1. What did you do in 2013 that you'd never done before?
travelled to new places

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
less resolute, more crapshoot: job job job job job

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
the duchess <3

4. Did anyone close to you die?
no, thankfully

5. What places did you visit? ( Read more... )

the infrequent and shortlived birdsong of dana d:
grad student, layabout, and ne'er-do-well; defender of the oxford comma; enjoys taking tea.

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my current bank balance is more money than i've ever had in my life. even if i deducted my remaining debt (to the bank of mom and dad), i would still be in the black. this feeling is curious ( Read more... )

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1. What did you do in 2012 that you'd never done before?
got real paid

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
i am tiresomely irresolute

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
miss_deified welcomed eliot into the world

4. Did anyone close to you die?chadrock's uncle put up a viking-strength fight against a rare ( Read more... )

title: Still Life: Passive Agency in the Gothic Novel

prefatory pages: 5
- title page
- dedication
- abstract
- acknowledgments
- table of contents

pages: 300 (not including prefatory pages)

chapters: 4, plus introduction, works cited, and appendix

Intro) La nature morte: Passivity and Agency in the Gothic Novel
aka: A Sorta Fairytale

1) "I fell into a Fit ( Read more... )

'twas the night before defense ( Read more... )

today marks my 10-year LJ anniversary.

anything i'd have to say about that would be more of the same: booze, books, boys (not necessarily in that order).

LJ, i commemorate thee with a can of coke, poured atop easter wine and a couple of side cars on a base of schwartzies and fakemeats. family dinners remain the same, as do the tasks at hand.

1. What did you do in 2011 that you'd never done before?
roadtripped from northwest to southeast corners of the continental US

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
ish. drink more water; floss.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
no. this might be the last year i can answer thus.

4. Did anyone close to you ( Read more... )

sometimes i worry that instead of learning and growing (up) and getting my shit together, i will instead turn into a cat lady, minus the cats. get off my lawn, but to everyone about everything. and/or sleeping alone will turn into drinking alone will turn into going to movies and eating in restaurants alone will turn me into an Emily Dickinson shut ( Read more... )