i've finally somehow survived and made it to thanksgiving break... and there is only one way to describe how i feel about that (please refer to the "happy happy joy joy" song from ren and stimpy). in nine days, i put in over 20 hours of overtime. lack of sleep and rest and time to breathe has really taken toll on me, my muscles are screaming but ( Read more... )

it's been too long since i've taken time to update myspace or livejournal... i've not had two consecutive days off in the past three weeks (i've had two sundays off and one weekday at some point) and it has not been enough to really rest up and catch up on things. the first busy weekend was three days away at the conference (which resulted in a ( Read more... )

i was on the news tonight. go me.

this is the magical time of year. today i was trapped indoors at work, obviously... but in the brief moments i was outside... it was perfect. it's the perfect temperature outside and there is this feeling in the wind right now... i can't even describe it. but this time of year... the air has this wonderful... crisp feeling. it is cool, but not ( Read more... )

i spent thursday through saturday in the mountains of eastern kentucky for a conference with students from all over. i had a great time, though it was extremely tiring... we really didn't get many breaks and the food was good but not that nutritious. i'll have to write more later... getting sleepy... very sleepy...

1. my fish, sushi the betta, died a couple of days ago. he had been around here since february of last year if i remember correctly (making him 1 year and 8 months plus whatever his age at purchase was). i miss him and catch myself looking up where his bowl sits and thinking i should feed him... he was the last of my three bettas (mr. angry and ( Read more... )

halloween observations ( Read more... )

halloween weekend thus far ( Read more... )

lots of ladies have a list of things they look for in potential mates. i have never compiled such a list before (i mean, i know what i like for the most part... and i really know what i don't like. just never put it in writing before). so i think it might be fun to compile such a list. i am going to be as friviolous and picky and detailed as ( Read more... )

i might as well keep on beating the same dead horse. here we go again ( Read more... )