so i've pretty much been neglecting this and live journal in general. not sure why, just haven't been on the computer much lately. it seems that the majority of my free time is spent taking maisey to the dog park ( Read more... )

Today I took Maisey back to the vet for a follow up and to have blood drawn. While we were waiting outside (because it was a long wait and Maisey kept barking), an animal patrol officer was leaving in her van. She rolled down the window and yelled, "Is that Diamond?" Before I had the chance to reply that no, she was not Diamond, Maisey lept three ( Read more... )

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since I updated. Lots has been going on, but those things aren't really on my mind right now ( Read more... )

life has kind of sucked recently. not totally though.

my computer is broken. it was working off an on earlier in the week, but now it's not working at all. i am 99.8% sure that the cd-rom drive is the source of the problems.

last night/early this morning i saw 300. it was amazing. i think that i want to see it again or read the graphic ( Read more... )

i'm attempting to write a teaching statement for my thesis portfolio. it's not going so well. as each word appears on the screen, trying to make sentneces, i cringe, knowing everything i am writing today is pure shit ( Read more... )

Open up your iTunes and shuffle your songs. Write the first 20 things that come up. Respect the game and no cheating ( Read more... )

the souothern culture show last night was pretty good.  not as good as when we saw them at the beta bar last summer...but that might be because i was not drunk enough last night to deal with the annoying drunks who kept pushing their way in front of my prime vantage point. oh and the very tall drunk guy who nearly hit me repeatedly with his crazy ( Read more... )

aw man. i thought i was going to have the office to myself today, but nope. one of my officemates, actually one who site in the cubicle right next to me, is holding conferences this afternoon. who schedules student conferences on a friday afternoon? the kids don't want to come in on a friday (except that it gives them time to put off revision ( Read more... )

Today, as I was leaving Diffenbaugh (where I teach), I saw this guy's t-shirt.  The t-shirt disturbed me quite a bit.  This what it said "Racism causes Cancer."  While I understand the social message behind this, I don't think that it's a workable comparison.  The first thing that came to mind was "I don't think my mom got cancer because she was ( Read more... )