There's something so specific about sensory memories. It's a muggy day, threatening rain, and I was rushing to get from the classroom to the cafe before the downpour started. That in itself wouldn't have triggered the memory. But then a man was smoking a cigarette along my path, and all of a sudden in my head the smoke and the weather combine ( Read more... )

Life has gotten stunningly cool lately. There is no other word for it. Just, cool ( Read more... )

Thank god thank god thank god for being the age I am and in the place I am and doing the things I am doing. It's only really started sinking in in the past month that I live in Portland now, and this is where I am going to stay, and some of the friends that I have right now are also people who live in Portland and intend to stay here. Friendships ( Read more... )

It has been a pretty glorious week. My summer work is picking up-- this week was all about emailing schools, sorting out logistical issues, creating schedules, and having meetings. Andy is out of town, so this fidelity project is now 100% my baby. It is pretty cool to switch from being the youngest member of a huge lab to being one of two (soon ( Read more... )

For the past two months or so, I have been in a state of simply reacting to the things that are going on around me, constantly behind and prioritizing by whatever has the soonest due date (never more than a few days away). I have taken one day off this term, my birthday. I realized today that the past two days have been fifteen hour ones, working ( Read more... )

I had extremely vivid dreams last night about hanging out with people who used to be big parts of my life who I don't often talk to anymore. It took me an extra long shower to shake the feeling that it was real. Sometimes when I have dreams like that, it's like a blessing. I often dream about people I love who have passed away, and it's like ( Read more... )

It's sort of funny that I wrote that post about the busy-ness in grad school being mostly for show so recently, because this term, it is anything but. I eat my words! You win, grad school ( Read more... )

Oh my god, there is nothing I love more than Ben's and my once-a-month beer tasting feast. The theme today is brown ales, and we're making barbecue, baked cheese grits, and kale, and it feels so good to cook swanky things, and I love beer as a hobby. Chillin on my bday with this cat in my lap, food in the oven, and about to catch up on Dr Who. ( Read more... )

Just another quick recipe post to remind myself that I invented a delicious thing.

Rosemary Potatoes like my mom used to makehalf a red onion, diced ( Read more... )

One of my favourite people in the world died last week. Jim, you filled a young girl's imagination with your vibrant stories of all the places you lived and people you met-- you made me realize the world outside our little corner of Florida was vast, rich, and well worth exploring. From day one, you made me feel like more than just a child; you ( Read more... )