Yet again, I predicted our local weather forecast had changed — to one of snow falling all weekend — thanks to my “human barometer” super power. I’m more accurate than the local meteorologists. Still, I wouldn’t mind giving this ability (and its humidity-induced headaches) back. ;-) I got home tonight just in time to swing [...]

This weekend started with a potential crisis averted: The scheduled car/truck maintenance didn’t cost more than I had budgeted, so I can proceed according to schedule with a.) my planned eye appointment (and new pair of glasses) and b.) the entertainment and clothing expenditures that have queued themselves up. The Gators won. (Hooray!) While the [...]

Q: What has Alison been doing these past few weeks? The easy and truthful answer is work, work, and more work — some of which I can talk about (like this cool new anime, coming in 2009 to video shelves near you!) and, of course, some of which that I can’t. So, instead, I’ll talk [...]

There’s been a lot going on in my offline world. The evidence? It’s been forever since I took a whole month-plus off from blogging. (I don’t count Twitter because, well… It’s off the cuff, and my particular brand of status updates don’t translate into “real” writing, to my mind, anyway.) Work’s been super, crazy busy. [...]

I was a bookworm, as a kid and young adult, in the full, teenage-Rory-Gilmore sense of the term. I always had some kind of non-textbook in my tote or purse, and cumulatively, during that time, I think I probably read more books than many people read in their entire lives. But I had fallen out [...]

Another super-busy Saturday, and I need to remember to take a picture of today’s haircut for my mom sometime tomorrow. The cable TV might as well be out. It keeps glitching up and has been doing so all day. (And they wonder why there are people non-plussed about the push toward digital? This is “Example [...]

I never was a fan of Florida’s heat and humidity, but as much as everyone complains about the humidity here… Well, it’s nice. And it gives me an excuse to wear cute, fun things to work for a change, like today’s TH dress and this awesome green leather purse. Isn’t it fierce? I love it, [...]

I’m so out of the loop with comics, but it’s always kind of fun to see which artists and titles are recognized as part of the Eisner Awards. With Comic-Con in full swing, they uncorked the list of winners, and I’m psyched to see James Jean won the “Best Cover Artist” award (again) for his [...]

Wow. I’ve been in a mood since my mom left. :( I got more done at the house during the week she was here than I had in the past three months. Since then, it’s been way too easy to get wrapped up in work and/or just be a slug when I hit home. Enough [...]

Well, that whole “Weekly Digest” idea lasted all of one post. >_< I did actually write, though, so I guess it’s OK. It seems that the worst of last week’s weather and its aftermath are over, and my part of town wasn’t affected. The weekend was a pretty quiet and uneventful one. I stayed fairly [...]