Oof. I am back from a geology field trip where I actually had a good time mostly. I think it has a lot to do with the fact that I didn't have to turn in my notes and I wasn't expected to know certain things because I wasn't in the class that the field trip was for. I was however expected to know others things from classes that I have taken. I ( Read more... )

I should learn how to do things on lj but instead I provide you with this link to my xanga. Trust me, it is worth the click!!!

It is finally a finals week-y finals week; I cleaned out the microwave and put away and washed dishes and made dinner, all interspersed with some good quality studying. Of course that was yesterday. Then today came and I freaked out again but finally, after surprisingly (no offense babe) encouraging words and a shopping trip to Walgreen's ( ( Read more... )

I think I have experienced every emotion possible in the last twenty-four hours. I hope all you atni-PMS people out there are happy; I have added evidence to your position by being crazy when not premenstrual. Also my mind is going ( Read more... )

I really am too particular and I really can't handle anything ( Read more... )

and everything feels daunting, even the things I know I can do, because I'm not at my best and I can't get the things I can't do out of my head. Like my big research paper. Maybe the reason most undergraduates don't get the marvelous opportunity to do a project of this magnitude is because they don't have enough background knowledge to work in such ( Read more... )

It is not worth the effort. Ever.

[EDIT 04-23-07]
Because I can't do it anyway.

I was in love with the first ever Earth Fear Film Festival hosted by the UIUC Geology Club. We saw a slide where descending slabs of crust looked like worms and then watched The Core which was both absurd and moving, because people dying in traumatic ways (especially willingly) always makes me sad.

Hmm, fear and geology, what does that remind me ( Read more... )

First I will explain why I bought large amounts of 50% off Easter candy

Tonight's Dinner:
Whole wheat pasta
Baked chicken with barbecue sauce
Cooked carrots and asparagus (no sauce or anything)
Leftover cauliflower a la Bobby Flay  (whoa, I just realized that I was supposed to use ginger)
Leftover boiled green banana (delicious, I assure you!)

Now I love ( Read more... )

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Oh Desi Arnaz!

I learned about this in my Grimms class:
The Frog Princess