meara-ette:

That's a fantastic picture, d! Radiant with strength.

Wee lisah is indeed adorable, and looks just like grown lisah. I'm pretty sure I saw the same grin about ninety times at brunch the weekend you were here.

{{{Sean}}}

{{{TomW}}} Job-hunting is brutally un-fun. Please do not funk again (unless you do it in the style outlined above).

And, Vortex, blech on the sneaky asshole boss.

Completely shallowly, I want all the shoes in Susan's link (well, maybe not that very last pair of sort of fancified loafers, but definitely all the others). And the pink and black shoes are the Jilliest things I've seen in a very, very long time.

Personal update: I need to kick my own ass and get in gear to finish up a small but crucial project at work that I'm dragging my heels on due to an aversion to anything accounting-related. I really, really need to do this thing and I'm sick of my own waffly bullshit avoidance. It isn't even a big deal; I'm just having a horrible time making myself do it already.

d, you look great! Congratulations again.

People are bugging me about wedding stuff again. I want to respond to them all that we're eloping because it's about us and not them, and that we'll let them know when we figure out what we're going to do.

Jilli, if you know anyone with crocheting skills, you should point them at the link above to the snood site. There are also several patterns for Victorian-style crocheted bags that would probably look very good done in black and jet beads.

d, very cool.

Vortex, crazy! I had lunch with my boss today too, but I like him, so not quite the same.

Sean, I hope you got some rest before heading out to work on Shakes. Give a kiss to Mark for me. And if you need someone to talk with, call me. It's free, both being AT&T and all. And sounds like you need it.

Aims, congrats on the scholarship. We all knew you're a smart ass.

Happy Birthday wishes too, hopefully not too late.

Shit, it's hard to pull a Meara on the iPhone.

ION- I haz big screen TV now. Soon I'll be watching Firefly in HD!

I hope you got some rest before heading out to work on Shakes.

I didn't really get any sleep, but I laid in bed for about an hour or so with the lights off and rested a little, anyway.

Mostly, I just hope I make it all the way through TDK tonight.

Argh: I don't yet have enough to do at work. Granted, there are plans in the works.

So why did they hire someone else who lives in Seattle????

I know that she could be working on many other projects that I am not working on (there are already a couple other people in the Seattle area, who work on other stuff). But she is working on at least one project I DO already work on!! WTF?????

TCG came home with Mike's Hard lemonade tonight. Love him!

Sean, good luck getting through tonight.

PEOPLE??? How am I supposed to stay entertained if you don't post for a whole HOUR!

I mean, yes, I have all sorts of crazy Trader Joe's dried fruits (Hibiscus: YUM. Lychee: eh. Chili Dipped Mango: Too sweet (should be called SUGARCHILI dipped mango), but OK. Have not tried: Mangosteen) but that will only entertain me so long!

I'm hungry and pondering my options. I can make some spaghetti, but I've been getting bored with spaghetti lately. I don't have much else in the house. I also could go to 7-11 and pick up some frozen burritos or something, or I could go to Trader Joe's and do an actual grocery shopping. I think I'm too tired for the third option. I'm considering whether I'm too tired for the second.

Proof of how much I skip, skim, and generally just don't pay enough attention to What Really Matters In Life - I did not know of Dr Horrible's Sing A-long Blog until Just Now. Just Now!

Pitiful.

Something that is *not* pitiful... HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE LOVELY JULIANA!!