mizarchivist

It's been 14 years since quiet_elegance and I decided to make an official go of it.  This year he's gotten me a renewed, slightly used, but nicely broken in Commander in Chief. This is really preferable over a new one, because I don't like the OS that goes with Mittens.

Some snapshots from anniversaries past, courtesy of Live Journal:

( 2003-2011... )
2012- It's been an intense year of growth and challenge. Again, there's this kid. He's great and amazing and a lot of work.
My work has shifted remarkably over the past 12 months. I have a great part time office mate/colleague whom I adore. We have a development director, a new admin, and a new cataloger. The new outnumber the established and our activity is just spinning up and up and up. We have a lot to fix, though. So much growth so quickly, and we just don't have the infrastructure to deal a lot of the time. But I hope we'll get caught up and be even better for it.
And omg, Election Fatigue. I know all elections can be pretty exhausting, but this one felt extra vitriolic. I don't want to say the worst ever, because that seems unlikely. I'm hugely relieved that the president has been re-elected. I realize he's not perfect, but he will at least support (most) of the social issues that Mittens almost certainly would actively trash or allow his cronies to trash. 
quiet_elegance has had a rough year. We realized in April that it was most realistic for him to stay home and be the full time kid-care. He's also found that too many years of working in the field and deferring health maintenance has lead to a lot of catch up.  BTW: cortizone shots happen on 11/20. Hopefully this will be the tipping point for him. 

There's, of course, SO much more than just what I've said, but it's a snapshot. 
LOVE to my dear life partner (in crime). LOVE to everyone who voted yesterday and to our POTUS who'll be around for a few more years. LOVE to my friends and family who remind me that the world is full of wonderful people. People who like me! 

Well, I'd not thought of it, but according to sources via Whedonesque, "Nobody in the Whedonverse" (via SiL Maurissa Tancharoen) hence Joss hisself doesn't cotton to the idea of purchasing Firefly for Nathan. The movement has been brought to a standstill. Yeah, that'd do it. Thanks, big man. Thanks, Maurissa.

Well, maybe next time Joss gets a show, it won't be on Fox.

My garden is quite amazing. I've been a bad plant parent to this current season and not documenting with pictures hardly at all. So not surprised. If ever I have 2 kids, there probably won't be any pictures of the second. OK, maybe not. But it feels like that ;)  I'm waiting for the broccoli to start showing signs of florets, though. Hmph! But the beans are totally nuts and climbing anything that stands still long enough to get caught in their tendrils (eee!)- They've got flowers now in parts, so edibles to arrive sooner than later. My Topsy Turvey (TM) is now out along with the homemade one- a drywall mud bucket with holes in the bottom - well, the plant is getting scary big. The "official" one was just planted on Saturday outside so it hasn't taken off. What I found so cool was that it almost immediately started to grow towards the sun. Plants are bendy!  Oh, and the red leaf lettuce has loved this rain so much. And there are too many bunnies in my neighborhood. Every time I see one near my garden I yell in a grumpy mom voice, but in the exasperated I still love you way.

lifecollage  invited me over for dinner last night, which was as excellent as I expected. Holy crap, is their veggie farm share huuge. I don't think I could handle that much all in one week. Especially since I don't have a chest freezer like she does (I totally would if our *&^%$ house's electricity in the basement could withstand the juice it would require. Trust me. It can't.) I need to see if I can recount a conversation we had about interacting with those who've survived a geek childhood and have the scars to prove it- the bit in question was about why it can be so damn hard to get proactive conversations/actions from these very lovely people. Anyway- I know I'm not up to the task of the recounting and pondering at this point, but I want to so this is the bookmark for later.

I got home in time to watch week 2 of Dancing. I think last week was a bit stronger (the whole first week adrenaline), but I'm ever so pleased to see choreographers back, particularly Shane Sparks. Yay, the dancing!

So, I'm going to Wisconsin for work in a week and a few days. For one reason and another, I need to get a pedicure before I return home, and I managed to find a relatively close salon and got the appointment. I love the interwebs! Thank you Google Maps. I'm fixated on trying a gothy French manicure style: black with white tips. How very Druscilla, eh? 

