and i was going to update today anyway. last week has been (virtually) nonstop work. stressful, but tonight i get to go halloweening with the English People. and in less than a week, i will be back in a state with some *real* athletic teams... and the lions (hehe... as i pointed out to hallie last night). lousy st. louis cardinals... and stupid ( Read more... )

the single-girliest collective purchase i have ever made ( Read more... )

today was some of the worst pain i've ever experienced. i could not sit still through classes, but nor could i readjust myself without feeling sharp nerve twinges in the small of my back, no matter what kind of chair i was sitting in. i struggled to climb the stairs, and could not take steps longer than about one foot each. i could not lift my ( Read more... )

did someone who habitually reads here send me this poster?:


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so all that computer business, you may have heard, was all a lot of nonsense. it wasn't my computer at all. it was the mediacom internet of columbia systematically breaking down. good thing the people at internet and technology services at mizzou had heard about this and didn't overreact by (oh, say) REINSTALLING MY ENTIRE FREAKING OPERATING ( Read more... )

thank you to everyone who left me birthday messages in one form or another. my day was made wonderful because i have such a loving group of people who... (blah blah mushy emo) and i love you all ( Read more... )

weather.com for columbia missouriWHAT!? this is october! if al gore had all the magical powers he thinks he should, he would have done that whole superman turn-back-time-by-flying-around-the-world-backwards trick and reversed the effects of global warming by now ( Read more... )

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sitting in ellis library...i just heard the music from whatever tibetan buddhist monk ceremony was going on outside. basically, those are the coolest musical instruments ever, as logo-fied in my subject line. and i'm kind of upset that i didn't see them, but...what kind of zen buddhist conclusion can we draw from "i heard them, but didn't see ( Read more... )

from kristamea: ( because i need a short break )