About to leave for the Oregon coast. *sigh* I haven't spent time near the ocean in a year- just looking at the waves and remembering that my body, too, is mostly salt water....looking forward to it. Boyfriend hasn't gone camping all that much- it's going to be a lot of fun introducing him to camping stuff. And marshmallows over a campfire! They are ( Read more... )

I went to the Eugene Folk Festival last night. Strange, strange culture exists in this town. When I first encountered the college-campus flavor of liberal idealism, I wanted to vomit. Instead, I began to take a perverse sort of enjoyment out of throwing away my recyclables. It's childish, but I do it. My roommate has developed similar habits- and ( Read more... )

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Checked out the Find Users By Interest section. Typed in Dead Babies in a mock search. My search turned up several users. I am terrified and amused. Decided to add myself to this proud minority. *sigh* Only on the Internet.

A chemistry lab is currently being written. Scientific lab reports are to be written in the most passive tense possible, as this inevitably aids the objectivity of the presentation. Subjectivity is inherent in all human processes by the Law of Perpetual Stupidity. Scientists know this. In order to minimize subjectivity, they have two options: A) ( Read more... )