I figure I should do this, since this has been pretty much friendslocked for ages now. This isn't quite the type of blog to incite wild fangirling and mad love for the writer, aka me, so I've never seen any reason to post this ( Read more... )

1. Yaj - well, in her capacity as my supervisor - gave me a compliment! I finally did something (halfway) right!
   
   
2. I had a good Bible reading with Ivy, with a good resolution I can work towards made.
   
   
3. I bought myself a pretty new blouse. I would prefer it to be white, but the white was translucent, so I got the black, which is just as pretty anyway!
   
   
4. I ( Read more... )

Rather short, actually.

( books )

( Warning: This somehow turned into an essay, and I don't just mean in length. It morphed into a very biased discussive essay on some of the literary techniques used in the musical. Don't ask. But yes, read at your own discretion. And of course, spoilers abound. )

So, a week of miserable indigestion later, I'm just down to a nagging migraine. Which is good. Have done very little other than bake a pie two days ago and go dancing two nights ago, and baked cookies today with my sis. (And played hangman to much hilarity, but that's another story ( Read more... )

Stolen from Slashdot coz it made me laugh.

The Worst: Stupid Engineering Mistakes

1. St. Francis Dam, 1928Self-taught engineer William Mulholland built this LA dam on a defective foundation and ignored the geology of the surrounding canyon. He also dismissed cracks that formed as soon as the reservoir behind it was filled. Five days later, it ( Read more... )