Basically, there have been few days in my life quite as inconvenient as this one, and few days when the world and I have had it in for each other to quite this degree. Nor have any days really been more my fault, what with the oversleeping and the forgetting things and the such and such problem at work and the canceling on this and on that and the ( Read more... )

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Australia wins a huge prize just for this: http://www.beaniefest.org/Read more... )

Belated note about meeting Sara and her friends: 'twas fun despite being terribly rushed. The friends are very musical theater-y and so entertaining. Particularly liked Natale, who was great. It was quite freaky, though - I'd like to arrange some type of test in which I would put blindfolded people in a room with Carter and Natale and asked ( Read more... )

The two (sur)names of the day from NYU's student directory are Dastidar and LaCalamito. Clearly these two are in cahoots as a supervillainous duo of disaster. There is a comic book just waititng to be written about NYU's eeeeevil student population. Being really hyped up from my dash uptown to see Sara and 20 intense minutes of meeting her hyper ( Read more... )

I was going to revise that essay, but then I got caught up in a conversation about whether baboons' backsides would glow in black light. No really.

So NOW I'm going to revise the essay.

The reference from Prof McClure arrived last night. Rock on, Royal Mail. The application will be submitted on time. Mardi Gras will be spent putting bits of said application into a large and pretty envelope as I have NO plans. Wait, perhaps Kasey's Wine of the Month club sent us extra wine for this very reason. Or perhaps this week's Thursday ( Read more... )

Clearly, the airband is going to provide an excellent platform for launching the 'real' band: ( Kinda Like Twee )

Marie, of the next desk over, will not stop talking to me about her home filing system. Well, only when she pauses to describe the particular start button jiggling necessary to make the shredder associated with said filing system work. Save me!

Professor McClure sent my recommendation letters for Brooklyn and City College today. From Scotland. There's a very good chance they won't arrive before Brooklyn's app deadline next Wednesday even allowing for the fact that I should be able to walk the application into the admissions office on deadline day and so eliminate mailing time. If the ( Read more... )