Since I'm too cheap for a rename token, my new journal is concrete_queen.  My reasons for changing are over there, feel free to friend me, though I don't promise to update any more over there than I did over here.  I'm still on LJ everyday, but I mostly just catch up on communities.

Since I realize it's been December since I've posted, here's an update for anyone who cares: life is brilliant ( Read more... )

Just to let everyone know, after 7.5 years of school, yesterday I sucessfully defended my thesis, and now have my Master's degree in Civil Engineering!!!!!

My computer doesn't have any photo editing programs more advanced than Paint on there. I really really need to get a better program. I'd like to spend <$100. Cosmo recommended Photoshop 6.0. Anyone else have any other recommendations? I'm a fairly competent but by no means expert user. On my last compy, I used the computer's generic ( Read more... )

You know what pisses me off? Curvy as an acronym for "fat". I am curvy. I have a 28" waist and 39" hips. And yet, I am not fat. My weight is well within the normal range for my height. Just today I saw a website offering advice on clothing types for "every body" -- which they divided up into petite, pear shaped and curvy...only curvy meant " ( Read more... )

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Posting a pic of the first cake I've made for my cake decorating class. We did stars this week (icing stars...the shape on the cake is my own idea), and I think it turned out pretty well. The icing was waaay too stiff when I first iced the cake, so it got all crumby. Oh well. Went out today and bought some more colors and a square pan.

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It's been ages since I've posted. April 12th, to be exact. If anyone's curious, I'm here, I'm alive, and I'm returning to HOL Sept. 1st. Right now I'm finishing up my research project and the final report. Then on to the thesis (think I have most of it done in the final report), and finding a job. The cities I'm considering: Kansas City, ( Read more... )

I guess the major thing here is I got new drawers in my kitchen. They came by today and installed them, and put the old fronts on so they match. The old ones were just on tracks with no wheels, and a bit hard to open. One thing I love about this complex is that the maintenance is good ( Read more... )