A little over a week ago I mentioned that our dog Owen was dying of lymphatic cancer. We'd decided to keep an eye on his level of pain and quality of life in order to make a decision about when to have him put to sleep. Back in April when he first got sick, he had really been in terrible shape (my mom was all by herself with him because my dad was ( Read more... )

Our family dog Owen is on his way out - he has lymphatic cancer. I first found this out when I got home from Ireland at the start of the summer; he had started to get really sick around mid-April (when Dad came out to visit me), but Mom wasn't sure how to tell any of us. He had a monthly course of chemo for five months (he's now finished up with ( Read more... )

Tomorrow morning I'll be heading home again. Hollins was so awesome! I love this program ( Read more... )

So, I saw the new Indiana Jones movie on Monday with sakusha, and she pointed out that it totally is in keeping with the continuity established by the Indiana Jones Desktop Adventures (don't worry - the only spoilery part is behind a cut ( Read more... )

Very good news - I found out I don't technically have to turn in my Archeology paper until next Tuesday (the 25th), which is wonderful. I might actually survive now.

I still have a hell of a lot of work to do for the rest, but now it's at least not entirely impossible.

I do, however, plan to kick ass on my Early Irish vocab. test ( Read more... )

Work is crushing my soul. I've got my Early Irish vocab. test on Tuesday, my Modern Irish oral exam and an Archeology test on Wednesday, and my Modern Irish written exam, an in-class essay for The Finn Cycle, and a paper due for Archeology on Thursday. I am going to dieSo far I'm in really good shape for the Early Irish test, but pretty bad shape ( Read more... )

Is it just me, or would it quite possibly be one of the Best Things Ever to have a Buffy music video to the song "The More You Ruv Someone" from Avenue QI'd definitely want it to include multiple pairings - definitely any guy Buffy's dated, probably Xander and Anya, probably not Willow and Tara since the song uses male pronouns (and also because ( Read more... )

It definitely improves the quality of your life if you choose to classify any quirks and talents you have as a "super power".

On an unrelated note, watching Strong Bad e-mails has led me to develop a new euphemism for being crazy: "auditing classes at CGNU" [Crazy-Go-Nuts University]. This pleases me greatly.

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I've decided that academia needs a more active system for settling debates. I personally favor American Gladiator-type one-on-one combat at conferences and the like. We can also intersperse those battles with some more Nickelodeon game show-style competitions, ideally arbitrated by a giant talking stone head ( Read more... )