but I wish they would stop mooing. I did not know that cows could hold mooing competitions that go on for more than 24-hours. I had trouble falling asleep last night because the cows were mooing so loudly. I can't even see the cows from the house so it's not like they are right next door ( Read more... )

Michael and I went over to my parent's for Thanksgiving. My sister flew in from Pennsylvania, and the five of us had a nice dinner. Everything was vegan except for the bread so there was plenty of food for us to eat. We had cous cous salad and avocado boats (recipe from Simply Vegan) to start, then roasted vegetables, squash, stuffing, and cream ( Read more... )

I know that it was my choice to move to a small town. I hate big or even medium sized cities, but I don't know if I'll be able to embrace the small town mentality ( Read more... )

Luna went in for her spay surgery this morning. I'm worried about her, because she is such a baby. And she's still quite tiny. She's about doubled the size since we found her, but that's still under five pounds. The vet that she goes to is pretty wonderful, though. The first vet we took her to was terrible and traumatic, but our current vet is ( Read more... )

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1. I am a very secretive person, though I don't really have any secrets ( Read more... )

The rainy season should last most of June, but it is not raining. Probably not good for the rice crop, but it is easier for me to bike when there is no rain. I will miss my bike. We were cleaning our bikes before taking pictures of them for our successors, and for the first time, I got choked up about leaving Japan. I know I can buy a bike in ( Read more... )

You can learn a lot from textbooks. Below is one of my favorite selections. While this is not the whole paragraph, the sentences themselves are untouched ( Read more... )

Looks like I'll be moving to Louisiana. I applied to three universities to study library and information science. I got accepted to all three (wasn't worried about that) but Louisiana State University is the one that offered me a graduate assistantship. Which I can't turn down, even though LSU was not my first choice. It gives me a job for a ( Read more... )

Twenty seven hours is too long to travel. I'm taking Thursday and Friday off to recover. It probably doesn't look good, and I don't think a lot of people understand what 27 hours of travel plus 14 hours of jet lag can do to a body and a mind. I had arranged my travel plans so I would get back on a Friday night and have a three day weekend to ( Read more... )