This week, turned into seminar the very poorly-done Poland paper I hadn't had my head on straight for. Got back the Kuhn paper I'd actually had my head straight on for a change. I got a C. Which is essentially the same as an F. Reason: I hadn't discused chapter structure. He gave us all the assurance that to be fair, he'd ignore issues of chapter ( Read more... )

Self: Next time you're talking to your father and decide it's only good manners to keep him in the loop regarding your current activities and plans, think of how much you ought to be doing for the next half-hour that doesn't involve hearing your parents' concerns on the matter ( Read more... )

Okay, the great Katherine Morrow Jones says I have to list six of my weird habits ( Read more... )

So here's a meme.

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I was horrified by the woman who slit a lady's throat to steal her baby. I was disgusted and horrified by the story of a few years back a woman murdering and cutting open someone to steal her unborn baby

And now a whole goddamn family? And it's obviously not going to survive? Murdering an adult and three children, including a one year old, so that ( Read more... )

Okay, I literally worked/stressed myself sick this week ( Read more... )

It's sad to realize that not everyone knows who Hatshepsut was.

Oh dear, it's 1 a.m.

I was starting to feel reasonably healthy. Then I stopped taking those icky vitamins and let myself stay up late. I woke up this morning with a cold. So it goes ( Read more... )

To those few of my beloved relatives who occasionally read this thing: I know you wouldn't go telling my parents things, but I state for the record that if they hear about this, I will have to commit seppukku. Mom would hand me the sword. No, wait, the knife. I think the ladylike way is knife-to-the-throat, if I remember the story "Patriotism" ( Read more... )

I'm fine. Busy trying to stay physically healthy, financially solvent, academically viable, romantically attended-to, and familially responsible ( Read more... )