soft, fuzzy, warm, and plaid

happy birthday kyleri!!!

Had off yesterday for MLK - that was nice. I spent most of the day in an "I don't wanna!" state of mind, though. My first class is tomorrow, and I'm just not ready to give up my free time.

It's 90's week on audiography, and I'm enjoying it way too much.

I found two rolls of film - I haven't used a 35mm camera in years, so they're pretty old...one I'm pretty sure has pics from the wedding of my best friend from college (AKA the first girl I ever had a devastating crush on). She got married in, 2001 (I think?), so that will be interesting to see.

Serenity is officially the first HD-DVD to be decoded and torrented. My favorite slashdot comment on the subject? "If pirates are willing to rip off a HD version of "Serenity", then there should be enough demand to make another movie." If only.

Speaking of fan-girl dreamland, if you're a Buffy fan and you haven't heard...Joss Whedon is writing his own fanfic. Well, that's pretty much what it boils down to, at any rate. Buffy Season 8, from Dark Horse. True to form, Joss is writing first and last eps and some bits inbetween. First one comes out in March, and is available for pre-order here. (#2 also available for pre-order here.)

Let's see...birthday, school, pictures, Serenity, Buffy.

Yep, s'all I got for now!

hey, jtrumbore, this is for you:
the original PVP serenity/star wars strip
the shirt from thinkgeek, which is currently on sale

many thanks to arcadian72, jtrumbore, rustymarble, ljlesssue, and autumnslight for a fabulous evening!!!!

This weekend started off in a very shitty weekend but ended up very cool.

Friday night, I had my first official falling out with my mother-out-law. Well, okay, "screaming match" is probably the most appropriate term. I'm still pissed, but too tired to write about that now. Besides, the rest of the weekend was too much fun to dwell on Friday.

Saturday, we went to rustymarble's baby shower. I got to see the showeree and arcadian72 for the first time in about 3 years! i also got to see lj-less sue, and meet lj-less leslie and autumnslight. the shower was fun, but the "after-party" was the funnest. (wow, I must be tired if i'm using words like that.) you guys all rock, and it will *not* be another three years before I resurface to hang out with you again! i propose a karaoke-and-food night soon.

Sunday, we finally got around to going to the local UU church. it was an outdoor service (gods, it was hot) with drumming (which was cool). The sermon topic of discussion was food and spirituality, and then the monthly potluck was afterward. i ran into someone i work with that recognized me (i still have no idea who she is), and we ran into a woman who works with mer's stepfather.

we came home and I took a quick nap before heading up to allentown to do the father's day thing. my dad is doing really well - getting around on crutches, but up and about and running errands and such. the baby's getting big (almost 9 months already!). she appears to have inherited my father's unruly hair, and she and i may end up with matching "horrid curls". (there was a little girl who had a little curl right in the middle of her forehead...and when she was good, she was very, very good...and when she was bad, she was horrid.) she's strong as all hell - when my dad was still using a walker, she was doing chin-ups on it. seriously. and my brother is, well, my brother. he's been doing landscaping on the side, and looks like he's spent the past 6 months in the tropics.

today has been good and bad - i finally replaced the fan in my desktop, and have my 'puter back (yay!); but i also have cramps so bad i can't quite stand up straight.

but this weekend? rawk.

ps - cluebyfourgirl, look for a post chock-full of 90's goodness soon!

What time? Time for Dani to go postal in the holiday sense, by shipping random holiday items to various locations:
- cards!
- cookies and baked goods! (better-packed than last year, I promise)
- cordials! (anyone know the laws of shipping booze across state lines?)
- soaps!
- teas!
- tiaras!
- flannel ornaments!
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle sleeping bags!
- whatever else Mer and I want to send you!

So, I need addresses. I believe I still have everyone's from last year, but in case I don't, please send/post them anyway. I've screened comments to this post, so you can respond here, or email the info to flannelbutch at gmail dot com.

Thanks!


*yes, I realize it's only October, but it's the calm before the storm at work right now, so I wanted to post this while I could.