So I just got an intense craving for chocolate, such that I actually got off my lazy bum and went to go make myself hot cocoa (from scratch, it's a tiny bit more work than just using a packet), and in the middle of making it my tastebuds went "oh wait, no, salt NEED SALT." So now I am making ramen. To go with my hot cocoa. I should never be allowed ( Read more... )

So I know I have extolled the virtues of spaghetti many times, called it one of my favorite foods, and even gone so far as to claim that were I forced to eat nothing but spaghetti for weeks on end, I could not become tired of it, because it is just that amazing. But, I am sad to inform you that having spent a week scrambling to do massive amounts ( Read more... )

I found out only two days ago that there was going to be a Welsh Pride exhibit opening today (March 7th) at the Pierhead building in the Bay, the opening day of which included several activities and things as well as the actual exhibit opening.
( Description and pictures of that and also other things. )

            So today is St. David’s Day in Wales! Not honestly sure who St. David was (I’m sure we could all Google it), but it is apparently a pretty big thing here. Unfortunately, I woke up a bit late this morning, so I didn’t go anywhere until after 2 when my class ended. This is a shame, because apparently there was more going on in the morning ( Read more... )

So every once in awhile I feel like I should take a look into the political arena and see what's going on. And almost immediately, I remember why I don't read the political news very often. People suck ( Read more... )

To the person who told me earlier today that she finds it offensive that some people say "happy holidays" to her now instead of "merry Christmas ( Read more... )

A singular feeling I’d like to share with the internet: that moment right after you’ve licked a rock, and you realize it doesn’t taste like anything ( Read more... )

We were on a geology trip this Sunday to the Quabbin resevoir area, and after several hours of tramping through tick-infested, thorny forests to find mostly-submerged outcrops (gneiss thought they were), we were about to go look for some galena at an old lead mine rather farther away from the water. We had parked at the bottom of a hill that ( Read more... )

I have just removed the four posts I ever made to livejournal (well over a year ago), and have decided to make a new attempt. We'll see how it goes!

I may just lurk though.