Wishing I could be there for you on your Big Day, but know that I will be thinking of you and sending cerebral thoughts your way. You will do awesome, I am certain, and when it's all over and you need a good laugh:

( Things To Do At Your Thesis Defense )

I'm about to head off to bed, but I wanted to just skim the top off of the whirlpool of thoughts I've been living with these days, hopefully making it that much easier to rest peacefully tonight as I'm starting to get back into that panic-mode pattern where I wake bolt upright out of a deep slumber several times a night remembering something else ( Read more... )

So remember before when I said that LJ, while a nice method for basic keeping-in-touch, is not so great for communication about the Big Things in life? Well, here's another stellar example. See, in the last week or so, my situation has altered (or rather, deteriorated) somewhat drastically, and I now have some wild and, for most of you, ( Read more... )

So it's the first Saturday of the month, which means it's time to test the tornado sirens. My, but they're piercing. This past week, the weather-forecasters have begun saying that, as nasty as this winter has been, the spring time storms will be just as bad, only with a lot more potential for causing damage, of course. Can't say I'll be sorry to ( Read more... )

Yet another thing I keep meaning to post and keep forgetting...

Here are a couple of pictures from my birthday celebration earlier this month with my Purdue cohort.

( First, here's the gang... )

Whew, I had some weird-ass dreams last night. As usual, I can never remember a damn thing about them within five minutes of waking up, but I vaguely recall that I was somehow driving a red rental car and had been issued a credit card by Cinnamon Toast Crunch. Oh, and my mother had somehow mysteriously become a blonde ( Read more... )

...'cause it gave me such a kick, and I have a feeling that a lot of you out there will enjoy it, too ( Read more... )

Stuck indoors again whilst Mother Nature rages on outside my windows. Why do I never get cabin fever unless I'm FORCED to say in? Oh well, it was an informative day, at least.

* Last weekend when my cousin was visiting, we were picking up some things at Meijer's (greatest superstore ever) when we came across this amazing product called Batter ( Read more... )

Not nearly as cute as the Pud pic, of course, but...


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So I just slept for another ten hours and I am beginning to become a little bit concerned. Lately all I have been doing is working and sleeping (which doesn't sound that bad except that I'm only working about 16 hours a week). It doesn't matter what time I get home from campus, I pretty much retire to my bedroom straight away. I only get up when ( Read more... )