Inauguration was awesome, but I am dead tired, because I woke up at 3:50am to make it down to the mall by 5, and I spent at least 10 hours standing out in the cold ( Read more... )

right now facebook is showing me a weight watchers ad: "Eat like a man, not like a rabbit."

even ignoring the stupid meat-eating neanderthal gender stereotypes that this ad is perpetuating...

1. I am not a man.
2. I am a vegetarian. I essentially do eat like a rabbit, only with more chocolate and fewer of my own turds. (have I mentioned that ( Read more... )

I twisted my ankle. :(

just looked it up online, and I think it's a sprain, but the least severe kind. my foot is all sorts of interesting colors.

I think I need to write about my semester for a while to process it. I'm not sure that livejournal is the appropriate venue. It's certainly a convenient one, though, so perhaps I'll start here.

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is an oriented matroid?

and how do I write 4 pages about it?

geometry is FUN!

(no, really, it would be if I had more than 3.5 hours to finish this goddamn paper.)

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everyone in downtown northampton is honking their horns and cheering. I love this town.

p.s. why can't he start governing TOMORROW?

I love the world!

well, except for homophobic assholes in arizona, arkansas, and florida. I'll withhold judgment on california until that vote is called. what is wrong with people?

( Did you hear about the constipated mathematician? )

Happy mountain day!!!

On a sad note, I cannot get together enough people to go apple picking.

On a happy note, we're going to the book mill instead, and I've never been.

Also, I'm missing a number theory exam!!!

yay!!

oh, and I rang rounds this morning. I was sort of in time. sometimes.

I'm not sure if it's a brilliant choice or a deeply stupid one. most commentators seem to be in the "deeply stupid" camp, but it kind of comes down to if American voters themselves are deeply stupid, doesn't it? About 50% of them voted for GWB twiceShe's way anti-choice, so I guess you could make the argument that she appeals to the conservative ( Read more... )