what's up lj buddies.

accomplished today:

* submitted dissertation proposal
* mailed scholarship application

books purchased:


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another update ( Read more... )

it infuriates me irrationally that ang lee won best director over george clooney ( Read more... )

i made a new livejournal for talking about the movies and dvds i watch, so that i have an easier time remembering all the crap i've seen. this will probably fall be the wayside, much like jimmys and jacobs record listening journals, but we'll see.

it's mostly for myself, but if you'd like to weigh in, it can be found at gotothemovies. i won't be ( Read more... )

i haven't updated in a while, but there isn't much to say. mostly i've been writing grant proposals and studying for one of the hardest classes i've ever taken (neuroanatomy, woof). i came down with some flu bullshit at the beginning of the week and it's still hanging on a bit but it needs to go because, frankly, i need a beer ( Read more... )

what little i saw of mexico was nice. puerto vallarta is an unbelievably gorgeous city, with lush jungle hills lining the beachfront. this was by far my favorite part of the trip. we jumped on a public bus into town, my and my five relatives, and bounced our way into town. when they took a taxi back, i walked the few miles in familiar heat and ( Read more... )

i haven't updated for a while because frankly all that has been on my mind is my busy job and also a lot of grief over the tragedy a few weeks ago. i didn't (and don't) really know how to talk about what happened and how i feel about it, so instead i've just been withdrawing from people lately. still, though, i'm feeling pretty okay these days. ( Read more... )

i attempt to make an entry when not drunk and angry. this journal is an extremely skewed representation of my life these days ( Read more... )

also it is weird when you have confrontations that you have been dreading. and even though you leave the drunk discussion thinking "uhm, okay, i see both of our points of view, so maybe you're not an asshole, and neither am i, and we'll figure this out!" the other person guilt trips you with "i'm an asshole," then it turns into "fuck, now I feel ( Read more... )

drunk post ( Read more... )