Geez, what's with this? Coming from a company that brews fair trade coffee only on alternate Wednesdays (dates vary by location) and sometimes not at all, I'd say this is a bitingly rude and insulting thing to print on their cups...
I don't understand, why would they print this?

"You know what? You're right Starbucks! Disposable cups, unfair ( Read more... )

I just spent the last two hours searching the university database for critical reviews of Dan Simmons' Hyperion series... and came up with nilch. :( Instead I stumbled into a multitude of critical essays on Frank Herbert, Ursula K. le Guin, Robert Heinlein... even Iain M. Banks! The wealth of writing on Dune (in particular) is overwhelming. There ( Read more... )

Haha. Just procrastinating and reading through some old journal entries. Here's one from fall 2003 ( Read more... )

oOooh... my gluts hurt!
side leg lifts in yoga,
biking up hills,
running up stairs
(always always always
late for class...)
together they
make for a bum-painy combo.
soOo sore, but mygosh!
i feel so good...
exercise yes!
endorphins yes!
shavasana yes!so glad i've recommitted ( Read more... )

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Mornings have never been my friend. Waking up early is absolute torture for me... I feel like death - I'm nauseous, my eyes can't open and my brain feels like its swimming in a vat of pudding. If I not allowed to sleep to my fill, I just can't function for hours. It's terrible! I'm notorious for sleeping through classes, or... if I do make it on ( Read more... )

I am the only person on livejournal
with "farcasters" listed as an interest :)

work work work, type type type ( Read more... )

Thanks to entheo, I now have a broader scope of Japanese squid culture. I recommend not clicking these links unless you want to learn things about squid/octopi usage you will not be able to unlearn.

But if you do decide to explore...
Make sure you cycle through these, lotsa great flavour options! --> Squid Yum
Not work-safe! --> Euw, euw, euw. Like ( Read more... )