Things are cool. I just confirmed with a sub-lessee for June and July, while Isaac and I are galavanting about the New World on our respective intellectual pursuits. I'll be in Costa Rica geeking out on Quetzals, Tapirs, Eyelash Vipers, Tinamous and giant, metallic-blue mosquitos,while Isaac chills in Indiana and studies video games. YES, HE GOT AN ( Read more... )

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1. Cigarette: yesterday, but it'll be weeks before I have another.
2. Beverage: mystery concoction I made during Mardi Gras that has lived in the fridge since then and is so nuclear I'm not worrying about it ever going bad.
3. Kiss: an hour ago?
4. Hug: Probably last night, but could've been this morning.
5. Movie seen: on my own? Probably ( Read more... )

 Aside from my apartment being a complete disaster area for the next few days, and the consequent stress that brings me, I'm feeling pretty good about life right now. Just won first place for best poster presentation at the SNRGS symposium, and I feel really confident about my application to OTS for Costa Rica this summer. I'm looking forward to ( Read more... )

 I'm submitting abstracts to various conferences and symposia to present my research results. MY RESEARCH. It feels exciting and terrifying to be at this point of my journey toward earning another degree. By this time next year I'll be done, and released upon the world to finally contribute something other than a half-assed excuse about how I'm ( Read more... )

I'm not one to go for the whole astrology thing. I think it's about as valid as Tarot and for the same reasons (not that Tarot doesn't work; I'm just saying it's more psychology than actual prophecy). In fact, I haven't looked up my horoscope in years. However, I just ran across this on someone's online profile and it shocked me how much it seems ( Read more... )

 I don't know when it happened exactly, or why, and I don't really know what to fault, but I'm ready to get out of Louisiana. Going home for Christmas was like a strange breath of fresh air- not that it was really that good to be home again, but it was good to get out of Baton Rouge. I've been here too long. I'm tired of being a student. I want to ( Read more... )

Definitely not on my game today. I just kind of wish I could go home and curl up to a movie and forget about life for awhile. Stupid brain not wanting to handle life ( Read more... )

 I'm back from my wonderful "summer vacation" that was a weekend in Denver for the Great American Beer Festival. For the most part it was relaxing, which is excellent. We attempted to see what we could in two and a half days, but we managed not to get too worked up about seeing everything. We took the bus. We walked. We went to the Denver Museum of ( Read more... )

 When you think outside the box long enough, you sometimes forget that the box is there in the first place. And then you get funny looks.

 Tons going on. I'm starting my third semester of classes. I have to decide when I'm going to graduate soon. I have to start putting something meaningful together with all these data and all these ideas floating around in my head. I'm torn between being frightened and exhilarated over the prospect. The end of this is going to be such a cluster-fuck ( Read more... )