Author: Virginia

I had the nicest thing happen to me on an otherwise pretty awful day today. I’m so stressed out and scared about my dad; it now turns out now that he’s basically facing a potential eviction on no grounds whatsoever as far as I can tell, and all the people involved are being really irrational… Continue reading Fate and Optimism

So some of you Imaginary Readers have yet to meet the infamous Grant, and you have no idea what he looks like. Well, my roommate has helped to remedy this, by casting his image in Halloween confection. I think she did a pretty good job with his likeness, don’t you? And for comparison purposes, here’s… Continue reading Quite A Pair

My GOD, is it cold in my office. We have this tiny, industrial office-park space, that is about 80% big freezing concrete-and-metal warehouse and maybe 20% normal office space. But said office space is so open, and the insulation so crappy, that it never heats up. And there’s a tiny heater that blows hot air… Continue reading Shiver me timbers

So hey, Imaginary Readers, I regret to inform you that I could use some not-so-imaginary assistance right now. More specifically, that my dad could use some assistance, and I serve as his proxy. See, the semi-jerky owner of the apartment building he manages let him go, meaning he loses his job AND living space. He… Continue reading Imaginary Readership Assistance Requested

It turns out that four of the six people who work in my office all independently purchased the same DC Comics Super Heroes stamps. All our outgoing mail is matchy-matchy like the gaming industry nerds we seem to have become – and only one of us was really into this stuff to start with (the… Continue reading “Great Minds” and all that

Here is a short list of words and phrases I strongly dislike. If everyone could please completely cease using them immediately, I’d really appreciate it. I realize this is not going to happen, but hey, a girl can dream. -akimbo -asswipe -booty -brethren –deus ex machina -NOW you’re talking! -’nuff said -shit a brick sideways… Continue reading I mean, besides “blog”

So for the past week day few days I’ve been staying at the boyfriend’s place in Capitol Hill, cat sitting for his crazy feline Trumpet while he cavorts around Japan (and also cat- and lizard-sitting for the pets of one of his travel companions – more on that below). And one of the effects of… Continue reading My House on the Hill

I did it. I took the biggest step, financially, that I have ever taken, save perhaps deciding to go to an expensive as fuck private university that everyone in Washington routinely confuses with Bryman College. Yes, I BOUGHT A MOTHERF*CKING CAR. I’ve talked about it, dreamt about it, even blogged about it, but I’m finally… Continue reading My baby’s coming!

So I did my triathlon yesterday! Yep, .5 mile swim, 12 mile bike, 4 mile run, more or less… and I’ve never been prouder of myself in my entire life. I wasn’t thrilled with how I swam, simply because I was slow and didn’t keep up a good solid stroke, I kept pausing to breaststroke… Continue reading Everything hurts