Well, I think I'm going to be leaving LiveJournal...  I'll keep the account, but I don't know that I'll post here any more.  The community I was hoping for just isn't here, and I'm moving to a blog site that I think looks better and has better features.  So, my new blog address is http://blackthorpe.wordpress.com

Hope you'll come and visit, and I' ( Read more... )

Shiny!  I might have to go to Portland on the 27th!

Favorite Star Wars Characters
to Begin 11-City Summertime
Road Trip on Aug. 22

Chewbacca, Darth Vader and Wicket the Ewok
to Meet Fans, See Sights Around the U.S.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (Aug. 4, 2006) - It’s a summertime tradition whose origins date back to a long time ago: the road trip. This year, ( Read more... )

From www.omsi.edu:

Tuesday, July 25, 2006

STAR WARS: WHERE SCIENCE MEETS IMAGINATION EXHIBIT MAKES WEST COAST DEBUT AT OMSI OCTOBER 11

PORTLAND, Ore. - Could humanoid droids and vehicles that hover ( Read more... )

I want to start a writing group.  The only problem is that all of my friends that write live too far away to make it feasible, and every time I've tried the online route it falls through.  Plus, I'm paranoid about my writing and will only share it with people I trust; I don't want just anyone knowing what I'm working on (I am working on something ( Read more... )

So, my sister got married two weeks ago, and I've been meaning to write about it, but I haven't yet.  And this isn't it.  This is about what happened when we got home that night.  We didn't get home until around 11 or 12 at night, and there was a potted plant that my wife had been wanting sitting on our front porch.  Not only was it the plant, but ( Read more... )

Today is my third wedding anniversary!  I can't believe it's been three years, and I also can't believe it's only been three years.  Crazy!  Unfortunately, we don't have any money, so we can't do anything too exciting.  Oh well, that's ok.  Maybe we'll finally watch Memoirs of a Geisha, since we've had it from NetFlix for about two weeks now...

Yay ( Read more... )

I Hate trying to find a job.  With a capital H.  AAAAAAaaaarrrrrgh!!!!!  I really should have been better about making contacts throughout my life, people who could actually help me get the kinds of jobs I want.  Actually, I might have one or two who can help with the community college angle...  I think that's what I'd rather do, anyway, between ( Read more... )

On Sunday, June 18th, 2006, I officially graduated from Oregon State University with a Master of Art in Interdisciplinary Studies. I didn’t walk in my undergraduate graduation ceremony, and I wish that I had, but I did walk this time. This was a big accomplishment for me. Unfortunately, I had developed some kind of stomach bug the day before, but ( Read more... )

I can't believe that graduation is just a little over a month away.  I really need to find a job and figure out if I'm going to go for a Phd or not...

Last summer, we heard a horrible racket coming from behind our house, so I went out to investigate and found three or four raccoons fighting over a squirrel that had been flattened in the round by our house. They stopped fighting as soon as I turned the light on, and they bolted when I went outside. Another time I heard something out back and went ( Read more... )