Life
Katie McAwesome vs. The World!
Jun 22nd
If you haven’t read Scott Pilgrim in anticipation of the movie (which comes out on August 13), you totally should! And even if you don’t, you should make your own Scott Pilgrim avatar!!
Mine is made of pure awesome, and my only regret is that I don’t actually have hair this amazing!
Click on my epic epicness to create your own and be McAwesome like me!
Snug as a Kindle in a Sleeve
May 21st
Several months ago, despite my telling him NOT to get me anything else for my birthday, Snackpants decided that I needed a Kindle. And I have to admit… I absolutely adore it!
I know that certain friends of mine, also with degrees in English, find it ‘unnatural’ to read anything that’s not a physical book with pages one can turn, and I was somewhat apprehensive, but I gotta say that I really enjoy reading the e-ink and LOVE the instant download feature. It’s also freakin’ amazing that I can download the first 2 chapters of any book for free before I buy it. Free samples FTW!
Anyway. Upon receiving my Kindle, I determined that I wanted to get a cover for it, but not one of those Amazon ones that lacked personality, so I headed over to one of my all-time favorite websites, Etsy.com. There I found what I thought I was looking for and purchased my Kindle cover.
Once it got here, I was unfortunately disappointed. It didn’t hold my Kindle right, the spine was too large, and while it was cool, it was not what I wanted it to be. So I quit using it in my sadness.
Several months and several trips later, I realized that I needed to have some sort of protective sleeve. So that’s exactly what I found! I headed back over to Etsy and got PRECISELY what I wanted!
The fine ladies over at Rogue Theory (who also sell through Etsy) have a product they call a Tech-ee. The design is amazingly simple, the construction is solid and precise, and it’s a PERFECT fit for my Kindle! Not to mention I adore the design on the fabric! They make these sleeves for a variety of products, including the Nook and the iPad, and their prices are extremely reasonable for such quality work.
Thanks for not disappointing, ladies!
What I’ve learned from Fable 2
May 17th
I know I’m a little behind the times, but lately I have been on a HUGE Fable 2 kick. Never played it before now, and I can’t seem to get enough of it. It’s like a sickness, really. Last night I was telling Snackpants about what I have learned from playing the game nonstop for the last few days, and here is a brief rundown of what comes to mind.
1. Bigamy is never a good idea, especially when you are dumb enough to house all of your spouses in the same small town (pocket dimensions not withstanding).
2. Even when they’re digital, it’s sad when your babies are taken away from you.
3. When buying rental properties, it’s important to raid them for any usable items before letting someone else live there.
4. Everyone should have a pet that never needs to be taken outside… or fed… or walked.
5. When using deadly weapons to pursue justice, why not add special devices that let you get paid when the bad guys die?!?
6. I do not want to have bright blue scars on my real face.
Bah Humbug!
Dec 4th
Okay, so let’s *not* talk about the fact that it’s been about 6 weeks since my last post. I was reminded of this fact today when a coworker of Joey Snackpants asked if I was going to discuss my Oreo-induced freakish dreams on my blog (the answer is definitely not). We’re going to talk about something else.
Namely: Christmas shopping.
Being female, I think it’s generally expected that I both A) enjoy Christmas shopping and B) can be described as good at it. Despite what the male population may think, not all women have a natural talent for such things. While my friend Lyn has this amazing knack for finding the perfect gift for anyone, and doing so on a budget, I tend to sit and wonder what the heck I am going to do!!!
Being far removed from all of my friends and generally having no idea what they already have, need or want, it’s a bit perplexing to me where to begin on this matter. By some miracle I have managed to figure out what Snackpants is getting, though he won’t have any idea until he reads it here.
I would like to give mad props to Amazon for introducing the Universal WishList feature, and now they even have an option to ‘bookmark’ something on a person’s wish list if you are picking it somewhere else, thereby eliminating the problem of double gifting. Which has nothing to do with what I got for Snackpants. Or does it?
Regardless, we are 21 days, exactly 3 weeks out from Christmas Day, and I have no idea what to get half the people I would like to buy for! Never mind the fact that the Snacktacular holiday party is only a week away and several gifts must be procured by that time.
Christmas Elves! I need some guidance here!
Kitty
Oct 6th
A few months ago, a skinny kitty appeared downstairs at my apartment complex. We believe that she is an abandoned house cat because of her burning desire to try and sneak into the house at every chance (she has only been successful once). She’s real friendly, moderately vocal, and even comes when I call her. If Snackpants weren’t so insanely allergic, I would totally keep her.
Now that the weather has cooled down a bit in Middle Georgia, we have taken to opening the windows during the day and attempting to get as much of a cross breeze as possible. Now that the windows are open more often, Kitty can hear us inside and makes her presence known. Tonight she scared the crap out of me as I rounded the corner, because she also has a fondness for talking to me like this:
I think it’s really cute and funny when it’s not making me wet myself because she’s doing this at night. Nevermind the fact that she looks like a demon cat in the picture.
Now we just have to make sure that she doesn’t choose our porch as the birthplace for her kittens. Not sure how long cats let the babies cook before they birth them, but I think she’s getting close. She went and got herself knocked up while she was in heat a few months ago. Because having one stray cat to feed isn’t enough for all of us.
