*edited for clarity*
Dear Gainesvillians,

i continue to draw inexorably nearer to my departure for the flatlands of my academic future. so, in the spirit of sending me off in style, i hereby invite you to a happy-fun-time going away party!

the party will take place on Saturday, August 6th, (starting around 10:00) at kingofgoons's home. directions can be ( Read more... )

so, most of you know that i am an Admissions Officer working in the International Department of the University of Florida. this affords me the opportunity to be occassionally amused at fractured English in translation ( Read more... )

did you ever want to dress as a zombie and terrorize SCA/LARP* nerds? apparently the Canadians have also felt that way!

clicky here for ZOMBIES!!!!

and more pictures of the madness can be found HERE.

*SCA-Society for Creative Anachronism: the folks who parade around in medieval gear at Ren. fairs, fight with padded swords, etc ( Read more... )

so to celebrate the birth of our nation, and also our friend Robin, we went down with her to her parents' home in the Keys this weekend. it's a pretty long drive down, and we stopped in South Beach for dinner at a Deli (had some pretty dope Nova and Matzo Ball Soup) and just to watch the crowds. got to the keys around midnight and crashed ( Read more... )

I sent this message out to many of you already via email. Ignore this if you've already gotten it, and thanks to those who have already donated since yesterday ( Read more... )

this is my final version of my new mix CD, entitled "Psychrophilia". commentary strongly solicited ( Read more... )

blizack hath tagged me to do this, and so i shall ( Read more... )

i had a pretty jam-packed weekend. went to my first work party on Friday evening, which was a little boring at first, until the co-workers i'm closer to started arriving (not coincidentally the younger, hipper ones) it was pretty cool, but we had to cut it shorter than we otherwise might have to repair to Robin's new house for some drinks, picking ( Read more... )

yesterday was a pretty nice day. work consisted of more slacking off than usual, largely thanks to the LJ picture meme that seemed to be amusing everyone to such a degree. (much thanks to Sarah for kicking that off - single-handedly bringing down the productivity of various workplaces around UF and beyond) i met with my "conversation partner" ( Read more... )

1. What's the first word that comes to mind when you think of me?
2. Go to http://images.google.com and search for that word.
3. Reply to this post with one of the pictures on the first page of results (DON'T TELL ME THE WORD).
4. Put this in your own blog, so that I can do the same.