Wow, 2008 waited until the last day to screw me over royally. 2009 has just turned into a pile of crap before it even started.

Edit: I will be fine. Just really depressed right now. I will find a way to reach my goals.

I decided to pull my prior post down to private for me. I said some things I should not say publicly. It is real shame. Academically I have had an excellent year. 3.95 GPA so far for grad school. The politics of academics has been quite depressing. However, I do need to learn how too deal with that too. If the economy were better, I could ( Read more... )

Semester is done. Now I get to deal with all those neglected items over the last six months like cleaning, organizing and (most importantly) catching up with Gyng if she has any time. I know her schedule is crazier than mine. Have a graduation party for one of my fellow grad students tomorrow night. After that, things should be calming down for ( Read more... )

football wise for me. My Noles got absolutely killed. It was a bad day for the Marching Chiefs too as the video shows!

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School work is driving my crazy, so I may as well share it.

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This story just could not be left without comment.

According to a report released Friday by the Martin County Sheriff's Office, the 13-year-old boy "continually disrupted his classroom environment" by intentionally breaking wind. He then shut off some computers other students were using.
The kicker is they arrested him for this. Arrested?!?! Uhm ( Read more... )

I am going to do something I consider most unsafe - discuss my politics on LJ ( Read more... )

I know it is like I disappeared from the face of the Earth. Had a good summer in Yellowstone; but internet access was non-existent. Right now, my life is consumed with grad school. One particular class is pretty much eating my life, hence my lack of appearance online since I got home from Yellowstone. I'm still trying to massage my schedule to ( Read more... )

I've been texting with Gyngerfox in Houston. As you all know, Ike went through there over a week ago. As far as the physical, everyone made it through ok. The house lost a few shingles and the fence was taken out. The worst thing for them has been the no drinking water for the first part of the, since restored, and the fact that they are still ( Read more... )

Sometime tomorrow I will head out. Goal is Baton Rouge tomorrow; but may not get that far depending in when I start. Primary goal for the first part of trip is to get to the hotel in Houston by 2:00 PM on Tuesday. Should be able to do this with no problem ( Read more... )