1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before ( Read more... )

So it's August already. Go figure. Where do I stand on plans and possibilities? Not where I planned to be, that's for sure ( Read more... )

so, recap: thesis STILL not done; not fully in job search mode either. wedding pictures will be coming, i promise ( Read more... )

wedding: done
thesis: not done
job search: not really started

winding up my time in Chi.; moving for real and without a return trip scheduled this weekend.

lots to say, but not right now. just poking my head out. i forget i have this silly thing sometimes... but then again, most of my friends either no longer have theirs or no longer post.

i tunes deleted my entire librbary. i have absolutely NO music. all the music i bought? GONE. all my playlists, all oprganized for the wedding? GONE. I FUCKING HATE MY COMPUTER. FUCK FUCK FUCK. this occurred at 11pmish last night. resulted in my crying about it for a good hour. i am that pathetic. i don't have time for this shit. i have ( Read more... )

House is officially ours; closed on it yesterday ( Read more... )

luke and i are officially under contract and one step closer to being a home-owning, mortgage-paying, MA-holding, working, married couple ... !!!

my thesis is approved.

huzzah!

(and now back to writing...)

you know you're a dedicated grad student (or f'ing nuts) if you opt to walk .65 miles in -2 degree weather that feels like -20 after windchill to work on your thesis. that, my friends, is dedication. or insanity ( Read more... )

on the train last night (circa 2am CST) i go to witness the following ( Read more... )