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I WAS THERE.

IT WAS AMAZING.

I was also at a lot of bars, on a lot of (quality) trains, at a lot of delicious restaurants, and in the middle of a large amount of drunk. Zero Fucks Weekend Round Two: New York City Shame Edition was an epic success and I'll update everyone some more when I'm not being kicked out of work for actually being too sick ( Read more... )

I saw Distant Worlds last Friday, and it was amazing. I'd heard from a lot of people that it was going to be really good, but I had kind of been trying to keep reasonable expectations and all. It was just unbelievable, though, like on a lot of levels: this is the music from a series of games I have been playing for over 20 years now, well over half ( Read more... )

As of tomorrow evening I will be drunk at Ohayocon. My itinerary includes:

• Battleshots
• FF Roller Derby Rydia, part of the Zeromus Haters roller derby team
• being drunk
• (drunk) (gay stylist) (spaghetti making) Trowa, from Gundam Wing
• gluing sparkly shit on everyone who stands still long enough to let me

So, I watched BBC Sherlock.

I didn't actually really know anything about this show going in. safety_caesars had suggested it, having been introduced by somebody else, and I was like, "hey, okay, sure." Becky has good taste, or at least terrible taste that's similar to mine (which obviously makes it good taste), and I like Sherlock Holmes-flavored things in ( Read more... )

I am totally stealing this from
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Medical talk about my eyes, ahoy! Skip if you need; otherwise please give me some GD advice ( Read more... )

This semester I'm taking my last class - a 3-credit Polymer Science lab, that runs for 6 hours on Friday, 9-3. *CUE GROANING ( Read more... )

WHAT YOU WOULD CHANGE ABOUT ACADEMIA.

Well, okay.

I am going to separate this out into two parts: some big, fundamental things that I think need discussing, and some smaller, within-the-system, more reasonable things I think are relevant.

It's going to become a ramble and I am sure there are a lot of things I am going to miss. I have definitely ( Read more... )

” I don’t agree with [that]--“

”It’s just how I was raised.” “That’s how I grew up.” “That's what I was taught.”So, I have a bit of a problem with this defense, this concept ( Read more... )