Oops

I forgot to put my wedding ring back on after karate class. I do believe that's the first time I've forgotten to do so. My hand feels naked without it.

Happy anniversary

Happy anniversary to davidschroth and mizzlaurajean.

When Jo finished the book

A clip from the documentary "JK Rowling - A Year in the Life", showing the final moments of Jo writing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Useful plot summary

Saw this on metaquotes:

loony_lucifer wrote a short film review about Sweeney Todd here, and summed it all up in one glorious line:

Basic plot: Johnny Depp kills off cast of Harry Potter. No joke.

What's my House, anyway?

This is one of those idle questions that I spend too much time mulling over when I'm dying to get out of work. I got curious about this because chaeche has been second-guessing her Gryffindor loyalty. I've usually had the vague sense that I'd end up in Gryffindor, but I wonder: is that simply because EVERYONE wants to be in Gryffindor? most people want to be in Gryffindor? (well, except for the die-hard Slytherins, of course.) I was voted Ms. Brain of my high school graduating class of 825 (maybe this is hard to believe if you've read my journal for very long, but it's true). So does this mean I should be a Ravenclaw? As for Hufflepuff, well, I am loyal and hard-working, with perhaps an overdeveloped wish to Be Fair. Slytherin? Hmm, not sure. I had that burning ambition for a long time to write a Book That Really Matters. Would that place me in Slytherin?

LiveJournal, as some on my friends list have remarked, is the repository of all wisdom. So tell me, friends list. You've been reading my journal for five years, some of you. Which House would you put me in?

Comment if you have more to add. Yeah, I'm curious.

[Poll #1109951]

Winter Solstice Drum Jam

It was great. I busted my top, a velvet bustier, from dancing too hard (a plastic stay burst out of the seam and started poking into my hip). I was wearing this jacket, so I took it off and danced in just my (thankfully rather nice looking) black bra with the jacket over it. No one seemed to notice.

Oh, yeah, and pants, too. Get your mind out of the gutter, you perverts.

The firewalkers were excellent, great fun to watch. Playful and sensuous and lithe and athletic. And sexy. In between their demonstrations, we danced as the drummers drummed. I left, reluctantly, at 11:00, since I have my red belt test tomorrow. I left it to minnehaha B. and K. and jbru to keep the party running properly without me.

Blessings to you on this darkest night of the year. I lit a candle on the stage before I left, and I tried to imagine the brighter days coming soon.









( Click here to see some videos of the firewalkers )