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Amazing early music group in Boston this Friday!
Attention all Boston area peeps: go see my favorite early music vocal ensemble Stile Antico performing this Friday, June 12 at the Emmanuel Church on Newbury Street at 8pm. They are in the U.S. for the Boston Early Music Festival. If I had more money to buy a plane ticket (and I weren't already going to a meeting in CA that weekend) I would fly out ( Read more... ) -
Is it my shorts?
Today, as I was walking on campus, a guy who was walking behind me ran to catch up with me to let me know that I had a "nice tight ass." I stared at him, completely speechless. He took this as bashfulness, and enthusiastically continued, "Really, it's sweet!" I could only laugh and say oh MAN as I walked away. This was coming from a kid who was 20 ( Read more... ) -
You know you're in Albuquerque when...
...you're driving down one of the busiest streets in the city, and you see a guy riding a horse. In your lane. Now, Albuquerque may be somewhat backwater compared to other American cities, but we do have cars and multilane roads and street lights and electricity to run them. The horse rider turned down the same side street as I did, and the last I ( Read more... ) -
Trapped in Metro Court
Of course, I am one of the "lucky" 21 potential jurors that just got selected. So that means I get to stay here while everyone else leaves. My new friends just gave me some apple slices and some almonds, so that was nice.
JUST KIDDING THEY CAME BACK AND TOLD US THEY CHANGED THEIR MINDS!! Hooray! I'm freeeeeeeeeeeeee!! -
Nerds will understand
I'm at the Metro Courthouse awaiting my potential selection on a jury, and I have discovered that the guest wireless here blocks port 22!! No ssh for this ninja :( I guess it's somewhat comforting that this probably means the ITS people here know what they're doing. I still want my ssh ( Read more... ) -
Lovely lazy weekend
I am having a decidedly lazy weekend, and it's wonderful. mouser_nerdboy was here on Friday before he left on a business trip, and we saw Terminator Salvation. Not exactly a cerebral film, but pretty darn fun to watch on a big screen. Then yesterday I decided to go to the Albuquerque Wine Festival with a friend I haven't seen in a while. Wow, that was fun! There ( Read more... ) -
How I'm going to spin my next grant
lordq42 brought this genius comic to my attention, and I can't resist reposting it.
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Psycho neighbor strikes again
Yet again, I heard my car alarm go off and looked outside to see the Note Writing Neighbor leaving me yet another note. I popped my head outside and asked her if she had something she wanted to say to me, to which she replied, "GO TO HELL!!" and went back into her house. This time, the note wasn't threatening, only strange ( Read more... ) -
Back from Florida!
After many failed attempts, mouser_nerdboy and I finally made it to Florida, where we did lots of fun things with athenata! This was the first real vacation-y vacation I have taken in a while, and it was a blast ( Read more... ) -
Awful shooting at Wesleyan
Yesterday, an undergrad working at the Wesleyan book store cafe was shot dead at her job. She was shot by someone she apparently knew from a summer course at NYU the previous summer, and she had filed some complaints against him through that university--apparently he was harassing/stalking her. He has yet to be apprehended. He is also apparently ( Read more... )