Oh, I remembered my other good news. It was basically that if Grandpa could read my livejournal he'd be way excited to know that I actually invested some of his Christmas money today. As in placed it somewhere that the interest rate was good as opposed to somewhere it could reman dangerously liquid in case I stumble acroos some irresistible ( Read more... )

At the risk of jinxing myself terribly -- it looks like I may really get the full three weeks off work for Anne and Lisa's Amazing Australian Adventure. Henceforth to be known as the AAA Roadtrip. Or, in reference to the ABA Tour, the Alphabetically Non-Chronological Superventure. Or Maases of the Outback: A Flora-tastiic All-Terrain Romp ( Read more... )

Fire is NOT Electric Six's only album. Also, there is Senor Smoke. BWA-HA! In the song "Rock and Roll Evacuation" there is the line "Mr. President, I don't like you; you don't know how to rock." Rock ( Read more... )

I would just like to say that the rare, rare skill it takes to stab oneself between the toes with a knitting needle while not knitting, nor even having a knitting needle in one's hand, nor even thinking about knitting in any way, but in fact while just walking around, is a skill I fully possess. There is a neat little round puncture mark between ( Read more... )

I am free of the application deadline hanging over my head! (Until March 1st, anyway -- what say I don't leave it 'til so late for this upcoming one? I'm reforming, REALLY, I mean it this time!)

In celebration, crazy Blogthings:

What Your Underwear Says About You
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I have just returned from a brilliantly happy walk. On this walk ( Read more... )

I shall demonstrate how St. Theresa was merely a schmuckish pawn of circumstances! And that George Eliot's world view/moral philosophy is one of warped, soul-crushing despair! She will be lucky if I refrain from bringing my long-standing Rand vs. Orwell issues into this essay and arguing that if she had lived to read 1984, she would have ( Read more... )

There is a Digital Cuneiform Library on the Directory of Open Access Journals. Also a schoraly journal for the study of comic books. Sometimes I feel that the world conspires to keep cool things away from me. Until I remember that this would be true only if I were looking for them and not finding them. And clearly I have found ( Read more... )

So while I did confirm back when I was starting this grad school process thingy that Tulane would be accepting applications for next fall, it turns out this information was more true in letter than spirit ( Read more... )

Ridiculously quick update as I have no time now nor will have for the next week and a day ( Read more... )