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The Buzzing
Electronic whines drive me nuts. When I hear one, I must hunt it down at its source, eradicate it.
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Sinterklaasfeest and a patchwork cultural heritage
The comforting parts of my Dutch cultural heritage that I like to wrap myself in when I’m feeling homesick are like a patchwork quilt that’s missing half the patches. Only so much can be safety pinned on by visiting the Holland Shop, or going through my Oma’s things.
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I’m happy Grey’s is ending.
So far I don’t think there’s been any official confirmation that the show is ending with Season 10 — just rumours borne of the main cast contracts ending at the end of this season. Sandra Oh isn’t renewing her contract. She’ll be gone at the end of Season 10 regardless of actual series end. Which…
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Confessions of a Coffee Snob: Decaf isn’t that bad
I’ve been drinking coffee since I was a teenager, and I’ve been a snob about it since I worked as a barista. For many years, I was in complete agreement with my fellow snobs about decaf. “Decaf isn’t even real coffee. Decaf is pointless. Decaf is disgusting. DEATH BEFORE DECAF.”
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I felt I had nothing to say
So I didn’t blog about Transgender Day of Remembrance today. It was my Cill shift; I kept my candle burning past sunset, and it burns still. I have no words. I sit in silence. As on Samhain, the candle burns on my altar, and I remember the dead. Memoralizing — 2013
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Chapter Four has been filmed!
And halfway edited. There are some issues with audio; editing is going twice as slow as a result. I have to take a break now to play video games and eat sugar, but I’ll be up in the morning and soldier on then. Expecting to post tomorrow afternoon. My liver suffers for you. (Actually it…
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Weekend Sleep Schedule Success
Something I have to deal with on the weekends is my sleep schedule going to hell and gone. My fiance works nights and I, with no schedule set by an outside force, prefer to work days. Ideally I get up at 6am and head to bed at 9 or 9:30pm. At home, I have no…
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“He begins to shame, really shame….”
Fifty Shades of Grey testing positive for herpes does not make it a terrible book and when you say it does you are indirectly saying that people who have herpes are terrible people.