Lots of big things happening or about to.

But what looms immediately before me is Burning Man... and God I'm obsessed. I have wanted to go for years now. This year it will happen and I feel I'm almost ready - and thank goodness because its only a month away. I"m having ot realize that NO, i'm not even going to scratch the surface of the snazily dressed or most comfortable camping experience. This is my first year and that’s OK. I can make improvements and additions if I am able to go a... read more

No, it's not me in the photo ;-Þ

I've been without work for a week and a half now. I quit my last job because I didn't like it at all. I took the job originally out of some desperation, and then I kept it to have a steady-looking work history. But having a title which you think is "beneath you" and a supervisor who is a bitch-on-wheels for 3.5 years is too much. It was definitely time to leave, and luckily I could do that at this point in time.

I haven't begun looking for a new gig ye... read more

In honor/response to it being TLaPD, I am compiling a list of Piratey Vocabulary:

"To Be Three Sheets in the Wind" - Casting out all three sails, causing the ship to shudder and stagger like a drunken sailor.
Aft - Short for "after." Toward the rear of the ship.
Ahoy - Used to hail a ship or a person or to attract attention.
Arr! / Argh / Arrgh! / Yarr! / Harr! etc. - A general piratical term - can be used with anything.
Avast! - Used as a command to stop or desist.
Aye - Yes. Ay... read more

I'm newly carless <-- Yes, I mean without car. I was rear-ended late last month and my car was totaled.. my current job doesn’t' pay nearly enough for me to make monthly payments on a new one, and the settlement on the worth of the old car isn't going to help much... to cut to the chase I'm learning how to drive my boyfriend's second car, a 20 year old stick shift. I'm new on stick-shifting, but I"m doing OK so today was my last day being escorted to work in it - he'll get the air fix today... read more