gainesville is absolutely the strangest mix of urban/college liberal artsy-fartsy-ness and southern hickdom ( Read more... )

sure, i can go to a party, drink and talk and be miss socialite until 4am, drag my sorry ass out of bed before noon today, and go dig for fossils in newberry, FL. yep yep ( Read more... )

i've decided that being uber-organized isn't always a good thing. i get twitchy when things aren't exactly the way they should be and then i can't do anything else until i fix them. i'm of course refering to my total disaster area of an unfurnished apartment, and the filing cabinet explosion that is kendra's and my office. for the record, the ( Read more... )

i should spend this entry explaining to you how i love my job, how my apartment is finally coming together, how i feel much more secure here, and how i have all these great plans for establishing some sort of social life and regular amount of fun in this city. however, that's not what i'm in the mood to discuss today. instead, i will be ( Read more... )

the weather for the past few days has been miserable-- all over the country, it seems. i can hear the water splashing off the roof of this apartment building onto my balcony, and in my sleep i thought i was hearing a receptionist with long fake fingernails in an old office with a lovely old typewriter. maintainance isn't finished salvaging the ( Read more... )

once again, i feel the need to write that all-encompassing life update because i've been lax about my livejournal and because facebook as this new thing that allows you to import your blogs. so here is it: i have a job. i'm moving to gainesville, FL. i'm spending all my time packing and watching dvds from blockbuster and have nothing to read ( Read more... )

firstly, in response to deepa's questions: song of ice and fire is about... that's actually a big question. it's the story of a kingdom in turmoil, in the middle of a war of succession, and a kingdom that does not recognize its real peril, the Others. or the Other. depending on which religion you choose within the story. it's about a noble ( Read more... )

i gave in. i just finished game of thrones by g.r.r. martin. i really think you have to be insane to write a good book... at least a little.

anyway, totally worth it. i'm hooked.

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but i did one anyway. and i would like to note that according to this little twit, i'm more muslim than i am hindu.


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my official announcement that i have finished "babel tower" by a. s. byatt. i feel overly full, like i ate too much. and i think it's giving me indigestion. if you have suggestions for good books that don't give indigestion, please let me know.