this swine flu shit is so contagious, three people are sick today at my branch, including me. and in a small branch, that's a big deal. I've been having fever and chills since Saturday, and I am sure I infected a couple of people without meaning to. this sucks. even the provost of university waived the need for a doctor's note regarding absenses ( Read more... )

Today, while I was all alone on desk, I had a fellow wearing dark sunglasses ask me to help him find information on how to built a bomb with ammonium nitrate. He said he couldn't find anything on the internet. My heart was pounding. I thought it might be a stick up, because he kept his hand in his pocket, and I was getting ready for the worse. I ( Read more... )

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Or is this the dream I've been saving?
Oh where the heart beats slower and slower
To almost nothing.

I'm thinking of making this the invitation to our housewarming party for coworkers:


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it's always interesting to see what kind of animals people bring into vet's offices and what it says about them. I, for one, suspect I may have become an object of ridicule for somehow ending up with three cats. I've been told I'm very close to being a crazy cat lady. But I don't care. I would like to believe I'm giving these guys a second chance. ( Read more... )

how a doctorate student who has already been through all the knocks of graduate school managed to sign up for a class at the same time that she teaches one is beyond me, and also not my problem. why a prof of said class is trying to alter everyone else's schedule to accommodate this said student is also not my issue! there is a reason we sign up ( Read more... )

this brooding darkness worn like a cape, truly made a habit out of it.

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