So I was juuust getting ready to go to bed like 45 minutes ago, and was feeding the cat, when I see an ant emerging from the wall behind her food bowl. And another ant. And another, other ant. And long story short, the cat is shut in the powder room (meowing miserably, and yes, I do feel guilty) and I have bugsprayed* the hell out of the kitchen ( Read more... )

Many people have ranted long and often about women's sizing in fashion and how ridiculous it is. I don't disagree, but it doesn't bother me especially much...

...except when it comes to button-up shirts. Button-up shirts are a necessity for the business wardrobes of both genders; men's button-ups are measured by neck size and arm length so that you ( Read more... )

 One set of neighbors is having a huge screaming fight. The other set has evidently decided that midnight is the perfect time to hang pictures and is hammering nails into the wall. WTF, neighbors. I will be so glad to move.

So it's 102 degrees yesterday and today, so of course our power went out last night - most of our block, I think; a transformer blew (damn you, Optimus Prime!) around 10:30pm and we didn't get power back until about 3:30 this afternoon. And even though our air conditioning's been on since I got home around 5:30, it's still a stifling 85 degrees ( Read more... )

I hate people who say that they will "settle" for a job in publishing if their ideal plans don't work; or people who only work in publishing because it pays the bills while they write their novel on the side. It just frustrates me so much, because publishing is my ideal plan (even if I'm not willing to go to New York to do it), and I don't give a ( Read more... )

Having settled myself at a study carrel in the 3rd Floor copy center of the library, because everyone and their mom is studying at Van Pelt today, I would like to remind all of the people who are using the copy machines that, just because the copiers are making noise (and seriously, why the hell are you copying stuff out of books? Shouldn't your ( Read more... )

Ok, so, the mailing address for my building is on Chestnut Street. This is fine; my window even looks out on Chestnut Street. I get a lovely view of International House, University Lutheran, Raston Center, and a parking lot that has a hawk living (or at least eating) in the surrounding trees ( Read more... )

I just wrote a rough outline for my LING-440 (Pidgins & Creoles) paper. It, uh. It could probably use some work.

APPROPRIATELY LONGWINDED ACADEMIC TITLE

• Introduction:
  • About the language
  • History
  • Geography
• Historical uses of i prefix

So, it's windchill of 30 degrees outside, aka cold as a fucking bitch.

It's also been raining for at least the last fourteen hours. You might've heard something about that impacting the World Series.

Evidently, it is also raining inside my apartment. Yes, dear friends, the eight-foot-tall window in my kitchen, which generally affords a lovely view of ( Read more... )

THIS IS BULLSHIT.