My parents thought it was about time for my undergrad graduation/25th birthday/graduate graduation present ( Read more... )

So, I volunteered at the Oregon Rhetoric & Composition Conference today. It was a geeky good time, made especially so because the theme was "The Future of Composition: Methods, Contexts, and Technologies." The internet's influence on rhetoric and the teaching of writing was one of the recurring topics, especially Facebook and blogs.

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I am back. Apparently the problem was with my computer and not the actual internet connection (still not sure how that would happen, though), so I have to call OIT and tell them not to send some guy to snoop around in my apartment tomorrow. But: internets ( Read more... )

I have no internet at my apartment, and haven't since Tuesday. This would not be so much of a problem, except one of my classes requires a multitude of things to be done online, and I have very little desire to sit in one of these dreary computer labs all day. One of the best things about Eastern was that the computer labs had windows. And some ( Read more... )

So I'm sitting here catching up on House, and I'm currently on this episode called "Epic Fail," where House once again proves he's awesome by cooking the pants off everyone (which is exciting, considering how much I can identify with him). But I digress ( Read more... )

Ever wanted to try your hand at knee surgery?! Well, HERE'S YOUR CHANCE!!!


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I should be reading my Canadian Lit or pretending to be Nicholas Breton, but instead I found Baby's Named a Bad, Bad Thing. Now I'm giggling incessantly. Some of the things people dream up to name their kids are completely ridiculous. My favorite so far is "Allikaylor," because there is no way that kid would be called "alligator." Nope, not a ( Read more... )