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Die Wissenschaftlerin
Normally, I'd say that I have a head for history and a body for...sitting around and reading about history. But occasionally, the scientist in me emerges and I become consumed with finding answers to questions like...
How long can that hair on my arm get?
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Ah, yes. Back to that one semester I have before Deutschland. My first week's not quite done, but I can honestly say that I'm enjoying each of my classes so far, even if they're all in that slow, beginning of the year stage.
I'm taking...
GERM 3082: 18th c German Literature (class conducted auf Deutsch)
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Bonn? C'est bon!
The letters won't go out until the end of September, but today I got confirmation from the head of Academic Programs Abroad that I had been selected for the Spring 2008 exchange in Bonn!
*shakes her Bonn-Bonn*
And I have another six months before I depart to think up plenty more plays on the name of that beautiful Rhineland city.
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Eep!
Checked out Miss Marple, Series 2 (the Geraldine McEwan version...yes, I'm much more of a Poirot fan, but I've exhausted the library's supply of Hercule) from the library, and what to my wondering eyes should appear, but Anthony Andrews AND Claire Bloom in the second episode. Both are fine actors with great bodies of work, but what excited me so is ( Read more... ) -
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Well, I saw the doctor on Friday. He's given me a big-ass pill (Ibuprofen, but in 600 mg pills) to take 2-4 times a day, and a splint (I'll pick it up on Monday) to wear at night. He's also scheduled me for an EMG with the neurologist in December, when they'll decide whether or not I'll need a minor procedure to move the nerve under a muscle layer ( Read more... ) -
Stye o' My
Originally, I had intended to make my next post about various typos I've made when typing in web addresses and whether they could be placed into some sort of Freudian context. But after waking up, puttering around, etc., I've forgotten all of them. And maybe it wasn't too interesting to begin with. Things that seemed that way as I'm falling asleep ( Read more... ) -
Yes, it's very late...
...and, yes, I do plan on waking up in about 4 hours. But let me tell you why I am still awake:
Those of you who know me in real life (hell, maybe it also bleeds into my occasional half-assed attempt at a blog - I just cursed twice in one sentence for no good reason. My, I do get punchy in the wee, small hours of the morning) know that I have my ( Read more... ) -
The Life I Lead
...with apologies to Roger and Richard Sherman and David Tomlinson.
I feel a wave of something approaching exhaustion
But power through, as I'm up and can't go back to sleep
I stayed up until two-thirty-three, watching NewsRadio on DVD
How boring is the life I lead!
I run my body precisely on schedule
At 6:58, I awoke to my alarm
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In which my ulnar nerve continues to be the bane of my existence...
...but, hey, if that's the worst thing going on in my life, I've got it pretty good, right?
Yes, the numbness in my ring finger and pinkie continues, but I'm just going to wait until my doctor's appointment at the end of the month.
Nothing much going on right now...oh, except for one good thing: I've located the Scottish folk song from The Great ( Read more... ) -
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Lucie got me started on Veronica Mars. Very entertaining. I wish my dad would let me help out on cases ( Read more... )