My So-Called Green Thumb

I collect plants like a crazy cat lady collects cats. This will probably take on even greater proportions once spring returns - our apartment has a balcony, which means I can now have OUTSIDE plants like trees and mums! I have taken my plants when I moved from Texas to Austin, and one particularly adventurous philodendron traveled with me from Austin, to Cincinnati, to Sarasota and then back to Austin all in one summer. Succulents (cacti, jade plants, etc) are my bad habit; I cannot resist a succulent on sale.



In the interest of full disclosure, here is the list of all the plants currently residing in my apartment:

Indoor Plants
3 Polka-dot plants (Hypoestes phyllostachya)
3 Caladiums/elephant ears (Caladium bicolor)
2 Philodendrons
3-4 Kalanchoe of 2 varieties
1 Escheveria
1 Aloe plant
1 Jade Plant, Gollum variety (Crassula ovata 'Gollum')
1 Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum)
1 Boston fern (Nephrolepis exaltata)
1 Spike/Blue Dracaena (Cordyline indivisa)
1 Vinca vine (Vinca minor)
2 Basil plants
1 Scallion
1 Thyme (Thymus vulgaris)
1 Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis)
1 Dracena marginata (rescued from an alley)
1 Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima)
3 Moss terrariums with moss from Berkeley, CA and the Seattle area
1 Asparagus fern (Asparagus aethiopicus)
3 Spider plants (Chlorophytum comosum)

Outdoor Plants
1 Japanese Maple var. Seiryu (Acer palmatum)
2 Chrysanthemums (one from the local Dominick's grocery store, and one fancy variety from the Gethsemane garden store)
1 Scarlet Leader Willowleaf (Cotoneaster salicifolius)

Annnd just because I can, here are all the aquatic plants in my two aquariums!

2 Broad-leaf sagittaria (Sagittaria platyphylla)
3 Dwarf lilies (Nymphaea stellata)
1 Anubias hastifolia
Several specimens of Cryptocoryne, including wendtii and balansae
Several java fern (Microsorum pteropus)
Clump of Lilaeopsis
Lots of hornwort (Ceratophyllum demersum)
Lots of Hygrophila polysperma
Clump of Creeping Charlie (Micromeria brownei)
Clump of Rotala (Rotala indica)
Java moss (Versicularia dubyana)

NerdList: Comics

In the spirit of providing my sole reader (hi Brendan!) with some content, I will now list all the (web)comics that I'm currently reading. I'm *very* picky about webcomics and one sure way to annoy the heck out of me is to geek at me about some comic you think I MUST READ. If it's a dramatic, story-based comic, I have NO tolerance for mediocre or bad art. Also, I tend to despise "geek comics" that are solely about video or roleplaying games...Penny Arcade being the one exception, and even then it fails to catch my interest about 50% of the time.

The Current Comics-Suzy-Is-Reading List

• FreakAngels by Warren Ellis and Paul Duffield has nice art and an interesting story set in a corner of post-apocalyptic London that is protected by a group of "FreakAngels" with telepathic powers.
  
• Family Man by Dylan Meconis, is about 18th century German werewolves who are also in University! Dylan Meconis also did Bite Me! If you haven't read "Bite Me!" you are an ignorant fool. It is about vampires!
• Achewood
• Penny-Arcade
• xkcd
  
• I ♥ the wonderfully philosophical and surreal Cat and Girl.
• Speaking of surreal, there's the creepy yet hilarious Garfield Minus Garfield.
• Kate Beaton's comics are also hilarious, yet somewhat historically accurate.
• Also, because I'm in grad school of course I must read PHD Comics.
• Since I like coffee I am also required to read Too Much Coffee Man.
• Married to the Sea is full of weird goodness. I printed this one out and stuck it on the wall next to the board shear in the booklab.
  
  
  
• The same guy also does Toothpaste for Dinner:
• And sadly, the Perry Bible Fellowship is now on indefinite hiatus, but it is pretty much my favorite comic of all time.