With two weeks left on campus, the Powers That Be (Gary + beard) have seen fit to gift us with Internet that is fast and Actually Works. It's amazing. YouTube videos load. Software updates happen. It's magical. The only thing is that we still don't have WiFi in the dorms, which would be very useful. It has cut down on my Internet spending, however ( Read more... )

Hey there, guys. It's been a while.

For anybody who doesn't know, the reason I've been so absent is that on 31 July, I moved to Vicksburg, Mississippi to begin ten months of service with AmeriCorps NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps). We work in teams of ten or so plus one team leader, and within the region we serve, work on service projects ( Read more... )

Really sorry for the general absence, guys. I am not dead. However, I am moving across the country to Mississippi tomorrow for the next ten months. In other words, I'm absolutely up to my eyeballs in things that need doing ( Read more... )

I just made strawberry shortcake for Mom's birthday, which was yesterday.

It was perfectionIf you've never had an Oregon strawberry before in your life, know that such a situation is a complete travesty. Please make it a life goal to revel in their UTTER DELICIOUSNESS at some point in the future ( Read more... )

LAST NIGHT WAS VERY BORING. D ( Read more... )

ENTERTAIN ME, FLIST. I'M SO BORED. You can do it in this way!

❝ who do you ship me with?❞

Or any other manner of your choosing. PLEASE!

In other news, today I went to Pride with Hannah and Joanna (aerlalaith and fuzzywombat103 respectively). We wandered, picked up free condoms and candy, got food, took goofy photos, almost played Cock Ring Toss (but not quite), saw a ( Read more... )

WARNING: THIS POST IS VERY IMAGE-HEAVY UNDER THE CUT ( Read more... )

OMFG GUYS PATRICK WOLF

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MORE COHERENT LATER + PICS

ETA: OKAY, OKAY, I COULDN'T RESIST. HERE IS ONE.


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Last weekend was seminar weekend, our dojo's annual spring seminar with Berthiaume-Sensei of Montreal. It was amazing, and you can tell because I can barely move now! Legs, arms, neck, they all hurt. In a beautiful sort of way ( Read more... )

Does anybody remember how I applied to Americorps NCCC last summer? And then got waitlisted, because I'd applied sort of late ( Read more... )