Okay, so I've been holed up in depression mode for the last week and totally neglecting LJ, email end just about anything else that would imply any type of even meager social contact whatsoever.  My ex-husband's been being a pain about the move to Florida, I'm weeks behind on finishing my thesis and my grandmother almost died the beginning of this ( Read more... )

Well, it looks like I may have to deal with the loss of Harry Potter and NANA close to the same time, and I'm none too happy about it.  I hate it when things I've loved for a long time end.  (I was in mourning for weeks after the ST:DS9 finale.)  But NANA is definitely moving on full steam and I think there's little doubt that we're getting very ( Read more... )

Resurfacing after my long hiatus while trying to figure out which Ph.D. program I wanted to attend.   I had a handful of really good offers, so it was quite challenging, and I pushed it up to the very last day, just delivering news to my last school on Friday afternoon ( Read more... )

I take it all back.  At 8:45 pm Pacific time this evening I received an email from the Director of Graduate Studies at UC Davis with an early acceptance offer for the PhD program.  I'll be hearing from him tomorrow to discuss specific details and funding information.

- I'm so relieved!  I really am worthy :)

So here I am, waiting for news from PhD programs.  I know it's early in the season for early acceptances, but somehow every time I see someone get an early acceptance I get more and more depressed.  This is so much worse than all those years (back when I still cared even a little bit about dating) of sitting around and waiting for the telephone to ( Read more... )

I have finally looked at the Daniel Radcliffe EQUUS photos and find I am deeply, deeply disturbed by having seen Harry Potter nearly naked.  I feel so dirty!

I have officially fallen in love with another anime.  I've been looking for something to fill Ouran's former spot in my weekly viewing repertoire.  I thought Death Note might be it, but with its recent licensing, it looks like it's out.  But yesterday I (rather belatedly) stumbled upon Ghost Hunt.  I love it!  It's completely stolen my heart.  ( Read more... )

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I knew there was a good reason I decided not to start watching this anime until I was on vacation.  In the last four days I have watched up to episode twelve and read the manga to issue fifty-four.  I'm totally hooked!  And Yagami Light is the ultimate bad boy lust object - not my usual anime/manga type but just *yum* - droolific!  So evil under ( Read more... )

Well, it's been quite an eventful day in these parts, but I'm almost to the point where I can relax for a day or two now before I have to start my head spinning again, so I guess I accomplished quite a lot.

Done (Yeah Me!)
Academic Writing grades submitted -- I'm sure I'll have a flood of emails from the handful of students who got C minuses by ( Read more... )