buckle down child, because it's going to be a rough ride for the next several months.

"welcome to the federal government, where people who want to make a difference can't ( Read more... )

sometimes life seems unfair. as in, i'm not even 24 yet and i think i'm getting arthritis. i've been scared of this possibility for a while -- my grandmother has rather debilitating arthritis complete with knobby joints and the inability to open jars...i thought, however, that i had at least another 20-30 years until this fate would befell me ( Read more... )

more travel coming up:
washington, dc (this weekend)
milan, italy (january)
san jose, ca (april)
washington, dc (may)

tomorrow begins operation-fit-into-my-jeans-and-stop-being-a-fatass.

wish me luck!

grand mart (the neat little international market by my house that sells such curiosities as kimchi refrigerators and cow tongues) has truly made my day. they now carry pre-sliced gyros meat from chicago!

*is in heaven*

oh my fucking god.

i wrote a workshop proposal for CHI...

and it got accepted!

publix premium cookies and cream frozen yogurt is the devil.

a few random thoughts ( Read more... )

Is it strange that a conference intended to support women in computing has actually made me feel worse about it? I feel this nagging insecurity and doubt; that being in HCI, I am not a real computer scientist, that I am not a good researcher, that I am not scientific enough, that a strong sense of intuition is not valued in my field, that I am ( Read more... )