So, Monday morning I check my email while on the bus and find this from my lit class TA:

Dear Ashley,

I just slogged through forty-six mostly mediocre papers, reading your paper last.

Ah, its magnificence saved me from an afternoon of grumpiness.

You clearly get HOW to write this piece. I don't know if you are an avid reader, or if you are simply a ( Read more... )

My lit class has an emphasis on SF due to the grad student's preference.  I don't know what I was arguing about Nine Lives by Le Guin but she paused me and asked, "You are a science major aren't you?"

I had a weird moment of pride on being recognizable about being interested in science while talking about short stories.  Fuck yeah.

• Daiya Cheese is delicious. (Pepperjack is wonderful for enchiladas.)
• I get women's college hockey on the Big Ten Network.  Fuck yeah.

5-1, Islanders.
This is a beautiful thing.
And not just because I Nabokov XD

Why yes, I am petty.

When I cook for myself, I'll change (or make up) a recipe without really caring how good it will be in the end as long as it is edible.  It's an experiment, fun and light-hearted ( Read more... )

Happy day!

First, my boss almost tried to hire me twice.  (She was going through her second round of hiring.)

Second, I discovered Nutella.  I am now an addict.  Strangely enough, the idea of putting it on anything seems weird.  Though I did find this recipe for sweet raviolis with Nutella filling that sounds, as my Mom put it, deadly.  Guess what I ( Read more... )

I have a job!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I will be working at one of the dinning halls at the U come August.

I can't begin to say how excited I am.  And it's at the university so typically they are more forgiving about tests and classes so I do not have to worry about that.

I was not expecting that when I received a unknown call on my cell!   I was so nervous and ( Read more... )

I didn't think I would get to see fireworks tonight with my family tired from hosting the third (casual) pool party in a row.

Thank you, Marishka.  It was a short, humid experience standing on the bug-infested street corner with you trying to see the fireworks, but it was well worth the strange looks we got.

The other night, my family had ribs for dinner.  (I, being mostly vegetarian, made myself a mushroom burger.)  Our neighbors were over and their little boy asked where ribs came from.  His sister, who is probably a year or two older, replied, "From boys ( Read more... )

First, I have to admit I watch cartoons.  And I am not talking just anime or things like Archer, but kid stuff, like Codename: Kids Next Door.

But anyways, I was amused by a reference that I do not think is directed to the CKND's preteens and younger audience.  The "nerdy" scientist kids all watch "Doctor Time Space and Continuum ".

When I heard it, ( Read more... )