I got a packet from Valdosta State University's Graduate Admissions department in the mail today.

I'm accepted! Yay!

For all that it was probably the best choice given the options, West Georgia could've easily been the school that inspired this video. Caution: NSFW-type language

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I caught the bronchial virus-thing that's been going around. Spent Monday and Tuesday out of work and in bed. It seems to be receding relatively quickly- right now I just have a nagging cough and no singing voice ( Read more... )

Weekend was a mixed bag. I caught a short-duration but hideous stomach bug, so Saturday had to be written off as a total loss. That was probably my first time being both seriously ill and completely alone- husband, and most of my friends in the area were at a LARP- and I've come to appreciate the niceties of having someone around to at least make a ( Read more... )

It's been an interesting few weeks. The process felt like riding an elevator up and down at about fifty feet per second, but I finally got all of my materials sent off for my graduate school application (recommendations included, which were the widgiest part for me) before the beginning of the month. I called yesterday to make triply sure that they ( Read more... )

One of the neighbors talked up the idea of going to the Lake Claire drum circle on Saturday. Kitty and Jon, I know you've been there before and enjoyed it, so if you want to join me, I can provide foods and crash space. If you've got other plans for the weekend (I'm starting to feel like the only geek in Atlanta who's not going to Dragon*Con) I ( Read more... )

Back from the beach. Overall, I'd say things added up to a mostly positive experience ( Read more... )

Please join me in raising a glass of your beverage of choice in memory of Les Paul. Popular music as we know it came about largely because of his genius.

Been trying out more of the Black Phoenix goods. Dragon's Heart was a bit of a disappointment. I expected it to be more fruity/spicy from the description. It came off as dragon's blood resin blunted down/diffused with musk, was very "perfumey" (like, say, something by Guerlain), and took about half an hour to not smell sick-sweet. I'll have to try ( Read more... )

I has new smellpretties ( Read more... )