i've started power walking because i fear getting hit by a garbage truck, and if i got hit now, in this body with my heart, i would probably die of shock, rather than make a speedy recovery.  I wear brightly colored clothes when I toodle around our fairly quiet neighborhood, and old men in cadillacs turn their heads to follow my strident parade. ( Read more... )

The  Planned Parenthood in Aurora IL (only blocks from my museum!) is under fire for trying to keep its doors open. I am fully enraged ( Read more... )

 this morning I am driving an hour or so to naperville, where I will do a science demo on a stage with a yet unknown amount of people watching me. right now i'm not worried about the performance (people watching me? isn't that a constant?) i'm worried about the props. What's the sodium polyacrylate for again? how do I use the soda cans to showcase ( Read more... )

this last week has been the most eventful week of my summer. my boyfriend left, my sister left, i started a new job, a whole bunch of people I know in town went back to school, my 4 yr old cousin was diagnosed with epilepsy and the cousin who would be going to Germany as a USA triathlon (she's ranked #13 in the US!) got hit by a garbage truck, ( Read more... )

its my last morning at work. brian has asked me to look through an atlas of CA and map out all of his schools, so that later he may plan an efficient road trip and do lots of book sales. I like Brian. Enough, I think, to invite him and his wife out to drinks. Is that awkward? 22yr old female inviting a 35yr old man +1 for cocktails? I'm kinda ( Read more... )

recent discussion has lead me to the knowledge of cloaca. and then of course i must insist that you look up persistant cloaca as well, just so you know it exists.

some sea turtle breathe out of an orifice also used to defecate! small parasites live in other hosts cloacea!

evolutionary (maybe) question: if other animals (reptiles, birds, and ( Read more... )

so many things!

1) my boyfriend is wonderful. He is the goofiest kid. I adore him. He returns the favor and, after spending the night with me at my grandmas house (which wasn't nearly the kind of alone time I'd have liked) he took me out to breakfast.  I am going to get him the best haricut and then I swear to god, I will post pictures.

2) the night ( Read more... )

GREAT NEWS. I just got hired officially AND I have SWEET ANTIBIOTICS coming for my new sinus infection. Thanks, big, mega party. Thanks alot, sick friends who kiss me and give me their germies.

health insurance is an asshole, even though I have it, and so I have to pay $500 before they'll help me out. Which won't be hard if I keep getting sinus ( Read more... )

why do we do this to ourselves? what is the point of causing intentional heart-wrenching pain for yourself? My parents say, months earlier, that it's because this world is getting smaller, flatter, and more difficult to live in, and because over %75 of the world speaks at least a second language. Americans are not known for their international ( Read more... )

bad things ( Read more... )