I tweeted earlier today that I know “what makes the world a better place: saying ‘thank you’ when someone does something nice for you, no matter who that person is.” As a civil servant, politeness is something I think about multiple times each day. It is easy to think about it in the negative case, [...]
intrepid Originally uploaded by cygnoir I am a good walker but not a good hiker, not yet. Now that I have proper hiking shoes, I have incentive to improve. I also have a terrific hiking partner who never fails to keep my spirits up, especially when I feel like I am going to keel over [...]
I love coming home from pub trivia to a house that smells like freshly-baked bread. Whole Foods’ 365 gluten-free sandwich bread mix is the best mix I’ve baked so far. It tastes like real bread, and by that I mean it has a sweet aftertaste that FunkyPlaid immediately picked up on when he tried it. [...]
I dreamed of preparing to move away. Everything I owned had to be packed into suitcases and boxes. The sky outside was light but I knew it was nighttime. As I packed my clothes, they changed colors and shapes. Some of them hopped or crawled out of their containers. It was a losing battle. Finally [...]
warehouse party Originally uploaded by cygnoir Due to this annoying stomach bug, I am not at the TMBG concert tonight. I am trying not to be bitter about it. In an effort to avoid this bitterness, I have been distracting myself with other media. Earlier, I watched “WALL-E”, which was even better than I thought [...]
