because everyone should be reading more billy collins, and because froulala has met him and can vouch that he's really cool ( Read more... )

i've decided that discussing literature reviews is kind of like porn for nerds. i probably shouldn't get too excited about that kind of thing, but so it is. i know that i don't have all the skills i need to do so, but i want to start my dissertation now.

i'm sitting on my roof, a couple of empty bottles of magic hat next to me, enjoying the perfect view of the skyline and catching up on email. though some might argue that technology is destroying the beauty, it's pretty much a perfect scene. good music, catching up with friends, a great view, a bit of a buzz. i got lots of reading for class done ( Read more... )

yesterday felt like the kind of day that should have been perfectly fall-like. it was the kind of day wherein i wanted to be cuddled up with a person or some cats, under a light blanket, doing some reading or some writing. when i walked outside, however, it was muggy and not particularly fall-like. i went out last night to catch up with Best ( Read more... )

while in ithaca, i was fooling around with the macro setting on my camera and i was snapping some pictures of plants. sadly, i don't know what all of them are and i don't have my good ID books to consult. so you can admire, but i largely can't tell you what you're admiring. feel free to fill in the blanks if you know...

( more pretty things )

drunk. good company. the roof. and now it's raining and i am going to sleep listneng to it pound on my skylights. too bad i have to work in the mornign. excelllent night.

emilianna3, i'm not sure if you stay up to date with the language log, but i thought you'd find this post amusing. a follow up to the cow mooing issue. apparently other folks want spectrograms, too!

my favorite part?

this quote from john wells, the phoneticist "interviewed" for the article:

"The PR company issued a press release. They showed it to me ( Read more... )

farmers claim that cows MOO with varying accents. and apparently this is CNN-worthy news.

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i idly (that looks incorrect to me, but apparently it's not) turned on the tv while i was making some dinner (fresh pesto over whole wheat pasta, with some chicken and salad) and i came across football. i don't care much one way or the other about football; i don't keep track but when i do bother rooting for anyone i cheer for the patriots. ( Read more... )