So I've gotten a number of comments recently that my typing speed is insanely fast. Honestly, I don't notice it...buuuuut, I just took a typing test and got around 117 WPM. Is that fast? I don't know. (FYI, I don't think that test is necessarily indicative of my typing speed -- when stuff is coming out of my head, it rips out much faster than ( Read more... )

sanders, you should really get this shirt, because it made me laugh :-)

Well, I did it. My two papers for CHI are finished, and I'm still alive. Now hopefully I'll stop having nightmares involving things like Chicago being blown up by terrorists or losing professors' children while babysitting them...

I have been very absent from the world lately. My mind has been completely fixated on writing, writing, writing, taking care of my falling apart body, and being...strategic. That is, I've been investigating what sorts of strategic things I need to do to get where I want to go post-grad school. (Not that I'll be graduating any time soon, but I'd ( Read more... )

picking gunk out of cemented-together temporary crowns is really gross. *ponders going on a liquid diet until all the temp crowns are off*

I should own a vending machine. Consider the following:

A package of Lance Peanut Butter & Cheese crackers sells for $0.75 in most vending machines.
A crate of Lance Peanut Butter & Cheese crackers from Costco sells for $0.10/individual package.

That's an insane amount of profit per item sold.

after 15 shots of novocaine and 4 hours in a dentist's chair, i no longer have hillbilly teeth. the crowns that are in place are temporary, but in less than a month, i should have a pretty damned nice (and permanent) smile.

fatigue. anxiety. too much reliance on coffee. tired tired tired. stressed. how did i get to this point already?

i'm so bummed that the crocodile hunter died :(

oh my god, cascading style sheets are so cool. why have i ignored them for so long?