It's 5 degrees outside right now, and the wind chill is -16.

EDIT: Now it's -12, and tonight it will be -35.

aaaah

Top eight things I absofuckinglutely love about my new internship ( Read more... )

My car with the Louisiana plates is sitting here in my parents' driveway after bouncing from southern California through Las Vegas, Denver, Omaha, Grand Rapids, Syracuse, and various points in Massachusetts. We only hit one bad snowstorm (albeit in the Rockies at night) and one bit of car trouble along the way, which was preventative anyway. Utah ( Read more... )

Thanks, Liz!




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Today, upon acceptance of my second first-authored journal article, I have half of my dissertation "written."

And now we are so happy, we do the dance of joy.

Yes, I made it myself. : )

( Halloweeeeeen! )

1. Cake or Death: Next Wednesday, I'm going to the Coronet theater to see the freaking funniest man alive, none other than the illustrious Eddie Izzard, live. By the grace of Ford, he decided to smile on us folks who got gypped out of his last run, and add five more shows. And man, I'm stoked.

2. Comin' around again here on the guitar: It ( Read more... )

I've just been offered a science writing internship at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Chicago.

!!

Home sick with a sore throat, etc. today, and feeling quite bored. The following amused me. Thanks to murdergeisha, from whom I ripped this off. I thought for sure I was more neurotic than this. Guess I've mellowed in my old age.

My Personality

Neuroticism

28
Extraversion

97
Openness To Experience

49
Agreeableness

68
Conscientiousness

45

Test Yourself ( Read more... )

Yes, he was intense. Yes, he was reckless. Yes, he pushed the envelope. But he was probably the most well-known zoologist in the world, and while his antics won him fans and critics alike, his causes and conservation efforts were heartfelt and determined ( Read more... )