I'm not dead! But I am in Italy.

Last Thursday, a colleague and I read a paper at a conference in Naples. I've been in Italy now for about a week, and here I will remain for two more. Luckily, another colleague who's doing fieldwork in Italy had a place for us to stay ( Read more... )

I've spent the morning lazing in bed with the OBC (ol' ball and chain). Part of this time was devoted to a little bit of lj-stalking...

( you know you want to )

Maybe it's not the healthiest attitude in the world, but I'm basically withdrawing from several parts of my life while studying. At this point, it might actually be necessary; I'm rapidly losing the ability to speak. In my Italian class this morning, I couldn't come up with a sentence that began, "I was content that..." Not for verb tense ( Read more... )

I got an unexpected chuckle tonight while watching CSITwo of the detectives went to a college dorm to question a victim's roommate, wondering why he hadn't notified anyone that victim had been missing for two weeks. After explaining that victim frequently disappeared for long periods of time, spent all of his time stoned, and was generally a ( Read more... )

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Today, as I visited a pretentious cookware store to spend money that I don't have, I was once again asked the dreaded question. This time the response was funnier than usual:
Since I was already behaving out of character (see above), it seemed like a good idea to give my e-mail address to the friendly clerk. The address I gave him is clearly from ( Read more... )

A new community that may be of interest to some of you: musicology_grad
Join one, join all! We can celebrate dorkiness together!

I rarely remember my dreams in their entirety. Certainly, my recollections won't be as vivid as some of my friends (moxymoth, anyone?), but even in its sketchy details, this one was too good/weird not to share.

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Yesterday, I became a stack reader at the Getty Research Institute. (L.A. gang, take note!) All one needs to do so is a government-issued photo ID and a school ID proving that you are a graduate student ( Read more... )

Jury duty this morning. 1 hour, three bleary-eyed bus rides there. 1 1/2 hours, three relieved but exhausted rides back ( Read more... )