ten days
seven family members
seven cities
four planes
four boats
two trains
~twenty humpback whales
~forty bald eagles
one porcupine
TWO MOOSE
three bears
fourteen seals
three sea lions
one sea otter
four mountain goats
seven glaciers
five dance parties
six books
countless meals

unfinished photo album hereit was super bougie but a ton of fun, ( Read more... )

I take email very seriously. If I write you a decent email I'll expect a response, and if it contains a direct question you had better fucking respond or else it's a blatant disregard for the time I dedicated to making said email a little more courteous, funny, or interesting for your pleasure.

People have tried to ( fuck with me on this recently. )

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A. (in an homage to cs's recent barrage)

I choose novels based on the style of their prose more than anything else. And when I encounter a narrator who writes the way I think, or the way I'd like to think, I overidentify. I work my way into an ethically disoriented (All the President's Men), intellectually adrift (Mating), or [other] mindset of ( Read more... )

It's been about a month. Since I last posted I have: led security for two concerts, taken a research trip to Pittsburgh, basically had and then lost a funded six-month trip to Egypt, had eye surgery, spent an epic weekend in New Orleans, redefined cano(e)dling ( Read more... )

For those of us lucky enough to still live in academia, it's that familiar time of year where we all scramble to finish up term papers, theses, cover letters, etc. Or, if you're like me, it's the time of year where your room is unbelievably clean and you are up-to-the-minute on current events and email correspondence. You might also update your ( Read more... )

Office jobs leave you with a good bit of free time. I had one, I know, and I have never been so up on current events/web junk. Luckily, some of my friends in similar situations are creating more entertaining internet material with their excess moments. Check these three out; there's something for everyone.

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There's a French version too.

Thoughts? Here's Salon's take.

My landlord just weedwhacked my herb garden!!!