Who is still lurking around these parts?

Ok... I have been harboring a dirty secret for the last week: I have been obsessively reading every bit of news about MJ's death I can get my hands on. Now, to be clear, I've never been a fan of his music or his behavior. What fascinates me is the horror, the freak show, the incredible narcissism, the money, the extravagance, the willful ( Read more... )

I have some weird stomach flu or some kind of gall bladder ailment. No fever, lightheadedness, chills, etc., but barfing, feeling full, having last night's dinner take way too long to make it out (and in the wrong form upon dismissal), some cramps, tiredness, heartburn and a massively bloaty feeling. I'm not a fan, and hope this clears up soon. I' ( Read more... )

You've been here for a while now, but I don't know that anyone has made it official. It's time someone welcomes you to irrelevance. While many of us really did want to marginalize you, you're actually doing our work for us by marginalizing yourselves. Fear and "No" worked on the 50s, so I hear anyway. No one is running out to build bomb shelters. ( Read more... )

Mom is back. She has already royally pissed me off twice. She decided to throw out some things that are mine. Long story; I am pissed. While she's not a mean person, she makes it very hard to like her ( Read more... )

semester is almost over = gargantuan amount of stuff to do ( Read more... )

Well I knew not to panic last night when I got an email from school saying my financial aid award letter was in, and I read it and it said $0. I knew it was just a mistake (confirmed today) but it was hard to not get nervous or run scenarios through my head. So, in the mix, I looked at my current account info, and saw the strangest thing: a $400 ( Read more... )

I just sort of vicariously peeked in on parts of my past(s) via MySpace ( Read more... )

I decided to take one last stab at UB and someone finally contacted me, but... it's in a slightly different, but really important and exciting area of geosciences... I'm meeting with Dr. Briner next week to check out the UB Paleoclimate Lab and find out more about graduate studies in paleoclimate. It's kind of scary because I'd be limiting my ( Read more... )

Getting a nasty cold while I'm effectively taking 6 classes wasn't the best thing that could have happened, especially with some tests last week. I don't know how I did on the tests for Structural Geo but I was tied for highest grade in Historical, even though neither of us made As, only 88.5. The class average wasn't even passing. What losers ( Read more... )