And here's my new favorite things! ( On to the Recs! )

When I was about 9 years old, I read Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Today, 12 years later, I have finished the series. Today, I am an adult.

To get through it, I made a death list, where I wrote down each character as they died. So, spoilers under the cut.

Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is ( Read more... )

Well, Grad school applications have me freaking the fuck out, but there's not much more I can say about them, because I've come to the point where even complaining is no comfort. UC Davis app is due the 15th. After that I get a bit of a break to regroup.

This Thursday I had a breakdown and ended up sobbing in my room at 2 in the morning... I threw ( Read more... )

Well, I'm feeling much better. I wrote to some people running labs I'm interested in (read: dying to get into). One's written back already to tell me that she doesn't have enough room this year, but as that was the only school with a really pressing application deadline, this really just buys me a little more time. So I'm feeling more relaxed. ( Read more... )

I have a major lab report due Monday, so I'm procrastinating by making Hyuuga icons... or adding captions to Hyuuga icons...

Also, I looked up INTJ on wikipedia yesterday at my roommate's suggestion. My Myers-Briggs makes me feel so good about myself.

Some highlights related to my last entry:
( Wikipedia has validated my social handicaps. )

There is something fundamentally wrong with anyone who reads The Golden Compass and doesn't want a daemon for weeks afterwards.

Whaddya think? Anywhere near accurate?

( Why, yes, I did re-read The Golden Compass this week. How'd you guess? )

As you probably know, Ohayocon is a mid-sized anime con held up in Columbus every January. I've gone six times since freshman year (the first time was with my father's crazy-as-all-hell church's youth group for some old fashioned brain-washing. The next year I went back dressed as Envy.) It's a tradition with the Nuances of Toast to go up and have ( Read more... )

Well, good Thanksgiving, as always (Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, in case you didn't know. It's all about eating food. That's all. Just food and feeding people ( Read more... )