~ I bear an irrational grudge against Vampire Weekend, because I care about the Oxford comma, goddammit, but every time Diane Young comes on the radio I think I should break down and go get their newer album ( Read more... )

One paper published, one in prep. Two grants submitted.

No change in personal health, really, although I joined a gym and have started a weekly training session to mark/enforce progress.

Was more social with colleagues and other acquaintances.

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Sad truth: it is possible that I like Luther, at least the episodes I've watched so far, because Luther's relationship (such as it is) with Alice Morgan is almost as fucked up as Archie Sheridan's relationship with Gretchen in Chelsea Cain's Beauty Killer series.

Crossposted at http://asimplechord.dreamwidth.org/518852.html; comment as/where you ( Read more... )

+ The new washer has been installed. It's supposed to be more energy and water efficient, but it takes longer to do a load than the old standard. Whatever, I really appreciate not visiting the laundromat on a regular basis. The nearest one was pretty sketchy ( Read more... )

~ I feel the need to play The Smiths' Panic and Green Day's Kill The DJ and The Old 97's Niteclub on a loop for a while. I can't explain the vagaries of my brain and music. These just need to be played until the synapses that connected them stop firing.

- Death of a Salesman. I don't remember Hoffman's Willy Loman being as angry as Glenn Fleshler' ( Read more... )

I've been feeling sort off, had a fever last night, so I emailed my boss that I wasn't feeling well, took NyQuil, and meant to go back to bed. But instead I'm trawling the internet ( Read more... )

~ Apparently Houston is hip now?

~ I've been really squicked each time I've seen an ad for Stars Earn Stripes, partly because I really really do not like reality tv, but Jason over at InkSpots posted about it in a way that touches on another issue that bothers me.

~ Tyler Seguin's (adorable) puppy has its own Twitter? NGL, I think the puppy is ( Read more... )

+ Chris Evans-a-thon was a success! I was pleasantly surprised: What's Your Number was less about the slut-shaming than I was expecting, although I still find the idea of counting the number of people you've had sex with and equating that to an ability to find happiness in a relationship (married or otherwise) ridiculous and hypocritical, and ( Read more... )

~ Student's MS defense was Thursday at 10am, and he told precisely NO ONE other than his committee about it. (He passed.) If I didn't ask the boss, I wouldn't've known. It's like he's already completely dissociated. Which would be great if only he had finished his fucking project, instead of leaving a bunch of stuff for me and the boss to complete ( Read more... )

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