to murder my to-do list in the next few weeks!
I'm celebrating by working an 8 hour shift at the box office.

I'm heading up to Charlotte on a mini-vacation/late Christmas with my family end of this week. Maybe. This morning, tomomallie took his Mom to the hospital because she was having trouble breathing. That was almost seven hours ago, and I haven't heard from him since. He said he'd call me with updates, but he also knows I'm working, which in his mind is "Absolutely Do Not Disturb!!!" Silly fool doesn't get it that just because I can't talk all day at work like he can, and can't take frivolous personal calls doesn't mean that my bosses are going to have kittens over an quick, important personal call.


This is what I drank on New Years Eve. sarahjlewis made it for me.

19:03 Looking for a new project this year? Consider the 52 weeks of video on flickr. www.flickr.com/groups/52weeksvideo #

20:06 Please tell me someone has written some "All in the Family" / "S.W.A.T." mashup fan fiction. #fanfic #

22:52 I miss Casey Wilson on #SNL #

00:06 Would have liked to see The Doctor regenerate in the company of other Time Lords. #Doctorwho #

01:02 Can't believe OXFAM is using the pseudoscience of Graphology in their commercials. #

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I saw this meme at another friend's page, so here we go...



If you had me alone, locked up in your house, for twenty-four hours and I had to do whatever you wanted me to, what would you have me/you/us do?

All comments are permanently screened - this is our secret!

Re-post this in your journal and see what kind of responses you get.

18:13 It's about time for a third "Romancing the Stone" or a series reboot. Don't you think? #

00:15 I think the translation of "Palace" from the Huttese was overstated. #starwars #ROTJ #

00:30 Luke would have got a better reception from Jabba, had he not interrupted sleepy-time. #starwars #ROTJ #

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This? Kicks all kinds of ass.

Mildly NSFW: V magazine Preview: Curves Ahead

A preview:



YOWZA!

15:27 It's odd sitting here, knowing that The Doctor had regenerated. #doctorwho #

17:36 Christopher Eccleston's #DoctorWho carried the weight of remorse like a yoke. Tennant wore it like a shroud.(Via @ZachsMind) #

17:49 Slashboing post: Year in Review: 2009 in Films: Once again I must list all the films I saw in the theaters this yea... bit.ly/5JZCX9 #

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* got a bit better at cooking, and started a food blog.
* froze my ass off in January, suffered heavy-rain-spring-like weather all the way through June, sweltered through 2 weeks of humid heat, broke down and bought an air conditioner, promptly caught a cold from cooling off near said air conditioner, remarked widely and profanely about the freakishly warm autumn and winter weather (71 degrees, on Halloween, SERIOUSLY?), and am now caching food as though there will be the Mother of All Blizzards descending on New England soon.
* flew to the Southwest and spent a whirlwind week hiking and driving about all manner of natural wonders.
* discovered and started playing poker (badly, so far, but I'm slowly getting better -- if I can just tone down my tendency to BE STUPIDLY IMPULSIVE WITH BAD CARDS).
* remained celibate.
* discovered what a claddagh ring was and did not pursue someone who was wearing one, sigh (this with a subtext of discovery that many men are completely idiotic jerks).
* found what I think might be my dream house, and now just have to actually pursue it (assuming that it is, in fact, still on the market); of course, there's the problem of whether or not it's actually resellable if I ever want something a bit larger (it's only 2 bedrooms).
* worked a ton.

It doesn't seem like just yesterday that it was 2000, because there's been so much history since then. ( A quick recounting...? )

So, ( resolutions for New Year 2010. )

... and wow, that last one's not too vague, eh? *grin*

Here's hoping for a better decade to come. : )