For the first time in my life I tried tying a cherry stem in a knot with mouth only - the old party trick and I succeeded! I was tickled for an hour+ afterwards that I had that capability. Next to try unwrapping a starburst :-)

So I have a mini-hardly existent balcony outside my window. This balcony is maybe 4 inches deep plus the depth of the railing. Secondly I keep the window above the balcony cracked a bit because the dorm is so darn hot. I don't know if the squirrels have been playing today, having sex or what, but they've been making a whole lot of racket. ( Read more... )

She cut out the newspaper horoscope for "If today's your birthday..." for me on my birthday. It's published weirdly - the day before your actual birthday, so I often forget - but rather than letting it drop in the recycle bin, she cut it out, if only for giggles. I don't feel like keeping the sheet of newspaper, but it might be funny to go back ( Read more... )

Today I realized that three out of my five classes are taught by more than one person. One is a workshop, and the other two are more standard lecture based classes, both around 30 people. I wonder how salaries work when you teach classes jointly and whether you get compensated at all as a guest lecturer if you speak at just one or two class ( Read more... )

Today I got enough sleep, had some laughs at work, came home and tried jiu jitsu. I had my doubts - I was worried about not having any experience and how nice the people would be and whether it would be intimidating ( Read more... )

Junk food is mixed in with model pieces covering your desk ( Read more... )

I absolutely love this. Not too humid, first t-shirt and shorts day and I'm alone sitting in the sun on a bench in the president's courtyard absorbing the sun. Windy so you don't over-heat but the wind's not cool either ( Read more... )

Sitting here at my desk just now, I saw a squirrel climbing on my screen. There's a little (read that useless) balcony outside the window and trees that hang right over it so I've seen squirrels darting around the area. Never have I been around, though, to see a little bugger right on the screen itself ( Read more... )

B'day gifts to myself this year ( Read more... )

So, having roughly finished my AutoCAD plans, sections and an elevation by 11 AM today, I am still trying to properly print on my darn vellum sheets. I'm out of extras and have gotten to the point so that I am cutting sheets from someone else's 24" wide roll. Grrr. I have tried to be so efficient this weekend, to use every second and just sleep ( Read more... )