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Misc.
- I just found my missing diamond earring, and it's all thanks to Scott Pilgrim. Seriously, a load off my mind.
- I had a dream about a magical alchemy class for kids. Watch out for that sneaky elf kid behind you, he's gonna write spells on you in ballpoint ink.
- Goodreads is go if you want to find out about the awesome disaster books I read.
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Fictional characters that need to be punched in the face: Round one, Raskolnikov
First up: Rodion Romanovich RaskolnikovForced to read "Crime and Punishment" in high school, I developed a hate-on for this character which has never faded. We have to spend the whole book watching him writhe over everything he does. So you're poor? And you're going to tell us about it? You wanna kill someone for money? Let's spend some time ( Read more... ) -
I get this a lot...
I'm walking around 5 minutes before closing to make sure I know who is left in the library. I usually do several laps because people tend to sneak in at 8:57 and hide out in the stacks. When we finally hit 9:00 a patron walking out stops to say, "Can't wait to go home can we?" So I told him, "Well, I guess I could stay here late and not get paid ( Read more... ) -
Not dead, at a romance con
I'm still alive and occasionally posting- more on that later. For now, here are some outakes from the Romance Writers of America convention I'm attending.
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Dilemma
At Mitsuwa today they had the cutest teapot Ever. I've been looking for a birthday gift for a friend, and this was affordable and adorable. But it's so cute I want to keep it to spruce up my new apartment ( Read more... ) -
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Finally into the new apartment and mostly unpacked. Unfortunately, it looks like my upstairs neighbor's shower is backing up into my shower- I keep finding hair and green stuff in the bottom of the tub, and yesterday I actually caught it when it was full of warm soapy water from... somewhere. I turned in a maintenance request on Saturday, and went ( Read more... ) -
Worst "in bed" fortune?
On Friday Cutie McMermaid received this fortune in her cookie at dinner:
If your desires are not extravagant, they will be granted. (in bed.) CMcM summarized: "settle ( Read more... ) -
Random bitchery & apartment hunting
I've seen a few other blogs mention that last week sucked. I'm not sure what cosmic forces aligned to cause it, but it was a rough couple of days. ( Cut for ranting ) -
Thesis Surprise, Book Reviews
Today I got an email from a Japanese university- they want a copy of my senior thesis from Whitman! @_@ It was about Mukoda Kuniko, who was an O.G. of their school, and they have a special section in the library dedicated to her. It's a strange feeling to find yourself on Google Scholar (especially if you feel like your paper wasn't that good D ( Read more... )