I decided to get going with this whole LJ thing, and to me that meant making a new layout. I was really excited about the whole thing (it's been forever since I changed LJ layouts). I've been listening to a lot of propellerheads lately, history repeating with Shirley Bassey is perpetually stuck in my head. I can't for the life of me figure out ( Read more... )

I've decided to start writing in my LJ again. We all know this is a fad that never lasts with me but I was feeling kind of guilty reading Tsadida's monthly updates that usually list me as 'still in grad school... we think' lol. Speaking of which, thanks for the Christmas cards peoples. The cards I bought to write last year are still on my ( Read more... )

I realized I haven't posted in a while. First things first, I'm a Ph.D. candidate. After much soul searching and at least 30 minutes of panicking in the hallways my committee was kind enough to let me know that I passed my orals (with a few stipulations) and as such I am past the silly times. Their stipulations being I have to take a ( Read more... )

Facebook is distracting ( Read more... )

I really like it. I keep Radiohead on a constant loop in iTunes whilst studying. Pretty funny considering they toured with R.E.M. back in the day and I absolutely *hated* them. (so yeah, thanks Mike from lab for passing on the new C.D ( Read more... )

I've been falling behind recently, my apologies. Currently I am attempting to write a grant proposal, prepare for an upcoming student seminar presentation, prepare a presentation for my careers in science class, and just generaly make it to see another day >.>;

As such a few notes:

Ekaterinn, where on earth ARE you? I seriously hope you're alive. Are ( Read more... )

While waiting on a 5 hour reaction I remembered that google used to have a weekly list of the top searches and so I found it again ( http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends ) and I noticed that Madeline L'engle is second on the list. That would be because she died today which is ( Read more... )

For those of you who knew her, Franny died 10 minutes ago. I tried to talk to her yesterday, but she wasn't cognizant and it really didn't work. There's a lot I would have liked to say to my grandmother as those who were exposed to her might imagine. I don't feel sad to lose her like I think I should. I guess I lost her a long time ago. That ( Read more... )

I just finished reading it. There are no words.

Dear JK ( Read more... )