I got my plane tickets today Unfortunately it seems...

I got my plane tickets today.  Unfortunately it seems I will be fighting holiday traffic over and back.  Anyway, I leave on Monday in the late afternoon.  I will send a mass email out to people on my contact list today.  If you don't get the message and want to receive messages from me, you need to comment this post or email me directly so I can add you.  If you want to receive paper mail from me (you know the handwritten messages that you can receive from the US Postal Service a week after I write... read more

News Item: Airline defends removing family from flight: AirTran Airways backs decision to boot parents, toddler for temper tantrum ORLANDO, Fla. - AirTran Airways on Tuesday defended its decision to remove a Massachusetts couple from a flight after their crying 3-year-old daughter refused to take her seat before takeoff. AirTran officials said they followed Federal Aviation Administration rules that children age 2 and above must have their own seat and be wearing a seat belt upon takeoff. "The flight...

I'm excited my friend, Kim, got back from London yesterday. I want to go visit my host brothers from Oaxaca who are living and working in Michigan right now.  As they don't have papeles, they don't want to come stay with me in Oregon until they're ready to go back to Mexico, because they could get deported if they are caught along the way.  I don't know if I'll be able to visit them or not, but it's been two years almost since I've seen them and I miss them a lot.   I started looking at plane tickets...

My brother and his girlfriend are visiting from Alabama. I love hanging out with them. I wished they lived closer, of course. I'm taking tomorrow off to hang out before dinner at my aunt's tomorrow night. Saturday night is Session Americana at Passim then a midnight showing of Serenity . They have to leave really early Sunday morning, unfortunately. I wish they could stay longer, but plane tickets were wicked expensive for any other times/days. In about half an hour HoZ and I are headed over to...

Title: Wash Me Away Author: bluflamingo Fandom: SGA Rating: R for incidental slash Words: 5945 Feedback: Yes please. Even if it’s bad. Especially if it’s bad. Disclaimer: No, I don’t own them. To my profound disappointment. Summary: Elizabeth takes a deep breath and says, “I’m sorry, John, your father passed away two days ago.” A/N: Highly likely to be jossed sometime this season, but I didn't know that when I started it. Minor spoilers for the end of SGA season 3 and SG1 season 10; spoiler...

Chapter six is finished. I don't know if I like the very beginning or the very end, but most of the middle, I feel pretty good about. Anywho. Let me know what you think, y'all, 'cause I spent a long time on this one. And, you know, because pretty boys snog in this chapter. Chapter Six The next month flew by faster than it had any right to. I knew it was a month, because I watched the red X’s on the calendar in my room build up. Plus, it was filled with more shit than any other single...