Long time, no blogging. (I’ll catch ya’ll up this weekend. It’s been nuts!) In the meantime, here is this week’s evil shopping list: – BECK: MONGOLIAN CHOP SQUAD, Vol. 3 by Harold Sakuishi (TOKYOPOP) – GALS!, Vol. 5 by Mihona Fujii (DC CMX) – GATCHA-GACHA, Vol. 1 by Yutaka Tachibana (TOKYOPOP) – HANA-KIMI, Vol. 10 [...]

Here’s this week’s stash. (Brevity wins points these days.) – THE DEVIL DOES EXIST, Vol. 5 by Mitsuba Takanashi (DC CMX) – QUEEN’S KNIGHT, Vol. 5 by Kim Kang Won (TOKYOPOP) – SENSUAL PHRASE, Vol. 12 by Mayu Shinjo (VIZ / SHOJO) – SEQUENCE, Vol. 1 by Ryo Saenagi (TOKYOPOP) – SHOJO BEAT, March 2006 [...]

And for reference: I’ve got a cold. (That is, this is not a Valentine’s Day post.) >_< Current Music: The morning news and my printer printing work stuff.

My first scarf! (YAY!) Actually, it’s all knitting (and no perling), but repetition is a good thing at this point. That’s how you learn, right? ;-) I’m really pleased with how the colors are showing up: reminds me a teeny, tiny bit of some of the Missoni knitwear pieces that were so popular a few [...]

If today hadn’t been “Comic Book Day,” it would have been pretty blah. (I feel like a pin cushion. BOO! >_

Yay, Steelers!! XD And a link that other 24 fans will appreciate: Jack Bauer Facts It’s not an exaggeration to say “I LOVE 24!” Early day tomorrow, so that’s all folks! Current Music: Law & Order: SVU

Pretty good day. – Figured out that the optimal time to hit Mel’s on a Sunday is between 11 and 11:30 a.m. – Just out of curiosity, I had a look at a two-bedroom, one-bath unit at my apartment complex, and also asked about the likelihood of them going condo. (Which we don’t want, for [...]

One of the things on my “New Year’s To Do” list is to have fresh flowers in my apartment on a regular basis. If you do it the right way, it is an inexpensive extravagance, and it makes such a difference to my living room. Plus… It means that I get to take photos like [...]

Since I posted an image of my first knitting project as a “work in progress,” I figured it might be nice to post a pic of the completed item. (It’s a little change purse/pouch thing.) My second project is a scarf, and I’ve already completed about one foot out of five or six feet. Current [...]

After the fact, of course, I realized that yesterday’s blog was my 400th post at Absolute Aligator. That’s pretty wild to me. Two years ago, if someone had told me that I’d write 400+ posts, pretty much about nothing, I’d have laughed. I’d have called them crazy if they suggested that anyone would venture over [...]