It's always funny to watch the reactions of people around me as I get more and more stressed out ( Read more... )

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. I want to go as the Joker, which will probably not fully materialize until Trey's party next week (hello cheap-ass costume supplies). I might still don the makeup tonight, provided I can get everything in line. This might be difficult. Scars, unfortunately, are right out ( Read more... )

You ever have a day where you woke up with a feeling that can't be described as anything but foreboding? That feeling that something's either wrong or is soon to be wrong? The worst part is, you know it's not based on anything even remotely rational, yet you still can't help having that instinctual tug in the pit of your belly ( Read more... )

...and I despise Mondays. You can imagine what a horrific ball of joy I am on a Monday morning.

Daily highs and lows:

Highs:

-I have an awesome girlfriend who feeds my ego even more than she feeds me sweet treats. I got cupcakes AND pancakes this weekend. C'est excelente! She's introduced me to about everyone she can and I've gotten thumbs-ups across ( Read more... )

- ( Read more... )

Yay, it's Wednesday. That means the week is half over. On the other side of that, boo, it's Wednesday and that means THIS week is half over. My sexy girlfriend leaves from Jersey to head back to Maryland either Thursday or Friday. Feel free to point out that I'll be seeing her in less than a week's time all you want; it won't make me miss her less ( Read more... )

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/09/24/scispace124.xml

It's coming for you.

Though, seriously... "dark flow?" Do I even need to mention what images that immediately conjures up?

Science needs a copy editor. I nominate me.

4 days.

I'll continue to request my friends, cohorts, and lurkers lob ideas on where I'll end up next once my city exodus gets into full swing. However, in the interest of feeding more comments:

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/book_extracts/article4038905.ece

From one of my heroes, and one of the few I readily cite as ( Read more... )

I pay $1,000 per month in rent. Yeah, I know, it hurts.

Just got slapped with a $700 utilities bill for the past three months. Note: I've requested, several times, that these bills arrive monthly; I can't budget for that kind of cash hit.

Food around here is expensive.

Sales tax is almost 9%.

It sometimes takes me upwards of an hour to park my car ( Read more... )

I jetted out of a meeting early. Go me.

This week's devoted to a large, $500,000+ grant ask, due Thursday. I'm the only one writing this thing. At my agency, I'm the only one who writes any proposal. I've been harping on people for information for three weeks now. Three days until this is due. I'm still missing shit and it's from all the upper ( Read more... )