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Archive for January, 2011

I can be bribed

I intended to write about my little adventure last weekend.  I went to a local bar for the “mid winter dark dance”, featuring I:Scintilla, Defcon the Gothsicles, and DJ Scary Lady Sarah.  Of course, I also had the option of writing about the Chicago mayoral race.  However, apparently it’s not only Chicago politicians that can be bribed.

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My birthday is coming. Not soon, but it’s coming. I don’t mind getting older. So far, my 40’s have been pretty good. I was still figuring out what to do with my life in my 20’s and making all kinds of major decisions on school and career and whatnot. In my 30’s I was starting to have some idea what I was doing, but I was still working a lot of things out. Now I’ve got a career, I’m done with school and professional exams, and I’m kind of settled into my life and it’s all just hanging in there. At least, I hope so.

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The Long Haul

I FINALLY finished the gigantic blanket I started last summer.

blanket

My giant 101 stitch sampler blanket

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Gang bang

Someone recently asked my roommate where we lived.  Upon hearing the answer, they jokingly asked her which gang she was affiliated with. Now, our neighborhood isn’t awful. However, the neighborhood just south of ours is, well, dicey… and the neighborhood just east of ours is, um, iffy.

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2010 in review

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:

Healthy blog!

The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow.

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