Helllooooo!!!! I am finally finished with the week that had 2 papers and a powerpoint presentation all due within the same 48 hours. I wanted to kill myself, but I'm still here so obviously I made it out alive!

And in a couple of weeks I get to do it all over again!


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I feel like I've discovered an essential piece of my life that I didn't even know was missing. The other night, my roommate introduced me to something wonderful I had to share it with you all. It is a little something called "Drunk History". It's where histoy experts get really drunk and then discuss a historical event, while actors act it out ( Read more... )

+ Went and saw She & Him at the House of Blues last night, and they were AMAAAAAZING! Their 60s California girl-group sound is great on recording, but it's so much fuller and wonderful live! Such a fun show, and Zoe is soooo adorable! (one concertgoer made sure to point that out by shouing "ZOE I LOVE YOUR BANGS!") And I have to say I was a bit ( Read more... )

So occasionally I'll click on one of those automated "enter your data here" memes that someone on the flist will link to, but I hardly ever post my results - UNLESS THEY ARE AWESOME, WHICH THESE ONES WERE.

Snagged from blanche_ it's the Find the #1 song on the day you were born!" meme ( Read more... )

It's September 19th - Happy International Talk Like A Pirate Day!

- Firstly, there be a change in the wind, says I: I have officially accepted the official offer. ( I start Monday. )

OMG, I've GOT to see this movie AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!!

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Imagine my surpise and complete glee when, driving home last night, one of the local radio stations started playing Feist! The station isn't a Top 20 station or anything - it's kind of a mishmash of music, and it often plays a lot of unknown or up-and-coming artists - but definitely a fave ( Read more... )

To make up for my rant earlier, I come bearing gifts - in the form of the new Amy Winehouse album!

It? Is awesome.

Amy Winehouse - Back to Black

For some samples, make your way ( here )

- Yesterday I was driving home from work, and "Every Breath You Take" by The Police started, but after the instrumental intro, when it came time for the verse to start, Snow Patrol's "Chasing Cars" was mixed in over it: Every Car You Chase - The Snow PoliceUm, what ( Read more... )

it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a foreign land. ~G.K. Chesterton ( Read more... )