Excuse my political ranting. Maybe some of you have gone here in your thinking already, but I just feel compelled to vent a little. It got a little long, so click away.
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I decided I want to start an MA program in English. The idea in its most current form really began a few months ago, when my friend Nathan was visiting. He's in a literature program, and we pretty much talked about books the whole time, and it made me hearken back longingly to the days of my undergrad literature minor and how much I savored those ( Read more... )

I wasn't really anticipating it very much this year; I've been listening to all the media hype about China hosting the games but not really looking forward to the sports themselves. Then a few days ago, I was idly switching channels and landed on a mixed doubles badminton game between Indonesia and South Korea. I had no idea that badminton was ( Read more... )

Here she is. Leaks fixed, windows working, transmission adjusted, and engine converted and reay to run on filtered vegetable oil from your nearest deep fat fryer. I give you Esmeralda:


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I don't know how to make a survey on LJ, so I'll just ask you all: do you think Shia LaBoeuf sounds more like the name of

1. A female R & B singer
2. A drag queen
3. A stripper

This guy needs to stop existing so I don't need to hear his stupid name anymore.

I just think this is hilarious.


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The buttercream Mercedes is mine! It will be grease-powered by Thursday.

My ticket for Guatemala is booked! I'll be gone from September 7th to October 20th, learnin' the Spanish.

AND AND AND

After work today, I will go look at this diesel beauty for sale in Sherman Oaks:


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So here's my other new(ish) hobby, right after yearning and planning for a veggie-oil car. Printmaking!


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So I've had a new preoccupation lately, and it's a good one: I'm buying a veggie-oil powered Mercedes in the next couple weeks, and swearing off gasoline for the foreseeable future. My new car will be old, beautiful, and best of all, carbon-free: its diesel engine will have been converted to run on recycled kitchen grease. I'm so, SO excited ( Read more... )