moireach was griping the other night about academic types who may well be brilliant scientists, but are utterly useless when it comes to basic organizational skills. She cited, by way of example, Profs in her department who leave important and highly sensitive documents in airport bathrooms and such. And I know she didn't specifically mean to include me in ( Read more... )

So just by way of keeping my status as a dork of the first order in good standing, let me share with you what I've spent my Sunday morning doing. I watched Gladiator last night for probably the 6th or 7th time. I know it well enough that I can recite much of the English dialog right along with the actors. But for whatever reason, it suddenly hit me ( Read more... )

I mentally compose posts all the time, I just never have time to sit down and write them out, much less the time it would take to reply to comments ( Read more... )

Today so far I have ( Read more... )

Can HBP be out now, please? I'm ready. Really. I've done all my prepwork* and cleared my schedule and stocked the fridge with novel-reading-friendly nibbles and made sure I won't have any social obligations all weekend and I'm READY. NOW.

*totally fails to be patient*

* where by prepwork I mean rereading all the novels and all my favourite fics ( Read more... )

On a scale of one to ten, how utterly pathetic is it that I have a huge crush on the guy in the HP digital photography adds? You know the ones with the song 'Out of the Picture'? I am so in love with his damn goofy smile. What is with that ( Read more... )

There's this 'why I am a dork' meme thing making the rounds, right. And, like, I hardly need to make a *list* of reasons for you, do I? But here's proof #3792 just in case:

So I'm reading blythely's christen. And in my defence I'm half way through my second glass of pinot noir. Just for some background, it turns out that although roughly speaking we do ( Read more... )