Well, my official scholarships came through today. 12,500 per year for National Merit, another 4,500 from a foundation donor, both for four years for a final total of 68,000 for college. Very nice. Now that we're over ourselves, let's do the math ( Read more... )

Why do I never update this thing? I mean, it's not for lack of material, or fear of having others read my thoughts (I just placed second in a poetry contest for this area, so I'm certain on those two). And it's certainly not fear of a negative audience (you guys are all great, so again, unlikely). It's not difficulty posting or anything like that. ( Read more... )

Just checking to see if any of my friends in the BESM campaign, many who know my LJ, ever read it. This is a small bit of the campaign that's been set up ( Read more... )

I sometimes wonder if I hang too much of my volunteer work on SURLI. It was a major project, about 2-3 hours per week if you average it, which given my school workload is still a pretty tight squeeze. But still, it's sort of become the cornerstone of my college applications, it's the big thing I can point to and say "See, Sonofabitch? I DID do ( Read more... )

New avatar thanks to rohein, a bit more up-to-date. The extra fur on the muzzle is like a goatee on humans-it signifies edgy evilness without the effort of having to do something to earn that reputation. I like it, and now I have to go work on building the reputation that extra face fur and musculature brings. Be back after I pillage a town or something.

Tell me, omnipotent little lordling, squatting in your musty cave ( Read more... )

Anyone who's friended me for more than, oh, say, a week, should notice how quiet I am. I really am sorry for this, LJ should be a much higher part of my priorities than it is, but I often will go by for weeks without logging on ( Read more... )

It's official, guys, we have impacted and our now analyzing the comet Tempel 1. It has a surprisingly high amount of organic compounds, carbon dioxide, and carbon monoxide. A chunk of copper the size and shape of a coffee table struck and is now on the comet.

Happy birthday, Defenestrate Me!

By the way, the kilt rocks.

When I was teaching school kids for FACTS today one of the kids got behind me and yanked my ponytail backwards. Before I could think, I was reacting, and since somewhere back in my mind I realized the assailant wasn't a true threat (My sister grabs my ponytail a lot so I'm somewhat used to it), I got him on two pressure points on the back of the ( Read more... )