I feel like I've been really busy lately, but I'm not so sure it isn't just my normal life. Work has been really picking up because I'm working on putting together or next exhibit. It opens next month and is about the Korean War. I'm really having a fun time planning it out and handling the artifacts and talking to the Vets. I'm hoping to make ( Read more... )

In accordance with my Benjamin Linus (LOST) obsession, I had the following conversation with a random stranger on omegle.com

Connecting to server...
You're now chatting with a random stranger. Say hi!
You: Ben Linus always has a plan.
Stranger: Nope. He has a train
You: The train is part of the plan.
Stranger: He's not Jack Bauer
Stranger: Neither Mcgyver
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Whoa, two posts in one night.

Ok, I'm really only posting because I HAD HAM TODAY. AND THIS GIF OF MY BB BEN IS NOW ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE.


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I'm going to have to stop watching The Tudors with my mom. Her lust for Jonathan Rhys Meyers is disturbing. Highly disturbing ( Read more... )

Oh, LJ. That mystical, fan girl-riddled place that I check every day but often times forget that I have a part in. I really should have made a New Year's resolution to update more often, but then I remind myself how boring my life is and how no one cares that I go to choir practice on Wednesday or that I accessioned a c.1897 scrapbook on Monday ( Read more... )

Things I have done over the past week or so in no particular order ( Read more... )

I should have carried a flask with me today and played a drinking game. Because, man. If I had a swig for every time I heard about today being "a historic day" or "a historic occasion", I'd be drunk off my ass ( Read more... )

Here are some Valkyrie icons. It's been years since I've made icons (and I've lost all my brushes, fonts, etc.) so it may take me a while to get my icon groove back ( Read more... )

Happy New Year in advance ( Read more... )

Valkyrie. Go see it. No, seriously. GO SEE IT.

The wonderful and dear quigonejinn was here for Christmas. And so, fulfilling a year-long dream, we went to see Valkyrie together the day after Christmas. We both went in with low expectations. Not only were neither of us fans of Tom Cruise, but we were worried about how historically accurate it would be ( Read more... )