I just applied to grad school.  Weird, and also exciting.

Many of you may have heard me gloating, back in August in Vancouver, about how satisfying it was that the mass spec broke while I was out of town and my boss--not me!--had to deal with it.  Well, karma's a bitch and has come back to bite me in the ass.  My boss is out of town and that stupid machine decided to throw a temper tantrum.  Gah!  While ( Read more... )

As The Stranger says, FUCK YEAH!!!

It's been kind of interesting here on the ship.  Most of the crew voted McCain and most of the scientists voted Obama, so there's been a conscious effort to avoid political discussions.  There has been an unspoken tug-of-war between Fox "News" on the crews' part and any other news channel on the scientists' part.  ( Read more... )

I was appalled during the VP debate when both Biden and Palin said that they were against gay marriage.  Biden was trying to say something about how he supports equal rights and allowing same-sex marriages, but that he is fundamentally against redefining marriage to include same-sex marriages.  Thank goodness I vote in Cali (No on Prop 8!!!!) and ( Read more... )

Well, I'm officially terrible at updating this thing. Here's what I've been up to for the past couple months.

I spent a couple weeks in Vancouver, during which time I watched a lot of ultimate frisbee, went to a wedding, ate lots of yummy food (veg South Indian buffet!), and saw many of my favorite people.

I'm now famous. USM made a promotional ( Read more... )

It's 95F/35C here, which is miserable enough even before you factor in the humidity. And we just got a severe thunderstorm warning saying we can expect penny-sized hail. Is that even possible? How can ice stay ice all the way from the clouds to the ground when it's this hot ( Read more... )

Go and get your free 7.11 ounce slurpees today!

Happy Canada Day, Canadians! Our day off isn't until Friday, but I'm really looking forward to a long weekend. Not that I have any plans, I'm just excited for sleeping in and having both of my roommates out of town ( Read more... )

I'm coming to Van in August! Hooray for vacations and the wedding that gives me a good excuse to vacate Mississippi if only for a little while!

James: when do you get back to Canada? I'll be in Van Aug 5-20. I hope we manage to cross paths!!!!

I finally watched "Miracle." It was a really good movie. I have new respect for Kurt Russell. I had no expectations other than wanting to see the scene that they filmed at my old dorm. That scene, by the way, was so brief that I can't believe it was actually worth their time to put up with all the shit they got. They should have just shot the ( Read more... )