i just finally vacuumed my keyboard and wrist support-pad-thing (does it have a name? i'm drawing a blank). anyhow, they were so dusty...it was driving me crazy. what a relief ( Read more... )

During this time of year it is always so hard for me to stay motivated--the light at the end being oh-so-close, and yet there are a million hoops to jump through before basking in that light.  It's even more difficult now that my exams have been postponed.  While grading stacks of papers is certainly a pressing issue, it is just not as exciting as ( Read more... )

so my feeling was right. my exams have been postponed. (passive voice). my committee and i decided that is is best to put off my exams (for now). we have not settled on a new date: could be mid-june (doubtful), end of summer, beginning of Fall semester, or dec/jan.. so that is quite a range of possibilities ( Read more... )

so my stomach has been upset now for a couple of days--just that anxiety type, butterflyesque feeling. it's just nerves, but the problem is that it seems to feel better only when (or directly after) eating! does this seem weird? it seems weird to me. i mean, i would think an upset stomach would NOT want food going into it, and yet mine only ( Read more... )

*sigh* i'm tired as hell, but so proud of myself. i finally got up the gumption to update my blog. granted i didn't cover as much ground as i wanted, and it is still pretty lame at the moment, but i have some stratgies for making it happen: 1) i think i need to be much better about reading near/with access to a computer, and then recording my ( Read more... )

• i decided to try RTF for this entry, as i don't know how to create a bulleted list in HTML, though i'm sure it's quite simple.  i don't know if RTF alters the presentation of this entry in any way.
• i have this bookshelf in my kitchen that my mother gave to me a year ago, and i still haven't moved it into the hallway where it belongs.  all the ( Read more... )

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So last night I wrote a lovely entry. It as all about my passion for writing and how my dissertation takes away from ever being able to write for fun and pleasure. But I allowed myself 15 minutes last night to ramble away in livejournal. Alas, the words that I so loved putting on the page were taken away from me by the lj being in "read-only" ( Read more... )

At moments like this I simply need to be a completely self-contained unit. I'm not sure that D and I are getting along at the moment (she's sleeping), and I feel a bit trapped here because we just got at least six inches of snow, and it's still falling. I need to just go about *my* business in *her* house. I want to go out for breakfast this ( Read more... )

lately i've been so underwhelmed by music--music of all kinds. too much of it that i love i'm either tired of or it reminds me too much of an ex- or some sweet or sad time in my love. i've been trying on "new" music. trying to branch out beyond the girl with guitar folk that i've been listening too for all of my post-college days. well, the ( Read more... )