I had a truly wonderful geek-crossover ferret-with-a-shiny thing moment of glee yesterday. I went to the midget-Powell's on Hawthorne to get a different translation of The Iliad, and while perusing the Classics section I honed in on a copy of Petronius' Satyricon, plain black except for the title printed in gold. I pulled it off the shelf, flip ( Read more... )

If you'd asked me on my 18th birthday what I'd be doing in a year, I guarantee my response would NOT have been, "Well, showering with a couple of ferrets!" Just goes to show you never know where life's going to take you.

Happy Birthday to me.

Lengthy Update #1:

Hello everyone,
So, college is going very well. It's truly awesome to be in an academic situation in which the teachers actually assume that you have a brain. The professors here kick ass. At present I'm taking Ancient Greek 110, Humanities 110 (Greco-Roman history course required of all Freshies) and Biology 101. My Greek ( Read more... )

That was bizarre. Sitting at my desk, doing Greek homework and listeninf to iTunes.

The Iron Maiden song 'The Evil That Men Do' live from the CD 'Live At Donnington' comes on, and for some reason during the chorus all I can hear is 'The E-Mail That Men Do'.

I am afraid,

We got a handout in Bio today instructing us in the usage of a genetic cross simulation program. It's all crazy moon talk to me, and I sincerely hope all will become apparent once I'm actually looking at the thing ( Read more... )

So, here I am. It's been a crazed few days. The parents and I drove up and arrives in Portland the day before orientation began. On Wednesday we arrived at Reed, and I spent the day running around like a crazy person; unpacking my stuff, figuring out where to put my stuff, getting stuff I needed, realizing I'd forgotten something and having to ( Read more... )

Well, it's off I must go. The truck has been packed up, and I'm thinking a shower and another cup of tea would serve me well. Despite the fact that my room is almost empty and I've said goodbye to everyone, it still hasn't worked it's way past the surface of my brain that I am, in fact, moving. To another state. To go to college. It's too ( Read more... )

So, I'm leaving for college in 17 days.

If those of you who already know me in person want to see me before I run off for the next five months, then you should post a comment. Or call me. Or something.

GIVE ME THE BRAIN! I have to turn the fish...

He's gone. I drove him to the airport and saw him off at 4-something this morning. Stayed with him at the airport until about 6:00. Came home and discovered he'd left a shirt here, curled up in my cold, empty bed and stared into space ( Read more... )