I don't know how to tell you about my life right now. I mean it in the least dramatic of ways ( Read more... )

"Good morning, this is Rich ( Read more... )

which one of you fuckers decided that structuro-functionalism is a word?

Through actually finishing up my Boren application, I'm realizing it's kind of  a joke--there is no reason in hell for the State Dept. to give me 12 Gs to go to Serbia, because I feel like it. Figuring out the budgeting, though, has been an excellent fun little adventure. Like a scavenger hunt in Serbian. Riding the bus in Belgrade, for example ( Read more... )

It feels more like Christmas today, gray on gray on gray outside. Aaand Christmas was exactly what I wanted ( Read more... )

PAUL MAPP JUST SAID:
"So babies. They are really quite something. It's like they're just lying there. Like Yoda. It's like- It's like- It's like- I birthed a Yoda."
I had a moment of womanly indignace. "You birthed a Yoda?"
"Yes- yes- I mean- I sired a Yoda. From my loins."

I have been telling everyone that because I am so proud. I got an internship with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's Division of Collections and Conservation. Evidently the person leading the internship, Emily Williams, is the best in the country, but getting the job was the easiest thing I have ever done in my life, because she is also the ( Read more... )

It's a father's day miracle. AND I have told this story to everyone. But it was wonderful. 
Two days ago, Nik argued with me about his 1972 Pontiac versus my dad's Infiniti-
"Your dad's Infiniti only gets 303 horsepower. I will get 500."
"No my Dad's gets 500"
"No it doesn't"
"Dad. How much horsepower does your Infiniti get?"
"303 horsepower."
"..." Ok, ( Read more... )

mad update: I have a cold on top of my bronchitis on top of my cold? It is what the doctor says. Also I might be allergic to my medicine. Well, fuck me ( Read more... )

 PAUL MAPP JUST SAID:
THIS IS MY TEACHING STYLE: ETERNAL VIGILANCE.