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Dad
Two years ago today was the last day of my father's life. Sad and weird, weird and sad. Time stretches and buckles and it feels like longer and also like no time at all. I miss him every day, but he gets more and more remote. I remember him clearly, but the feeling of what it was like to have a dad is no longer natural. On the bright side, it doesn ( Read more... ) -
Not A Real Update
I had the saddest dream last night. It followed this artificial consciousness which somehow had the ability to generate a tangible body in which to house itself. (I'm not entirely certain how the tech of this dream worked-- it was sort of like a robot and sort of like a hologram, but not really like either of those things.) The entity was, ( Read more... ) -
Daily Challenge
I don't do NaNoWriMo. I do need to write more, though, so this month's challenge is DaBloUpMo-- Daily Blog Updating Month.
Since I plan to invite a bunch of people to read this blog, and since I don't necessarily want all of those people knowing everything I've written here since 2003, I have another blog for this purpose. Here it is. Hold me to ( Read more... ) -
Two Unrelated Things
First of all, Bertrand Goldgar, who was one of my very favorite professors, passed away this week. His Satire class was one of my fondest memories of college. Rest in peace, you wonderful cranky old bastard you ( Read more... ) -
Cat update!
Acquired: One (1) cat named *drumroll* Ferdinand ( Read more... ) -
Question of the Week!
I don't believe there is an accepted collective noun for robots. You know, something akin to a gaggle of geese or a pod of whales. Or, more picturesquely: A crash of rhinoceros, an exaltation of larks, a knot of toads, a sloth of bears, a charm of hummingbirds, a murder of crows, an implausibility of gnu, an ostentation of peacocks, or a flange of ( Read more... ) -
Interview questions from Tiana!
Thanks to inteleks66 for the questions. Leave me a comment and I will ask you some! If you have more for me, leave them and I will answer them!
1. If you could change one thing that you've done, what would it be?
When I was visiting universities during my senior year, I made the acquaintance of one of my future professors, who later sent me an e-mail about ( Read more... ) -
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... part-time, as an activity leader for an after-school childcare program ( Read more... ) -
This Does Not Necessarily Presage A Return To LJ
I had a long entry written, detailing what exactly it is I'm doing with my life right now, but LJ ate it, and I'm not about to try to recreate the damn thing. Suffice to say my school job is over, I'm still waiting for the budget to come through so I know if they're hiring me back, I hate being unemployed and I'm looking for jobs, and things with ( Read more... )
