We are in the process of rehabilitating the "raccoon room". Today I demolished the walls and ceiling. It was not a particularly difficult feat, as they were made of age-old 1/4" composite board. More or less equivalent to thick, desiccated cardboard ( Read more... )

Last real class of my undergraduate career is over. Great.
3 finals and one senior thesis to go.

Fuck me but I'm out of sorts tonight ( Read more... )

Christ, I want the semester to be done ( Read more... )

Rob announced today that a girl in my English class was killed in a car accident on Thursday. For the life of me, I have no idea who she was. I have this vague impression of blondeness, and that's all. That's probably inaccurate, too. I guess she never said anything in class, but I can't even notice a face missing; everyone familiar is there or ( Read more... )

Saturday I leave for GSA. First geological conference, first talk, first time in Denver. Hopefully I'll make it over to the museum and the zoo sometime. I'm under the impression that there are capybaras, and I'm very excited to see them ( Read more... )

I got the letter in the mail today telling me of my writing prowess. It may be my only talent in life, but I score well on standardized tests.

I had a grand tour of Wyoming, Utah, and Nevada as a rock-hauling mule. It was great; it felt mostly like a vacation, but with sweating and gasping for breath in the desert/mountainous scrubland. I'm too lazy to describe it, so here are some representative pictures.


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Jesus. I finally have a shiny new MacBook, since nobody makes a wireless adaptor for the Mac Mini I was too stingy to buy wireless for when I got the damn thing three years ago.

There will probably be too many Photobooth pictures in the future.

In the meantime, I wanna be adored.

1. Sheet Metal Worker ( Read more... )