...promises to be BIG fun! Life is good.

The theme is "spooky places" I've got the perfect name for it!

Here is what I've been listening to for inspiration.

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My Visual Communications class is doing a board game design project. I am struggling to come up with worthy concepts. A classmate found this great this great review of a book on the topic, and I was impressed enough to buy the book in PDF form ( Read more... )

Because I am having Sunday night blues ( Read more... )

1. Dentists that are *truly* compassionate and nice, not just on paper.

2. Professors who understand when things come, and don't penalize you for having emergency dental surgery.

3. Warm mushroom bisque with a splash of sherry and a lacing of Parmesan cheese when you can't eat solid food.

1. As the hurricane shut down all of the activities I might have gone to this weekend, I had time to get all of my homework done for the early part of the week.

2. Fake chicken scallopini for dinner tonight (wine sauce with capers!)

3. Jeeves and Wooster on Amazon Unboxed for $.99 per episode! Yay!

I've just got the "fannish gene" I suppose. From sci fi TV to carnivorous plants, I get really enthusiastic about the stuff I am into. I've got a new thing to be psyched about: The HorrorsThey are a current (!!!) British band, and their earliest stuff is so much like 80s gothic punk that it almost makes me teary. Here is their debut single... I ( Read more... )

Oh, fandom. Every time I leave you for years at a time and then come back, you welcome me with open arms, as if I'd never left. You offer me escapism and camaraderie, and ask nothing in return except perhaps that I consider stretching my own creative energies a little to contribute. People just don't understand you.

I know that there are mixed feelings about Gerry these days due to some of the comments she made during the 2008 campaign, but that doesn't change what she meant to a generation of American women. My mother was president of NOW at the time, and she wrote the following editorial shortly after the election.

Ferraro: A Door Has Been Opened That ( Read more... )

On the way out to Wisconsin, E and I listened to teachings by Pema Chodron. They really moved us, and I think have inspired me to be much more attentive to my practice this year. The teachings were based on the famous Buddhist text The Way of the Bodhisattva by Shantideva. Following is a verse that I am working on memorizing ( Read more... )