This weekend's plans are going to be awesome, I think. If all goes according to plan, I'll have sushi with quiet_elegance  on Friday. Until I started going to Teppenyaki with him and sitting at the sushi bar, I thought their fare was pretty ho-hum. Now I love it. But really, it's all about spending time with q_e- getting out of the usal distractions of being in the house. /schmoop. And Saturday is going to be non-stop. As always: diner for breakfast with purple_terror  with the requisite snark given and taken from our favorite waitress, Grammy. Then the long anticipated pool party. Looking at the weather makes me a bit sad, though, as it looks to be a bit chilly and almost certainly damp. Meh. I depend on the finer weather to keep me in what is otherwise a seething horde of humanity. Dinna want to be stuck inside! Let's hope things change because I want to see the spinning. And I want to see weegoddess  and everyone else, but especially our Actual Size redhead. The end of the evening will be at the charity screening of Serenity at Coolidge Corner: Can't Stop the Serenity- all proceeds go to Equality Now. They're starting the screening this year with Dr. Horrible, so bonus. Since it's a midnight screening, I suspect I'll be doing a whole lot of nothing on
Sunday.

ETA:
Oh! And I almost forgot that I have to thank jasra  (again) for pointing me towards greasemonkey for Firefox and facebook purity. I had been spending a lot of time being irritated with otherwise lovely people who kept spamming me with their effing quiz results and application crap. So. Don't. Care. That add-on blocks all that. Thank you, internet gods for this! I'm clearly not the only one spending more time on FB (and probably Twitter, which I still only stalk via RSS) because when once not that long ago I'd have to page back quite a bit to catch up after being gone for many hours/ a day, I sort of don't have to, however I really do with FB. Well, hey. FB for the mini posts, LJ for the more thoughtful commentary. I hope!

First off- a signal boost: Sonny Rhodes, who performed the theme to Firefly is having major heath issues. If every Browncoat could spare him even $5, I bet that would make a big difference. Whedonesque post with further details here. Relatedly, I have been feeling a bit guilty for not sending money to charities this past month when the big pushes came out until I realized I'm doing some local support of friends and s00j  and now Sonny. Any further signal boosting is appreciated.

Empire Corsair corset arrived as promised last night along with the peasant blouse. It totally rules and while not a perfect color match to the spats, they work. It will be my featured costume at Arisia and there will be pictures later.

Random: My hair is now long enough that it gets caught in the necks of my shirt. I'm entertained, except when it's still wet and then it's irritating.

Diesel: I will be going tonight. I know you were all wondering that. 

And part II:

(before):


and all glowy:



I decided to cut all the way through this time. Just to be different.

"Dude, you are not my nemesis. My nemesis is Captain Hammer. Captain Hammer, corporate tool!"

My tears have dried because I have the keys to a shiny new Australia

Or a shiny pin of Australia.
You'd think woodwardiocom knows me or somethin'.

What I've been doing with my time this morning-
Feel free to take as many as you like if you're inclined. Just give me props in your meta data.
Finally, if you've not seen any of it yet, some of these may seem spoiler-ish to you. Several are the punchline to jokes.
Without further ado- icons!

So, the legislature is voting to repeal that bit of law that doesn't allow out of state couples to marry. The rule was established to keep different color skinned people from gasp! get married almost 100 years ago and keeps same sex couples from other states from marrying now. If you'd like to email your representative, you can do so via the Mass. Gay & Lesbian Political Caucus tool.

In other news, because of the likelihood of needing to be bussed between Kendall and Park St, I decided not to leave my motorcycle at Alewife, but come all the way in. Even if I'd not made that decision, I'd still have been spitting mad. The rant:
This incident almost erased my feeling of smug at being able to fill up my tank for 7 bucks. Never mind the fact that it would have been 3-4 dollars last year. I also managed to go to 87 miles before refilling- I've gone past 90 before, but I've also gone to reserve at 85. Still- that's pretty sweet.

Follow up to Dr. Horrible- I finally got audio. Huge love. I will need to watch that again soon. Part 1 is, in fact, just over 13 minutes.