-Because I have bizarre food cravings, I have been desperate to try my hand at making CLAM CHOWDER for the past few weeks. And as our new stove had its gas turned on yesterday and I discovered that you can indeed buy clams in this town, I'm having a dinner party on Sunday! I LOVE THROWING DINNER PARTIES, it's a little bit compulsive and wonderful. ( Read more... )

The morning had not come ( Read more... )

I woke up this morning with my first mosquito bite of the season - ON MY BOOB. Thanks little dudes.

So I have been working on this paper for what feels like forever now even though I meant to have it finished ages ago. And I have realised that basically I'm living the academic version of THE PEANUT BUTTER SOLUTION - the goddamn thing will not stop growing and it's terrifying me. Every time I go in there to just like finish footnoting or whatever ( Read more... )

Tidbit from a friend who was over for dinner last night, who is currently finishing up her undergrad thesis on the philosophy of suicide-

Apparently during a short period in 18th century England, the penalty for the at the time criminal act of attempted suicide was hanging.

PS - I really really really want to go into London to see this movie ( Read more... )

This morning I started thinking about contact dance for the first time in a few years. All of a sudden I miss it so much ( Read more... )

So I got an email from my supervisor this morning, who I haven't spoken to since this fall. Which is slightly problematic as I have since totally changed my thesis topic, among other things. And he wants to meet on Wednesday ( Read more... )

As an act of defiance, the Sarajevo String Quartet played in the ruins of the National Library in Sarajevo throughout the war, through mortar attacks and shelling.

(I then wasted much of the afternoon trying to find a photo of this to no avail.)

--Email supervisor #1 for meeting ( Read more... )