Apparently when people graduate from college, they send out announcements and have a party.  Or something.  Boyfriend and I were slightly mystified to discover this.  On the whole we were not taught many social conventions.  I know that you bring a gift to a person's house when you visit for the first time (formal) or during a holiday or a meal.  I ( Read more... )

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Reason #9,672 why I love Boyfriend - he knows how to let things go ( Read more... )

Wednesday morning and I have one thought and one thought only: Cinnabon with carmel and pecans.

I've been thinking about the fat round rollies since lunch, yesterday.  I had a salad for lunch, right?  That's healthy, right?  Shit.  I had rice and greens for dinner two nights in a row.  I mean, that should even out the indescribable damage a cinnabon ( Read more... )

I hate that feeling - of being disappointed.  Where you're like, goddamnit, I expect better.  And you want to take the person by the shoulders and shake 'em and yell POP YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR ASS ( Read more... )

I fall into idiosyncratic behavior if I'm not careful.  When I was in the military the behavior was overtly paranoid.  My barracks room was just that - a room with a bathroom attached.  I would come home, lock the door behind me and check the entire room for an intruder.  Under the bed, in the closets, and the shower stall.  Then I'd recheck ( Read more... )

I've been really fucking cranky this past week.  The bullshit threshold is mighty low.  Unfortunately I find that during these times I'm particularly judgmental about people that I perceive as being judgmental.  And you know it's bad when you're standing in the shower having imaginary fights with people you've only ever met via the internet.

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Okay, look.  I've found 19 abstracts that look promising for this citation project.  Yet only 10 of those are accessible in PDF format.  Two of the journals are physically located at the Drexel library.  But I can't find the other seven journals even through inter library loan.  Cock.  Sucker.

Trolling databases for scholarly articles is a pain in ( Read more... )

I didn't think it would be worth my time, but I find that I need to get something off my chest.

When the Miss California debacle first reared it's ugly head, I agreed with Perez Hilton's basic assumption; but not his caustic agenda.  Miss California has the right to her opinion.  However I do not feel that an opinion based on restriction instead of ( Read more... )

I dodged a drunken homeless guy who was actively ignoring personal space boundaries on my way to Chinatown last night.  Shopping for produce is surprisingly simple in a major metro - even if it is a filthy metro.  But the problem with getting your veggies in Chinatown is that the stands are all labeled in Chinese.  So you better know what you're ( Read more... )