my jubilation at being accepted to indiana was tempered after a few hours by the realization that i didn't exactly win a prize, just the right to do the kind of work i want to for some number of years, and that it will probably be a lot of work. but good work, satisfying work. so i feel challenged and as prepared as i can be to meet my new ( Read more... )

I AM A PHD CANDIDATE AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY. LIFE IS AAWWEESSOOMMEE!!!!!!!!!!

i went a bit overboard on the sketchy foreign mp3 site yesterday, and bought almost a gigabyte of canadian music. CHRISTMAS HAS COME EARLY. since my usual medium for canadian music is web radio at a very low volume on a bad connection through the speakers that are cleverly hidden in the tower that sits under my desk, listening to songs i've ( Read more... )

four days in a row my cat has started crying for breakfast at 6:30 am. it's so cute it makes me want to throw him out the window ( Read more... )

despite all that, i managed to have a pretty good time. went to the little italy carnevale on saturday night with a friend. it was small, with a large crowd of families (read: small children). bizarrely, the streets weren't blocked off, so it meant street performers and large crowds all vying for space on the sidewalks while drivers stupid ( Read more... )

spent last night being very good - cleaning my apartment and working on my charcoal drawing. unlike my ink drawing, the more i work with this picture the more i like it. i am officially a fan. it's just very very time consuming, like everything concerning drawing so far. i really wish i had a designated space for drawing, nowhere in my ( Read more... )

after a bizarre fit of rage yesterday morning, i wound up having a pretty awesome day. i was really satisfied with what i accomplished at work, something i haven't felt since i started this historic collection over a month ago. well, it's probably FINISHED the thing yesterday, as well as hammering out a status report i'd been sitting on since ( Read more... )

i am so pissed off right now. i have no idea why.

MAN. life has been good this week. i've reached a pitch of pleasant activity that leaves me with no time to think beyond the day's events or a grocery list - which is exactly how i need things to be right now ( Read more... )

i found $21.75 in my jacket pockets this morning. how do i misplace so much cash?