The Green Room

I want to be Steeleye Span when I grow up.

St. John’s sent me a calendar! And I’m in the picture for February!

When I was home, I reprimanded my sister for using the word ‘crap.’ It was done without thought, it just felt wrong to me, so now I’m trying to figure out why. I think part of it has to do with the fact that ‘crap’ is just an ugly word. I think everybody knows that [...]

Also, hot damn! This is the first time in my life I’ve ever worked at a place that gave Christmas bonuses, and I guess to make up for lost time I work at two of them.

Well, I’m back in Shepherdstown now, back at work. The whole idea of the holidays seems somehow unreal, like it never happened, or happened a long time ago, maybe in a dream. Maybe because it was such a whirlwind trip. I never had a chance to sit down and simply be at home. I always [...]

So, here I am in Oregon. They waited until I got here to decorate the tree. Also, even though the last time I blogged from this computer was exactly a year ago, the browser still had the login page in its history. It’s good to know I haven’t been forgotten.

My boss gave me a bottle of scotch for Christmas. Gordon has arranged transportation for me to the airport on Thursday morning, so that’s all taken care of. Now all I’ve got left to do is pack, bake some cupcakes to take to my mother, and find presents for my father and my sister. I [...]

Sounds good to me!

I will be in Oregon on Thursday (assuming I can find a way of getting to the airport). This makes me very happy. What does not make me happy is the amount of stuff I need to get done before I go, namely, paying the bills, finishing addressing the last of my Christmas cards and [...]

I am such a whiskey snob.