before brett came home from arizona last weekend, some friends and i decided that the best way to spend a saturday morning was to treat ourselves to bottomless mimosas and a trek through downtown charleston, stopping only at candy stores…

dude. i have done more python and shell scripting in the last month than i’ve done in my entire life. not to mention the unbelievably in depth packet analysis but i LOVE it. despite the fact that it is so mentally exhausting and somehow,…

brett does. he seriously farted on my dog today. i don’t even care that i’m writing it on the internet for all the world to see because, well, he deserves it. poor, poor loki. and also because that’s just something that you don’t get to…

i realize my last post talked about how all i was eating was ramen and hot wings, but that is not the usual meal around this house. that’s how i eat when it’s just me. when i have no one to cook for. when i’m lonesome and do nothing but…

tonight, i am writing this for the sole purpose of distracting myself from realizing what a lame life i am living (which is actually, completely ineffective) while brett is out of town for work. all week. this is day 3 and i am already…

i was a little skeptical about thanksgiving this year. i don’t know if anyone else experiences this when many of your family members are either divorced, remarried, or living all over the place, but having multiple thanksgivings can be…

i left for iowa monday evening. brett dropped me off at the airport, 45 minutes later i was in the air and on my way to chicago. everything went smoothly, got my bags, drove to the hotel, checked in, played angry birds for an hour…

last week: W: so, jen left my apartment at 12:30 AM, went to wal-mart, and then sent me a picture of a lumpy pumpkin. M: … J: it was really lumpy!!! and i needed milk! W: yea. she also sent me a picture of an elephant. M: were you near the…

i know this has been passed around the internet a couple million times, but i have it saved in a text file on my laptop for the sole purpose of remembering how much fun we had when we were kids. and i have to say that everything in this…

cue night at the roxbury music W: dude! i just looked at that truck and it said 53′ on the side of it, and THEN we passed mile marker 53! jesus is playing tricks on us! B: yea… jesus already played a trick on you, babe. why am i with him…

brett and i went to best buy last night, specifically to look for the gaming headset he wanted, and then it turned into a joke about how we can’t go to best buy without buying a TV. and then we bought a TV. we bought this TV . it’s smaller…

*then…*… … and now… let’s try that again. … … then… … … and now… she is squatting in this picture. i made her. … … so… not only have we not changed in *height* in the last 14 years, we really haven’t changed at all. i’ll leave it up to the…

i was sick of staring at my old layout, so i “hired” a friend of mine , amanda , to whip up this badass drawing for a new design. i told her i’d pay her, and she said NO WAY DON’T GIVE ME MONEY, but because of the sheer awesomeness of what…

what happens when you invite Cookie Monster to your party? he ~~eats~~ DESTROYS all your cookies! *the inevitable happens.* *quick! 5-second rule!* EAT THEM! OM NOM NOM! MOAR COOKIES! nom nom nom nom stay outta my cookies! we’ll make the…

brett and i went to see paranormal activity 2 last night. i was reluctant since the first one was pretty much a waste of $20, but i also love scary movies so what the hell. it couldn’t be much worse. we were both pleasantly (and…

do not underestimate it. man, this is gonna sound weird. so, brett and i were rough-housing in bed last night, and before that gets taken out of context, i would like to state that this story is 100% unrelated to sex, so you can just throw…

brett and i are moving in less than a month to a new townhouse. this townhouse happens to have a huge garage. a garage means i will have a big space for a work bench, that could possibly become home to a new MIG welder and all of my…

W: what was that noise? B: i tried to barp while going over the railroad tracks. W: …barp? B: did i just say barp? W: what the hell is barp?? B: it sounds like burp, but rhymes with larp, but they are completely unrelated. you can burp…

this is very much a possibility. brett seems to think i’ve always had it. i am not a doctor or a therapist or in any way at all capable of diagnosing myself with such a disorder. however, my behavior seems to be leaning in that direction.…

i’m sick. i can’t breathe through my nose. nose spray is the devil. why must it feel SO GOOD? nose inhalers, on the other hand are awesome. but i can’t breathe enough to inhale it. colds make my asthma worse. my inhaler makes my coughing…

i have never really been “normal”, exactly, which i don’t mind. it’s made me who i am today–successful. HOWEVER, if i had to go back in time and change a few things, i probably would. one of those things being… not wearing rugrats apparel…

i wish i was kidding. i also should preface this post with the fact that i had a couple glasses of wine last night (yes, just 2, but wine kicks my ass) before going to bed. brett had downloaded sunday’s episode of dexter, and this season…

brett and i went to see jason aldean friday night. this was the first country concert he and i have been to together, and i think, after last night’s experience, that we should go to many more in our future. we had so much fun . i left…

i know most women get cravings for random crap, especially while PMSing. or… preggo. but i’ve always gotten the WORST cravings at the worst moments. like right now. at my desk. i can practically taste a freaking cheeseburger but i am…

for whatever reason, loki has decided she doesn’t like waiting for us to wake up in the morning to do her business. she gets these random spurts. like… she’ll go without having an accident for 7-8 months, and then one morning… WHOOPS! and…