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Out the other end of Holy Crap Snowstorm safely, now that there are patches of blue sky and sun visible. We got majorly dumped on (3' drifts, maybe 18" of actual accumulation), but the power remains on and other than dealing with an occasionally wall-climbing husband and freaked-out cats, we're fine. Watching the fascinating ballet of plows, tractors and shovels happening in our driveway in the storm's aftermath and being vaguely annoyed at myself for getting exactly nothing done since getting sent home from work yesterday other than farting about on the internet. Well no, not quite true, I spent much of yesterday writing out a php program that generates substitution ciphers based on an input text, but while fun and may be used in some crafty project at some point down the line, not exactly useful/productive. (Though does say a lot about my usual methods of self-entertainment. My fun is not your fun.) Ah well, Saturday is still young... though having been up since 8:30 it feels weirdly like late-afternoon. By the way, that wind this morning. Whoo boy. That's what woke me up.

Anyway. Some memeishness before I excuse myself from the interbutts and do something real:

( 5KQ - 801-900: The Questions Get More Idiotic Wheeeeee )

(full survey @ 5000questionsur.)

I leave you with Ash trying to make up his mind about whether he likes snow or not:

I'ma post this, eat some chicken, and go to bed.

( 401-500 )

if anyone else would like to join me in this insanity, BTW all the questions are at 5000questionsur.

( 201-300 )

I had a pleasant, if frustratingly unproductive day off - my ambition was the get the house cleaned, but all I managed was picking up our room, the laundry, running through two loads in the dishwasher, returning all the deposit bottles and making a rather delicious dinner for cell23 and I. I also went to lunch with grinninfoole, which is always pleasant; I enjoy our "so... where are you on that whole road to self-improvement?" checkpoints over food.

Okay when you write it out today wasn't so much the Day of Ignoble Sloth, but it certainly felt like it. And I'm kinda mad I missed ALL the inauguration coverage, but that's what The Internet and youtube are for.

Back to the insurance salt mines tomorrow, whee.

... But I'm only doing 200 as I got them from nounsandverbs and he got them from a friends-only friend so I gue2s we're both doing this in 200 question chunks.

( Wheee questions 1-64, because I am a wuss, I got lazy and I wanna go to bed. )

Day One: Ten things you want to say to ten different people right now.
Day Two: Nine things about yourself.
Day Three: Eight ways to win your heart.
Day Four: Seven things that cross your mind a lot.
Day Five: Six things you wish you’d never done.
Day Six: Five people who mean a lot (in no order whatsoever)
Day Seven: Four turn-offs.
Day Eight: Three turn-ons.
Day Nine: Two images that describe your life right now, and why.
Day Ten: One confession


Day Two: Nine things about yourself.

1. I will be 34 years old this year. I routinely get mistaken for < 20. If you've ever seen pictures of my family, you know why. (Vampirism, clearly.)


2. I have wanted to be a writer since I was a kid, and used to spend an inordinate amount of time lost in my own worlds in high school. Adulthood proved distracting. Only just now getting back into it with any degree of regularity with the goal of actually finishing something novel-esque.


3. I was once described as having a maniacal lack of discretion. This is 100% true. I have no shame or self-consciousness about my body, lifestyle, or sexuality, and am pretty much completely out of any and all closets that could possibly apply to me.


4. I've been computer literate/had my own computer from a very young age. While this is increasingly unremarkable in this day and age, consider #1, and what was around for personal computing in the mid-eighties.


5. I have an ongoing list of Interesting and Weird Medical Factoids. Weird blood disorder? Check. Immune system that likes to snack on my intestines when bored? Check. Genetic predisposition towards cone-shaped corneas? Check. Multiple times having chicken pox? Check, and 4. Mystical ability to get through high school without a single pimple? Check. Doctors fucking love me, man.


6. I used to eat books before I learned to read them. My ancient set of World Books back at my parents' have toddler bite marks out of a few pages.


7. I hate shopping for myself, it is onerous and excruciating. Shopping for/with someone else? SIGN ME UP.


8. I live in an apartment complex which has an overabundance of a) nerds b) cats c) reasonably close personal friends. I rather love this.


9. If I had to, I could live quite happily on food obtained from NYC street carts for the remainder of my life. Sabrett and Nathans hot dogs, halal kebobs, gyros, pitas, shaved ices, roasted chick peas... damn it, now I'm homesick AND hungry.

It's September and we're going frakking apple picking tomorrow. Fuck it, I'ma start using this icon.

( moar icon stuff )

Shaping up to be a very lazy Sunday, seeing as we don't have any big plans or anywhere to go today as opposed to yesterday (Fair! Farmers Market! Shopping!) and tomorrow (Kidzilla's birthday party! AAAA!) cell23 and I stayed up late last night watching the latest Torchwood and Doctor Who (hmm, I'm overdue for a "What's Andee Watching? post... later maybe) while I oven-dried the tomatoes I bought at the farmer's market. I finished those up this morning and I think I overdid them this time around, as some of them taste a little burnt, but they're still good. They also have a bit of a bite to them since I sprinkled pepper on them this time as well. Thinking of looking up a recipe for bread that incorporates them into it - I still have very fond memories of the sun-dried tomato bagels at Brueggers and am still mad they were only available that one summer years ago. But really all that's on tap for today is sticking close to home, making sure the kids don't kill each other, and chilling. I may try to get some work done or my hair yarned up today as well. Also we have some party prep to do later, mostly in the way of baking Kidzilla's cake and wrapping up her presents. Also figuring out what the hell we're going to do with the bajillion apples we're going to come home with tomorrow, considering she's having her party at the orchard for at least the third year running. I say at least because I've only been attending them regularly since she turned five - she very well may have had previous birthdays there as well and I'm kinda too lazy to ask cell23 about it right now. Oh, that reminds me, I'd better charge up the camera.

By the way, those of you with iThings and an overdeveloped sense of voyeurism or a liking for anonymous confessions? The PostSecret app just dropped and it is addictive as FUCK. Buyer beware, you will do nothing else for an hour after downloading it.

But yeah. The Andee abides. Pretty much it.

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Since April 8th, 2003. I was going by kjpepper back then. Lets see, what have I found noteable in the last 8 years? Besides everything? Seven moves, five breakups, lots of weddings, including my own, lots of pictures of me, dredlocks, several medical emergencies, lots of drama, the death of the two primary mother figures... lol. Pretty much LJ has seen the majority of my post-college life, and since I still need a long format venue for blabbing about my life and brain, I don't see myself abandoning it anytime soon.

( 21 Questions )

( Alphabet meme )

...Jesus, it's coming DOWN out there. O_o Can't say I mind as long as I'm indoors, though I did just breifly dash out in it to avalon616's to partake of cake and ice cream for bloodandsmoke's birthday. Good stuff, that. Still, that was before the wind really started howling out there, so I'm glad I'm inside now. pretty much my plan for the rest of the evening is work out this week's List of Doom, play a little YPP and make nefarious plans concerning the insertion of extremely fucking colorful yarn into my hair.