It's funny how bitter and cynical some people are about Valentine's Day.  Yeah, it's a Hallmark holiday, yeah it's commercial, but I mean, in terms of people calling it "Singles Awareness Day" or any of that (which, as James pointed out, makes it sound like some kind of genetic disease.)  But it's just never bothered me.  I guess I've never been ( Read more... )

I got a gnome in the mail yesterday.  I named him Forbes.  He is ever so stately.

I was in lab today, and we started to hear this weird noise, and it took a moment to realize it's the fire alarm.  Now I know why they're always so ear-splitting and obnoxious; it's not so everyone hears it, it's to motivate everyone to actually get out of the building once they do.  Because we didn't really move, and then finally someone said "hey ( Read more... )

The (previously somewhat suppressed) political junkie in me has really started to emerge...last week I was asked if I was a political science major, a question which utterly amused and surprised me.  I am surprisingly excited and giddy about Super Tuesday, and Indiana doesn't even get to vote tomorrow (I really wish we did...stupid May), and it's ( Read more... )

Caving on Wednesday was amazing and a half.  As expected.  It was a different cave than last time, which was good; it was less wet, more muddy, and with "can I really fit through that?" kind of moments.  But it was awesome, and we got back at 3am, and then I was way sore ( Read more... )

Ally and I went and joined the crew helping to paint the Pourhouse Cafe today.  I love the colors, but not the paint-fumes.  Then was Kristen's birthday party.  And lovely birthday hats.  And not knowing how to put it on so JenH had to help me. *facepalm*

Ben gave me the mapish vague plans for the spring break trip.  North Carolina it is, apparently ( Read more... )

Last night was dinner and Jim and Val Gray's.  They are my absolute new favorite people.  Their house is amazing; the architecture is wonderfully interesting and the bright colors and it looks like a museum, only better, and every little thing has a story.  "We built it when we were drug-crazed hippies" was Val's explanation, and her cooking was ( Read more... )

"Good news - saved from crocodile; bad news - you get shot."

Thank you for that BBC; I applaud you.

The article also included this gem of a line: "Crocodile attacks and shootings are rare in Australia.  To suffer both at once is - to say the least - unfortunate."

Random events from last Thursday until now:

--Went to see Cloverfield at midnight.  It was hard to watch, as the crazy handicam action attempted to make me ill.  No spoilers, so I'll simply say that my guess for what the monster was was half right, if you consider the smaller things.
--Finally got around to my snail photographs that I've put off ( Read more... )

Things today that were awesome:

IU Sing practice!
Volunteering at Hoosier Hills Food Bank!
Creative wrting class (actually)!
The awesome girls in my small group!

Not fun things included taking out the obscene amounts of recycling (cardboard! You will rue the day!) and ethology homework... (if Holocene birds weren't already extinct they'd rue the day too ( Read more... )