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Phooey.
My spring break plans just fell through. Well, I suppose that's not entirely accurate. It seems you would have to make a concrete plan before it can fall through. But the two things I was choosing between both fell through, so I guess that counts. My first choice was to go backpacking with my brother; we realized tonight that even though he has ( Read more... ) -
flowers; not dead
Wow, I feel dumb. My mother was sweet enough to send me flowers, and I didn't find them until two days later. I wasn't expecting anything, so I hardly even glanced at the box in the mail pile. I found out by my mom asking me if I had received a package yet, because it was perishable. Luckily they still seem to be in good shape. She sent me ( Read more... ) -
Acroyoga in Tucson!
I left Portland yesterday and flew to Tucson. schnarkola is graciously hosting me and providing couch sleep space, and it's wonderful to see her again. Unfortunately her boyfriend is somewhat insecure and jealous, which puts a little bit of a damper on things. Still great to reconnect though ( Read more... ) -
Brittain bans "extreme" porn?
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BEN TERRORIZES PORTLAND; Citizens flee in panic
Dec 19-26: Snowpacalypse/Snowmageddon/Snowgasm 2008 renders Ben and parents housebound, unable to so much as leave the house for groceries. Cabin fever leads to mysterious murders and paranormal activity. Criminal investigation still underway. Jack Nicholson detained for questioning.
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Snow: 1, Ben: 0.
Ok, snow. You win. I concede. You totally got me this time. But can I go out and play now please? I want to go see my friends. I want to leave the house. Today is the eighth day I've been trapped at home. Supposedly the world was created 7 days, yes? Aren't you being a little greedy here? Maybe you're trying to tell me that I should just ( Read more... ) -
Snowgasm 2008
As many of you have probably noticed, there is lots of snow. I measured today. We've got about 3 layers right now: 1.5 feet of snow, .5 inch ice, 6 inches snow. I went out with my parents and Pearl for hike around the property.
The sun came out to play!
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Tuner FAIL
We had a piano tuner come out to tune the piano. Which is good. Except for the fact that he totally sucked at it. When he left the house, the piano was already not in tune. After he planned to be done, twice I had him go back and try to get the high treble in tune. After spending a bunch more time, he couldn't/wouldn't make it sound right. He ( Read more... ) -
I has grades
I just checked my grades online, and I got an A in all of my classes. Still waiting to hear what grade I get in piano lessons, but based on the fact that my jury went well, I would expect an A there too. Hooray for 4.0 in grad school. -
I Win!
I'm done with juries! And, I'm genuinely shocked to say, they went really well. Much better than expected. The gods were smiling and didn't make me play Mozart, which really really helped. I'm just about positive there would have been some serious problems with the Mozart, which in turn would have left me shaken and no good for everything that ( Read more... )