I woke up this morning to be informed that downtown (I live in Austin, TX) has been shut down due to dozens of birds that were found dead on Congress Ave. overnight. Here is the article:

Congress Avenue Re-Opens After Bird Casualties Cause Ten Hour Shutdown"Initial audits on the air-quality showed no signs of a toxic presence, but much of ( Read more... )

Read the article, click here.The U.S. government today proposed listing polar bears as threatened with extinction under the Endangered Species Act because the animals' sea ice habitat is melting ( Read more... )

I was looking up where I could get these compact fluorescent light bulbs today, and was having a hard time. There's information spread out there but nothing very concise. What I decided to do was see what information I could find so that maybe just a few of you that read this might be stimulated to make a small change.

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Over a year in fact. I hadn't planned on using this journal anymore, but with recent events in my life I feel compelled to use it once again, this time as a tool moreso than just a place to rant endlessly on the happenings of my life ( Read more... )

Your Deadly Sins

Lust: 80%

Sloth: 80%

Greed: 60%

Gluttony: 40%

Envy: 0%

Pride: 0%

Wrath: 0%

Chance You'll Go to Hell: 37%

You'll die from overexertion. *wink*

How Sinful Are You?

Ok I object, only somewhat... I would say there's at least a little pride there maybe and greed before gluttony? I dun think so.

I think it's safe to say that the storm was more than what most all of us expected, even more so the effects it had on the entire country and will have for months to come. It's still in the early stage it seems but I've already had so many questions pop up in my head, so I'm sure the rest of America will soon as well. You know something is wrong ( Read more... )

livejournal sucks.

sorta.

My break is over and the second half of the second semester has begun. This means I have to start studying my ass off... a lot. Yay ( Read more... )

Finally! I'm back in Austin! It really wasn't that long but 4-5 days feels like FOREVER when you have to be in Fredericksburg/Kerrville for part of your trip ( Read more... )

Well, this is my first post since I've been 21... let me think what's happened in the past few days ( Read more... )