Even though my reader base on this blog may be gone by now due to my perhaps annual post, I still decided to write a short post to document this important change. I have news to report--I just got a postdoc in California (at UC Davis) doing some fluid flow modeling in plants. Woohoo! I start in September, so I have to finish up everything at ( Read more... )

I'm so angry at this insurance agent! Completely furious, in fact. I got in a bike wreck (when a car hit me) a couple of months ago, and now they claim they have a witness saying that I was riding on the sidewalk before I entered the road. I know that this is not true because ( Read more... )

Most of you have probably heard of Freecycle, and in fact, I think that I posted about getting cool stuff on it before. My best finds so far have been a hybrid bike, a set of cross country skis & boots, and most recently, a Christmas tree stand for our house's tree.

I decided to give back to the community by posting an old computer that I ( Read more... )

So I haven't written in ages. I've been alternating between feeling pretty down and pretty happy lately. Down in that I failed my A exam a month and a half ago, and I can no longer get a doctorate; instead I'm finishing a master's thesis this semester. At first, I was shocked and disappointed, and I cried a lot; there had never been a ( Read more... )

every once in a while, a song comes along that I just really get addicted too, and I listen to it over and over. this just happened to me yesterday when I discovered the first song on Sufjan Steven's Illinois album "Concerning the UFO Siting Near Highland, Illinois". I just kept listening over and over, certain that the song was exactly the right ( Read more... )

It's finals week at Cornell, and I can hardly notice the difference. I just saw a girl walk by with a "Got Beer?" shirt. I overheard her say on her cell phone, "Yeah, let's totally get shitfaced tonight!", and then she giggled in glee ( Read more... )

Finally, the saga of the camera is over. After attempting to sell my camera on ebay, starting some time last month, I finally am done. My first bidder did not even contact me, so I contacted the next bidder after a week had passed (ebay rules), who agreed to buy it. However, I discovered to my chagrin that he had a shipping address in Russia! He ( Read more... )

This is from my dad (I think in a local newspaper)--

"Debra Jackson said that she likes shopping at the Dollar Palace because it is convenient and casual.

'I don't have to get all dressed up like I'm going to Walmart or something', she said."

The CD that I cannot live without right now: Ratatat Classics

I've discovered that I really like the feeling of being hungry.
I feel like I'm lean, without stuff to slow me down. Maybe I could outrun a cheetah if I tried.

Perhaps it's the latest in a series of neurotic leanings.

Perhaps I'm insane.