This morning I woke up, ten minutes before my alarm clock, with a strong determination to invade a small country. I was twisting out of bed, filled with an aggressive fervor, about to pull on my boots military-style when a small amount of sanity returned. As I collapsed face-first back onto my pillow, my plan continued to echo in my head, ( Read more... )

Yesterday was the start of monsoon season here in Massachusetts, as indicated by the lakes and rapids I had to wade through on my way to work. Unfortunately, I had left my small canoe back at the house, and had to rely on my cat-like agility and my talent for picking out the shallowest spots amongst the whirlpools. My sneakers were drenched within ( Read more... )

My thoughts upon waking this morning: Ouch. Ow. Ouch, my throat. Ow, ow, ow it burns. Ah I can't breathe oh the pain make it stop I'm awake now ( Read more... )

Much too amused to not share this... ^_^


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I have ventured into the Land of Rochester...and I have survived! Mapquest is now officially my friend, since it kept me out of the Dark Netherlands, where one must drive very fast, avoid eye contact, and attempt to look non-tasty ( Read more... )

I was inspired to some silliness by some drawings by Faith Erin Hicks (the Art and Webcomic Genius) which had a Russian-ish theme. All due apologies to Yakov Smirnoff, as well as English grammar.

(Shield Your Eyes!) In other news: I am trying to devise exercises that will improve my balance and coordination, so as to minimize the number of ( Read more... )

Wrestling with LJ makes me grumpy, and gives me old-lady anti-technology syndrome (OLATS ( Read more... )

Finals are now over, and my head feels worryingly empty. I suspect that my brain vaporized somewhere between the History and the English tests ( Read more... )

Senior banquet tonight = very good Indian food and dressing up. I had to skip out in the middle to go to the Sophian and edit stuff (grr! to people who cobble together incoherent sentences!), but got back just in time to chug an entire cupful of melted chocolate from the Chocolate Fountain (TM). Not recommended. At all. My stomach doesn't know what ( Read more... )

Five more days of classes, five more days of classes...

And then exams.

Crap.