Exciting thing #1: Got a call around 1:30, but I was in class. I didn't recognize the number, so I made Halli look it up because she had her computer. It was from Brown (!!) When I listened to the message, the Associate Dean for graduate and post-doctoral studies said she wanted to talk and had some questions for me, about my interests. I called ( Read more... )

Obviously, I'm disappointed. They couldn't get extra funding for me to go to Ireland. But I got possibly the nicest, most complimentary rejection ever. The director (? I think) of the program said she's not even getting anyone in her lab (which is where I would have been); she called my application "particularly strong" and recommended that I ( Read more... )

"I see no moral or ethical problems with the captive breeding programs of zoos and aquariums, as long as we base them on sound genetic designs and evolutionary principles. Similarly, I have no problem with government policies that help to limit the reproduction of humans. What I find morally and ethically reprehensible is the inability of most ( Read more... )

It's true. Went to AC Moore this morning because they were having a sale where certain types of yarn were 2/$1. (That's 50 cents each, for those of you who aren't doing math over break. ;-D) I also got an adorable tote bag to be used to take books to class and/or tote around crochet projects with me, and a cute little "take out" gift box ( Read more... )

It was so perfect!!! I adored DH. I think it's definitely the best of the whole series. And, honestly, I don't think it could have ended any other way.

( SPOILERS!!! )

I got Holla'd at today ( Read more... )

I'll probably say more later, since I really should do something productive sometime soon. But first I felt like I had to post a link to this because it was... just wow. Seriously. Read it. It's pretty amazing.