For various reasons, parts of this journal are now friends-only.

I like new friends! Comment if you want me to add you!


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Trent has been begging me to make apple crisp, so that's what I did tonight. It is sooooooo yummy...and if you cut back on the sugar a bit, it's sort of healthy. Here's how to make it (complete with helpful pictures).


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I need some friends here. I have NO FRIENDS IN MISSOULA. It's hard to meet anyone when you work from home. The only people we "know" are the baristas at Starbucks, the guys who work at the gym, and my midwife. I guess I could join some mom group, but I'm not yet ready to stomach that sort of thing. I don't want to talk about babies all day.*sigh

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Congress just approved a $70 billion Department of Defense budget for the "wars" in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as a $1.2 billion project to build a stupid fence at the Mexican border ( Read more... )

Yesterday was great. First of all, it rained for the first time in a month, and the temperature dropped into the 50s. I love fall weather and was excited to break out my sweaters ( Read more... )

Hey, so I thought I'd give you the link to my photos from our trip to Glacier. I think the most interesting ones are at the end.

Trip to Glacier National Park

EWWWWWW!!!! EVERYBODY RUN FOR COVER!!! OMGZ It's a boob with a baby attached to it!!!


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I'm shocked.

Chancellor of UCSC jumps to her death

She gave the welcome address to the grad students when I started last fall. She really did seem like a pioneer - someone who'd made huge strides for women in academia.

I went to a public meeting tonight and two good things happened:

1. I was invited to go on an educational rafting trip in July.

2. Someone told me I was doing a very good job, and that the paper's "a lot more informative" now that I'm the reporter. YAY for validation!