I have additional proof of just how nerdy I am.  Frederick is switching over to much larger recycling bins and a one-stream recycling approach.  I'm very happy about this.  I happened to see one of the city trucks dropping off the new bins at one of the streets in my development and had a mental 'OOOooooh!  How cool!'

Oye.

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Registered for my spring semester this morning. Doing another full courseload, but no compressed courses this time. I'm very happy about that :D

Took a hike with andre_jovan afterward up at Gambrill State Park. Brilliant idea--it was just gorgeous out. We have such perfect fall weather today! We chose a 2 mile, 'moderate' hike. By 'moderate' they ( Read more... )

Ohhhh what a night...lol  Last night was the Asylum's Annual Yukwanhaniramadas Stocking Party.  The way it works, everyone brings their stocking and then a whole bunch of inexpensive, small presents.  Most of us go on Dollar Store raids or something similar.  We hang the stockings, eat, drink and be merry, then fill the stockings and open our ( Read more... )

First, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to
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So, what do you get if you mix about 20 people, four trash bags of freshly cut lavender and instructions to make smudges?  A group contact-high.  I have a very, very silly bunch of students...  It was fun, we made a huge mess (lavender bits all over the floor) and everyone was very giggly.  We were also very lucky in that
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Yayyyy messy class tonight! 
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Back at the store today.  What a weekend!  Saturday was the show, of course--wrap-up of that is in
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You know what Happy is?  It's a weekend that includes frisbee, kite-flying and ice cream on one day and then two new songs and sushi for dinner the next day.  That's HAPPY, man...

I am, as usual, deeply in love with our new songs.  Especially 'Soma,' which hits the cultural suppression of dissenting opinions and why television is evil in one song ( Read more... )