I got contact lenses!  I'm wearing 'em right now!

I never had an interest in getting contacts for regular, everyday wear because I have astigmatism in both eyes and for years they simply didn't make a contact lens that could correct it (mostly--my optometrist says I'll always see better in glasses).  Plus, I love wearing glasses.  I've had brainy ( Read more... )

 So, I'm a female person.  And as a female person, I have these anatomical features colloquially known as "boobies."  In fact, I have rather sizable boobies and always have, which was a source of awkwardness and shame for me throughout my growing-up-as-a-lady years.  (Short explanation: I was taught that boobies and cleavage are sinful and will Get ( Read more... )

Me: Hey, brain! I worked hard on homework all day, so let's take the evening off and do something fun and creative. Let's write a story!

Brain: Lol no.

Me: *spends three hours playing spider solitaire instead*

Yessss. So nice once in a while to do absolutely f*ck all one day and not feel guilty about it. That was today. It started when I got woke up by my ringing phone. It was my Summer Plans calling, haha. I've got myself a position on an archaeology crew for the summer/fall with PennDot! It's the internship thingie I alluded to previously (and ( Read more... )

 Ahh, another semester of grad school.  How I missed it.

Yes, really.  I wanna get things DONE.  Also, I am having a blast.  Although I was promptly reminded that this is dreaded Thesis Pickin' Tiem.  The time in my coursework in which I pick a thesis topic and hope it doesn't turn out to be a huge debacle of some sort or other.  But I'm not ( Read more... )

 So I posted the other day about my irrational desire to take up pipe smoking.  Today, I actually attempted to take up pipe smoking.  Here's how it went:

( Making fire is harder than it looks. )

Whew, what a whirlwind it's been, eh ( Read more... )

Have had some pretty interesting dreams lately.  Got to fight zombies at an abandoned grocery store.  Bashing in heads with a bag full of canned goods is surprisingly cathartic even when it's subconscious.  Just wish the older guy with the shopping cart I'd been escorting had been a bit more useful, but I guess his blundering did at least knock the ( Read more... )

1. Operation: Clean Up Horse Poop went pretty well.  Took ALL FRIGGIN' DAY, though, which I hadn't really expected, because we took long breaks.  It was fun; I'm not really complaining, it's just that the lady smokes like a chimney, so it was a bit uncomfortable being in the house with her for lengthy periods with the air suffused with acrid ( Read more... )

Welp, I had an advisory meeting today to talk about...MY FUTURE.  I had fully intended to be all, "Yeppers, Dr. Boss Man, I have my research plans ALLLLLL figured out!" but instead crumpled under his kindly, Santa-Clausy gaze and was all, "Erm, I have NO IDEA what I want to study, LOL."  Fortunately, he wasn't all "OMG, u suk!" about it, so I ( Read more... )