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Ill-advised engagement photos

I have not been LDB yet. But pray for me. I enter a mall tomorrow.

I wish I'd seen Grace this year.

I also wish I'd met up with Liese, but as it was, it ended up REALLY close due to getting stuck behind stupid people and people with Issues. I didn't even get to eat. And the flight attendant made my drinks really strong, um wow.

I just heard LDB, via my Christmas playlist. The Bowie/Bing version, which I rather like.

I'm fond of that one too, Consuela.

Ahhh!

So my luggage is in Miami, which is okay, I guess, since it's not lost. It's just elsewhere. And they intend it to be here around noon tomorrow, and in the meanwhile my mother is gleefully making me wear cherry PJs. I've not told her Kat has made me done the same, but less pinkly. A lot less pinkly. I like pink, and cherries, but I don't actually tend o associate them.

My parents hired some guy who fucked up the last revamp I did of their network. No doubt (and I should thank them for it) they were trying not to harass me, but last year I extended their wireless network pretty seamlessly by installing two repeaters and reformatting them to run a better OS. Apparently he was impressed, and then promptly worked around it. As far as I can tell, for instance, the original wireless modem is still here, and on, and not attached to anything. Just being lonely, all by itself on a sad network.

And my seamless wireless is gone--most notably in the room I'm sleeping in.

Did I mention pink and cherries?

My kingdom for a network cable and a system password,

I also wish I'd met up with Liese, but as it was, it ended up REALLY close due to getting stuck behind stupid people and people with Issues. I didn't even get to eat. And the flight attendant made my drinks really strong, um wow.

Yeah. With the weather craziness elsewhere, the All The Airports were more fraught than normal. But it's okay. With your folks, we've got better odds that most east coasters of getting together at some point.

My flight had two infants and three dogs (two under my seat and the guy next to me, and one behind them). It took an extra half hour to leave because they routed us around the storm at the last minute and had to add fuel. Which was fairly important, I feel.

But considering all that, it went reasonably well, and I got in about 20 minutes late, and made it to the hotel, where I immediately had to do counseling with a student on facebook whose parents are splitting up (and told her the day before finals, bad timing, parents). Phoenix was all full of sad stuck people.

Anyway, it's one, but my body thinks it's three, so I guess I better crash out.

"Likewise, we all know from experience that Internet message boards aren’t Borg-like mind-melding machines that multiply users’ brain power." [link]

Says who? I know different.

Says who, indeed? I am now suspicious of her research.

Last day of work before vacation! LAistas, I will be in Culver City the 27th through the 3rd. I think we'll spend a day in Legoland.

I am bothered by the fact that the National Cathedral is ringing the bell 26 times today instead of 27. Leaving Nancy Lanza out of it is very blame the victim to me.

Agreed Sparky. Though, I do have to snarkily refrain myself from saying to all of the people who think a gun = protection, "If only Nancy Lanza had guns then she could protected herself!" So I'm sort of a bad person too.

I'd love to see you while you're here, if possible. If not, that's okay too. Things are crazyballs (at least today) so I'd understand if not.

I'm also really tempted to take Noah to a place with arcade and video games. It's almost (ALMOST) irresistible. Not Chuck E Cheese, but maybe Dave and Busters?