Forced to work in the noisy computer lab downstairs from the main grad student office, I'm having great difficulty filtering out my transcription audio from the inane chatter from four students working who knows what. Darwin-dammit. At least Adrienne signed off on my time card. She signed it before I even filled it out, so I could have fudged as ( Read more... )

I enjoy a good meal by myself. As of late, I've taken to eating a couple meals a week away from home, making sure I order entrees that aren't fried or deeply enhanced by salts or fats. One of my favourite places near UA to eat is King's Restaurant, a mom-and-pop Chinese place that is small, usually quiet, and where I can sit by myself and collect ( Read more... )

I still believe that I am not meant to marry. Have passionate relationships and deep, involved friendships? Yes. Kids? No. It's hard enough being an older sister to two very different younger brothers - both of whom don't really talk to me anymore, despite my best efforts. Just this weekend, when I was at Stefan's swim invitational, he acted as if ( Read more... )

I am not going through a self-imposed exile. I'm just working on my goals non-stop - and I'm enjoying it.

Over the past week, I haven't eaten any fast food, purchased any coffee drinks or stayed up past midnight. While the first two I attribute more to being poor than willpower, I must admit that it does feel good to actually keep up a decent nutrition plan by making meals at home. When jmartinka visited over the weekend, it was hard to force myself to go to ( Read more... )

The perfect way to see a friend off before she moves is to have a sushi lunch courtesy of her mother. nobodylkl's mom treated us to lunch at Sushi Cho, and it was absolutely scrumptious! Whenever I have a Gila Monster roll in the future, I'll think of Katt ( Read more... )

After I got locked out of my show, I hung out at Robert's apartment and read into the early evening. Reading and chilling: what holidays are meant for.

nobodylkl and company were fantastic this evening. Her get-together was a small send-off as she will live in Globe for the summer before embarking on her first pharmaceutical job. Her apartment looked so ( Read more... )

I arrived at the KAMP Studio at ten 'til 5 o'clock. After minutes of running my CatCard and punching my PIN into the door, I called the e-board summer members that were in town and left messages to come and bail me out since I really wanted to do my radio show this afternoon. Only Karl G. lives within driving distance, and he arrived 10 minutes ( Read more... )

A little over a month after my 414 paper was due, I finished it. That means today. It's e-mailed off to Dr. Lindell, and it's out of my hands (also posted to treeofwoe). It's a huge sigh of relief. Tomorrow night I'll work on the 496 paper ( Read more... )

I have been fighting off urges to read French language and Latin language textbooks, read more of A Friend of the Earth and Slant, write long e-mails to everyone I know - everything except writing my Darwin-damned term 414 term paper. Why can I not get into a work rhythm? I've been in quiet places all day; I had two excellent meals, walked Benny ( Read more... )