some co-workers and I were wondering if there was a subculture of lazy goths that just wore black jeans and black t-shirts -- now, I have an answer.

I'm so glad that Vortex and NoiseDesign will be among Buffistae on Father's Day. I, too, wish I could be there. But I have every confidence that you will get all the love and hairpats and hugs that you want/need.

The other day, I made a four bean salad for supper at one of the group homes. Someone mentioned then that he knew of people who would put three or four bean salad into a blender and puree it, and use it for chip dip. I'd never heard of that before, but I think I might be willing to try it.

As long as I don't have to clean out the blender.

some co-workers and I were wondering if there was a subculture of lazy goths that just wore black jeans and black t-shirts -- now, I have an answer.

Jilli, I think I agree with omnis's objection there.

ION, my officemate just left for a week in California, and my advisor is in Europe and isn't coming back for another few days, which means that I get a few days of work with no interruptions!

Although, I really need to clean my apartment. Yesterday, my neighbors got locked out of their apartment, and they needed to find a locksmith, and I let them use my laptop and phone to find the numbers and call, but I had to do that all while sitting in the hallway, because my apartment was too messy for me to feel comfortable inviting them in. What I need to do is just set aside a full day to clean everything, but I never seem to have a full day free -- there's always something else more important.

Hil, may you have a very productive week, and may your officemate come back from his trip having learned some manners.

I ordered my new digital camera today! It's a Sony Cybershot! It is supposed to be a birthday gift to myself, but I ordered it early because I decided I NEEDED it for the F2F.

Some good old-fashioned dog~ma for Ginger. And coping~ma

{{{Ginger}}} tons of -ma for you and your doggie.

As for omnis' objection (spoiler font, in case... I don't know): as a person who's coming from one of the main places for persons-with-sensibilities-to-the-H-word, the main excuse I heard for "don't tattoo/don't write things on your hand/body with a pen" was that.

It took me until highschool to get that shit out of my system. I have much stronger reasons not to tattoo myself (Hey, Pain and Eternity!), but especially these days, when most Holocaust survivors are dead and tattoos are very common, I think it's rude to interfere with others' private life style choices. If you know you're going to meet Holocaust survivors, yes, wear something to cover that tattoo. I think that this "don't tattoo/write stuff with pen on yourself" is in the way of private/personal freedom more than it's likely to be in the face of another Nazi policy victim.

That, of course, is only my opinion. When I have to write something important and there's no paper around me, that's objection is the first thing that comes to my mind.

doggie ~ma for you Ginger.

Ya for SJ getting new camera for f2f!!