ZOMG HERE I AM!! So as I said a while back, I've moved. The new house is teh super cute, but did you know that MOVING IS A PAIN IN THE ASS??!? I've spent the last 4+ weeks schlepping boxes, unpacking boxes, discovering that many of the boxes that got rained on contain wet books and clothes, fanning ...

I'm starting to look for a new apartment. Roomie and I have decided, in the interest of maturity and future growth (and the fact that we might want to develop healthier relationships with boys), to break up the panda pen. In all honesty, I'm hoping to find an apartment down the street. (Yes, we migh...

Okay, fine fine fine - the noodging of a 1000 facebook notes pays off in this post. Libraries are (one of) my happy places. I love wandering the stacks, picking out random books. I go to the library once a week to collect books I've put on hold. I gave away about a gazillion books when I moved from ...

25. I was unofficially voted Most Likely to Flirt With Your Boyfriend. The truth of this depends on what alcohol is at hand. (See #24.) There are two early memories I have of boys, both named David. Well, there are more than two memories and more than two boys, but these are the most telling. David ...

Tonight is the first night in the new house--OUR new house--after a week of packing shit and schlepping it, one pickupload at a time, over here. Mostly in the rain. Not that I did any of it, mind. I was out of town all last week, so Mr. B did the honors. He had some help from his work buddies on Fri...

PART ONE I have spent ALL MORNING (and into the afternoon) trying to call a credit union to get a competing loan on this house nailed down. Busy signals (??!?), left voice mails (not returned), "out of office" messages, it never ends. Finally got them on the line--oh, she "assumed it was a refi" and...

Update! On the real house! Which was originally supposed to close today (yeah, a few days before Xmas--great plan), but isn't, obviously. So lessee. We've spent $350 on an inspection, $480 on a structural engineer,* and will spend $375 on an appraisal. The mortgage agent is getting pissy with me ove...

... that my boyfriend and my husband and my kid love me even though I'm bitchy. In fact, I suspect probably because I'm bitchy. ... that Mr. B. is willing to do all the cooking and cleanup for Thanksgiving because he thinks the holiday is important, which pleases PK and lets me off the hook. ... tha...

Yesterday was a gray day. Did I think to bring in the laundry? No, I did not. Now it's hanging there dripping. And will continue to do so until it stops raining long enough for it to dry. Which could be who knows when. Oh well. Also, today I was on my way to campus--running late, of course--and step...

When I was growing up, I lived with my family in a smallish apartment on Santa Rosalia in Los Angeles. Bouganvilla climbed the white stucco walls of the apartment building, there were hardwood floors in most rooms and linoleum in the tiny white kitchen, and when the windows were open we could either...