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jenwrites, I haven't dressed for the occasion...but then again, I'm still in my pajamas. ;) When I do get dressed, perhaps my Sith Academy t-shirt would be apropos.
Isaac's Party
I have been woefully disorganized about Isaac's party, but judging from the RSVPs that I've gotten so far, there are only going to be like three non-family people there anyway, so whatever. But still, if you live in the Boston area and/or will be in the Boston area this Sunday, June 11th, feel free to drop by for Isaac's party between approx. 10am and noonish. It'll be extremely casual. If the weather's nice, we'll be in the back yard; if not, we'll be inside and I'll be utterly freaking out about having actual people see my disaster of an apartment.
Memeage -- the Name Game
I've been having some trouble keeping up with my flist, but I saw that someone tagged me for the "explain your username" meme. (sorry, I'm lame and can't remember who it was) I think I've done this before, but anyway, the story is that way back in high school circa 1991ish,orbitalmechanic and I and another friend did the Wicca initiation ritual from Spiral Dance, and part of the rite involved choosing/discovering a magickal name for yourself. Chlaal is a variation of the name I chose that day; although I don't actually use it as a magickal name, I still like it as an online name because it's unique, and no matter what website you're signing up for an account on, chlaal is guaranteed not to be taken as a username.
Also, since everyone asks, I pronounce it "clay-ALL." I'm not tagging anyone, but do the meme if you like.
Bookgasms
My mom got me a new bookcase off craigslist. Like any self-respecting geek, I have (or had) way more books than shelf space, but now there's a lot more room to grow. I am happy. I spent a pleasant couple of hours moving books around, rearranging, reorganizing. Maybe I'm weird, but this has always been one of my favorite parts of unpacking after moving to a new place -- the part where you take out the books and put them on the shelves. I enjoy the process of putting them up, and when done, I get a happy from standing and looking at them. Nothing makes a house a home like full bookshelves, if you ask me.
Anyway, so it was a lot of fun deciding which categories of books should go on the new bookcase (in the living room) and which should stay in the bedroom -- sort of literary feng shui. I got a big kick out of putting the queer-studies/sexuality/feminism books next to the pagan/spirituality books, and then putting the Kama Sutra in between, sort of like a top between two bottoms in a literary menage a trois. Hee hee!
So now I have a lot of empty-ish shelf space, which feels a little weird, but I'm not too worried. For one thing, there's the big pile of "to-be-read" books atop one of the bookcases (I don't like to shelve unread books; it feels dishonest somehow), and for another, I'm sure there are many more books hiding in every corner of my apartment, waiting to be unearthed and shelved at my leisure. :)
Meanwhile, like an idiot, despite my bitching about the poor quality of R is for Ricochet, I've started reading Sue Grafton's S is for Silence and already am finding typos and grammatical errors and plot inconsistencies. Grrrr.
Smile!
Right beforesandykidd had her baby, my brother metafrantic and my mom went and bought a digital camcorder. We've been saying for ages that we should have one now that there are three adorable kids in our family; and it would have been nice to have Bastian's birth on camera had it not been a c-section. Anyway, since Bastian isn't doing much lately that can't be captured on still, I've got custody of the camcorder and am taking some footage of Ruthie. Needless to say this makes Geek Mom very happy. ;) Next step, figuring out how to get a clip online. ;)
Cuteitude: Isaac
Isaac's latest thing to say if I'm being too slow for his liking is, "I'll just have to [whatever we're getting ready to do] all by myself." ;) He also told me that when his unclemetafrantic (who stands about 6'2") gets a little bigger, he can start wearing Ruthie's diapers. ;)
Cuteitude: Ruth
Happy 6/6/6! :) Unlike
jenwrites, I haven't dressed for the occasion...but then again, I'm still in my pajamas. ;) When I do get dressed, perhaps my Sith Academy t-shirt would be apropos.Isaac's Party
I have been woefully disorganized about Isaac's party, but judging from the RSVPs that I've gotten so far, there are only going to be like three non-family people there anyway, so whatever. But still, if you live in the Boston area and/or will be in the Boston area this Sunday, June 11th, feel free to drop by for Isaac's party between approx. 10am and noonish. It'll be extremely casual. If the weather's nice, we'll be in the back yard; if not, we'll be inside and I'll be utterly freaking out about having actual people see my disaster of an apartment.
