Due to a bit of a snafu, I spent the day renumbering artifacts. I had such a headache from the acetone by the time I was done. But they're finished now. Tomorrow, I have to wrap up my search for all things Indonesian. I had thought that I would be finished by today, but the Lazy Cataloguer struck again, leading to the belated discovery of ( Read more... )

( Interior Redecoration! )

"It's Dumbledore's phoenix"


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The last few weeks have been less than steller, but this week things seem to be looking up.

( Stuff and what )

You know that dream, where you go to class and the teacher announces that there's an exam, and you're all OMG, there's an exam? I didn't know there's an exam! I HAVEN'T STUDIED!!!!

That dream became reality today.

I thought the exam was on Thursday. I have it written down as being on Thursday. In my planner, I have a little red exam sticker ( Read more... )

Happy Hallowe'en, my poppets! It has been an action-packed week.


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Due to the dropping temperature, I ventured out last Sunday (in the pouring rain) to buy Uriel a heater. It took me ages to find an aquarium store that wasn't off in hell's half acre. What's up with that? Do they assume that all aquarium owners have cars? It's stupid. Fortunately, I found one on Burrard Street, just up from the used book store ( Read more... )

( Week in Review )

I will never cease to be amazed by the pure wtfness of Microsoft Word spellcheck.

Assemblage: is in there
Kaolin: is in there
Plagioclase feldspar: is in there
Colour: is not

Wtf?

Today in Material Culture Analysis we began lithics. I was somewhat apprehensive about this lab, for a couple of reasons. First of all, and most crucially, is the fact that lithics as a discipline bore the holy living crap out of me. It just seems to consist of list after list of diagnostic attributes. Just listen to this:"In the first type, ( Read more... )