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burying the dead
Last weekend I flew to St. Louis for Zoodada's grandmother's funeral. It was a meeting of most of the Zoo clan, all but Zoodada's sister (who's about ready to pop--her first child is due in a couple of weeks ( Read more... ) -
meme from Lin
I'm behind on grading, but I just turned in a project for my geochem methods class...despite having a quiz yesterday and a major test the day before. I feel like I deserve a break ( Read more... ) -
More algae
Last time I wrote about algae, I mentioned that I would have "millions of tiny pets." This is just a bit inaccurate. I went over to talk to Dr. Scarecrow and he talked about using the cell counter to determine density, which I would read in "millions of cells per milliliter"--squawk! I will be growing ~ 5 L per week. At 1 million per mL, that ( Read more... ) -
*sniffles*
Zoodada and boys left today.
Well, I'll see them on Friday. Spring break is coming up!! First I have to get through 3 midterms, though. -
life goes on...
After the sad experience of watching months of effort (devoted to my seminar) get flushed down the drain, I have picked myself up and gone on with life. Highlights ( Read more... ) -
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Dear Zoodada ( Read more... ) -
seminar results
It looks like I will have to redo my seminar. Warning: ranting follows ( Read more... ) -
seminar today
Feeling sick (not from butterflies, but from a head cold). Voice going. Uh oh.
On the plus side, my presentation is in pretty good shape. My advisor promises to bring some "Throat Coat" tea so hopefully I can get the whole thing without issues. -
The Dream
Last night I had The Dream again. I have it at least once per year. Of course there are always differences from one incident of The Dream to another, but the basic plot engine is the same: I am in a house which is small and old, dreary and unsatisfying. Usually I have lived there for a while. Then, one day, I find a door; a door which leads to ( Read more... ) -
list
No inclination to write much lately, as I've too much writing to do for school. So a brief update--heat & hot water are restored--and then I resort to linaelyn's favorite way to churn out a post:
( things wot I have to do today )