I left out good things. I wouldn't want that you, Dear Reader, think my life be terrible:

- I got into a damn conference finally. I get to present my Syntax paper from last semester as a poster at WCCFL 29 next month. I am rather pleased about this, mostly because the other conferences I have submitted papers to have mostly rejected me for agreed- ( Read more... )

In Massachusetts, sometimes it stops raining so it can snow.

A friend's Facebook post reminded me of my two favorite Bible verses: Genesis 6:18-19, and Genesis 7:2-3. I thought I'd share them with you here ( Read more... )

I have a Kindle now.

It's a strange little device that looks a little too close to the Star Trek® future we all imagined as children (No, really!). I had been thinking about getting something like it for a while, and I finally decided to acquire the thing last week when I printed out 200 or so pages within 2 or 3 days ( Read more... )

I'm sick (or ill if you want to speak that way). My stomach has been bothering me all day, and after an attempt at napping it all away, I discovered just why I had felt like I was going to throw up. Gory details aside, I can tell that I am running a fever (though this has been mitigated by ibuprofen and acetaminophen [or paracetamol if you care to ( Read more... )

As I've grown older, I feel as though most of my friends have given up their night-owlishness. Yet, I continue on into the late of night, even in the face of demands on my time early in the morning. My insomnia, a once chronic reason and excuse for my late-night lifestyle, seems a faint memory nowadays, and still I cling onto this behavior, which ( Read more... )

Thank goodness my brother is so awesome ( Read more... )

Well, I completely failed to sleep last night / this morning. This hasn't happened since the summer ( Read more... )

I think that my new year's resolution for this year will be to keep my new year's resolution.

( The year in review )