So I went to Boulder/Denver last week to visit the school, etc. All in all, things went very well. Denver is incredibly ugly however, especially in February. Going to CO in the winter reminded me what this season is like for a majority of the country: lifeless and cold. Yes, I lived in New York City for nine months and experienced a real winter ( Read more... )

Shamelessly stolen from Cordelia ( Read more... )

If you read my "year in review" post, you know I've applied to the University of Colorado at Boulder for an advanced degree in theatre. I just got an e-mail from the director of the Colorado Shakespeare Festival's educational outreach program and she would like to interview me for a position in the Festival. It turns out the graduate student who ( Read more... )

After a series of unfortunate events involving PCs (I've been through three--two Dells and a Gateway--since October), I decided to get a Mac. Two days ago I bought a brand spankin' new iBook G4 and a wireless router (or whatever you call it. I named it "The Magic Teleporter"). Now I can sit on my couch and watch Queer Eye while surfing the ( Read more... )

Last night was a good night. The snow has started to melt and the roads are drivable, so I went out after work. Oh, how wondrous it was to DRIVE around town after five days of traveling on foot or by bus. Portland's a good driving town for many reasons, one of them being the lack of cops I've seen on the roads. It's not like SLO at all in that ( Read more... )

My mom saw one of my junior high friends the other day. She asked for my e-mail address, my mom gave it to her, and I just got an e-mail from her this afternoon. This is a person I grew up with. We were very close in the fifth through eighth grades, but we lost touch over the years ( Read more... )

I ventured out of my cave today to acquire provisions and to relieve some of this cabin fever. The temperatures are creeping upward which means the thick layer of ice is melting, which in turn means lots of slush, dangerous sliding rooftops and falling icicles.   Supposedly this is the worst winter storm in ten years.

The buses are running pretty ( Read more... )

I've never seen freezing rain and now I'm in the middle of it. The roads are totally iced over. My boss called and said I shouldn't come into work because it's too dangerous. She knows I'm not used to driving in these weather conditions and I live on a steep hill that's nearly impossible to navigate, even in heavy rain. Buses are running so ( Read more... )

It's 17 degrees in downtown Portland. Even though it's well below freezing, for some reason it won't snow...and I figure if it's going to be this cold, it may as well. I can tell my cats are cold because every time I sit on the couch they crawl all over me; one of my cats, Horatio, usually very aloof, actually crawled in my lap as I was checking ( Read more... )

If you're in your mid 20s to mid 30s, you probably grew up watching John Ritter on TV. My first favorite show was Three's Company; my dad hated it because it was a bit racy for a kid, but I watched it anyway to his chagrin ( Read more... )