Black and Whites

I finally got around to making digital copies of some pictures I got from over Christmas. Since that’s all there is to this post, if you’re not interested in 60-year-old Johnson-family photographs, you can just mosey on your way. I won’t hold it against you. (It should be noted that I may or may …keep reading

Redefined

Many of you have heard me tell a story about my parents that has already been redefined once. When I was younger (junior high or early high school), one day something happened that resulted in the following being written on the family calendar: “ was right, 19xx.” The next year when copied …keep reading

What I meant to post yesterday

(but couldn’t because my blog was still broken. Also, apologies to and , since this isn’t actually new content to them. I’ll put something up for you shortly.)

My Aunt Shirley died Sunday afternoon around 4. I’ll be going home for the visitation and funeral Thursday through Sunday (carpooling with and …keep reading

I have not yet adjusted

to my new schedule, that is. Every day this week so far I have tried to get it right, but with no success so far. To recap:

Monday:

6am wake up
7am eat breakfast (yogurt & granola)
7:19 miss bus, get Starbucks
7:51 take bus, discover there is no eating or drinking on bus
9:30 finish most of Starbucks, …keep reading

Certifiable

I’m a little nervous to write this post, because if there were ever any doubts about my geek status, this will silence them all. But…

On digg a few weeks ago was a link to a site that claimed to have retro computer games. I was interested, so I bookmarked it and looked it …keep reading

Don’t Hate Me

I did some math today (shock and awe, I tell ya) to figure out exactly how hard I had to study for my final exam next Monday. With hoping to be induced at the “end of the week,” (I’ll know more by tonight or tomorrow morning, when she calls/emails, I thought it would …keep reading

End-of-workday humor

While over at the Dating Dummy, I was referred to this article on “Guidelines for Platonic Friendship.” While you all know my opinion about sex outside of marriage… this is very funny. I liked it. In fact, it was almost helpful, if I 1) had any guy friends, or 2)… um… see …keep reading

Let’s go back to 1996, shall we?

Somewhere around August 18th, 1996 is where this story takes place. My parents drove me to college to move in. I was a freshman and terribly nervous, and preliminary meetings with my assigned roommate had gone OK, but not fabulously. We were not going to be best friends (in fact, she ended …keep reading

Today’s Frustration

So, of the two history classes that Hamline will let me transfer from St Paul College being offered this fall, my options are to take the Thursday night one (which I’d prefer not to do) or to do it online, which I didn’t want to do for a history class (economics, however, I’d gladly take …keep reading

Where I Should Live

Took this test (found on a new blog I’m reading), and here’s the list of the top 24 places I should live. should be overjoyed that her hometown is my #1 compatible city. I’ll leave my comments, when I have them, after each suggestion.

  1. Cincinnati, Ohio Of all the places in Ohio …keep reading

Did anyone…

…smell the rain this morning? It smelled like childhood and camping and Saturday afternoons spent on the couch, and a little like locker room and wet dog. All in all, not the greatest smelling rain, but still quite… sensory. I enjoyed it, while walking to work this morning. Arguably, not the …keep reading

FYI

In case anyone wanted to know, Snack Packs freeze amazingly well. I highly recommend it, especially if you often find yourself on the run needing something to eat. The chocolate varieties turn out like the pudding pops made when we were kids.

Such a Tease!

I know, I'm a horrible person. But I haven't had this much fun with a Halloween costume since I went as Titania in 2000.

So, as promised, here's the last teaser for tonight's costume.

While searching through old photos to come up with the Halloween one, I found these that I thought I’d share …keep reading

All together now, awwwww…

My friend is having a baby next spring, and they just had the ultrasound yesterday to find out if its a boy or a girl. Here’s the picture of Charlie (hope she doesn’t mind my sharing):

First picture

I don’t usually get all worked up over babies, but I’m so very happy for and …keep reading

Of Sentimental Value

A Dodge Colt lives in my neighborhood. Specifically, a red 2-door hatchback Dodge Colt. It’s a year or two newer than the one I used to drive (surprisingly, the model got boxier into the 90s – our 1990 was quite “sporty,” if ever a hatchback could be called that). While the death of Skippy (that …keep reading