Memeage -- the Name Game
I've been having some trouble keeping up with my flist, but I saw that someone tagged me for the "explain your username" meme. (sorry, I'm lame and can't remember who it was) I think I've done this before, but anyway, the story is that way back in high school circa 1991ish,
orbitalmechanic and I and another friend did the Wicca initiation ritual from Spiral Dance, and part of the rite involved choosing/discovering a magickal name for yourself. Chlaal is a variation of the name I chose that day; although I don't actually use it as a magickal name, I still like it as an online name because it's unique, and no matter what website you're signing up for an account on, chlaal is guaranteed not to be taken as a username.Also, since everyone asks, I pronounce it "clay-ALL." I'm not tagging anyone, but do the meme if you like.
Bookgasms
My mom got me a new bookcase off craigslist. Like any self-respecting geek, I have (or had) way more books than shelf space, but now there's a lot more room to grow. I am happy. I spent a pleasant couple of hours moving books around, rearranging, reorganizing. Maybe I'm weird, but this has always been one of my favorite parts of unpacking after moving to a new place -- the part where you take out the books and put them on the shelves. I enjoy the process of putting them up, and when done, I get a happy from standing and looking at them. Nothing makes a house a home like full bookshelves, if you ask me.
Anyway, so it was a lot of fun deciding which categories of books should go on the new bookcase (in the living room) and which should stay in the bedroom -- sort of literary feng shui. I got a big kick out of putting the queer-studies/sexuality/feminism books next to the pagan/spirituality books, and then putting the Kama Sutra in between, sort of like a top between two bottoms in a literary menage a trois. Hee hee!
So now I have a lot of empty-ish shelf space, which feels a little weird, but I'm not too worried. For one thing, there's the big pile of "to-be-read" books atop one of the bookcases (I don't like to shelve unread books; it feels dishonest somehow), and for another, I'm sure there are many more books hiding in every corner of my apartment, waiting to be unearthed and shelved at my leisure. :)
Meanwhile, like an idiot, despite my bitching about the poor quality of R is for Ricochet, I've started reading Sue Grafton's S is for Silence and already am finding typos and grammatical errors and plot inconsistencies. Grrrr.
Smile!
Right before
sandykidd had her baby, my brother metafrantic and my mom went and bought a digital camcorder. We've been saying for ages that we should have one now that there are three adorable kids in our family; and it would have been nice to have Bastian's birth on camera had it not been a c-section. Anyway, since Bastian isn't doing much lately that can't be captured on still, I've got custody of the camcorder and am taking some footage of Ruthie. Needless to say this makes Geek Mom very happy. ;) Next step, figuring out how to get a clip online. ;)Cuteitude: Isaac
Isaac's latest thing to say if I'm being too slow for his liking is, "I'll just have to [whatever we're getting ready to do] all by myself." ;) He also told me that when his uncle
metafrantic (who stands about 6'2") gets a little bigger, he can start wearing Ruthie's diapers. ;)Cuteitude: Ruth
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Date: 2006-06-06 05:22 pm (UTC)Cute!
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Date: 2006-06-06 06:03 pm (UTC)cute
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Date: 2006-06-06 07:55 pm (UTC)Uhh...wouldn't that chafe? I don't fancy diaper rash at 29...
And I'm 6'3", damnit!
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Date: 2006-06-07 10:34 am (UTC)*Raises hand.*
Also, since everyone asks, I pronounce it "clay-ALL."
And that's why I tagged you. :-) I'd been assuming it was closer to "Shlarl".