I saw an adorable little bunny whilst waiting for the bus this morning. It hopped around and nibbled some clover and made wiggly ears at the traffic noises. :)

Then I got all kinds of compliments at work today. I am somewhat of a superstar for my latest [video tutorial], so I got comments on the general spiffyness of the video and also on my ( Read more... )

I got distracted by HAPPY and forgot to point out my post about fairy tales over at
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So I went out to Caribou Coffee just to get out for a bit, but it was already full of people so I had to take my tea and pumpkin bread to go. And there was too much water/ice/snow everywhere to venture further so I just went back to the flat. And apparently the mail made it through yesterday (I am very impressed) and I had a mailing tube waiting ( Read more... )

You guys! I am now a Research Affiliate at the University!! It sounds terribly official, doesn't it? Alas, it does not involve getting any money, but it is still awesome and exciting! :D

( in which there is much geeky squeeing and many parentheticals (possibly incoherent) )

( 2009 Year-End Meme )

I got through the Weekend of Writing Like A Woman Possessed by telling myself I'd go see Star Trek and get dinner out on Tuesday (with the caveat that I had to catch a matinee, because I am sure saving that $1.50 will be extremely helpful for my finances ( Read more... )

eee, I had a meeting today for my GERMANY trip!! I got to meet the other students in the program-there'll be ten of us total, including the professor, and with a ratio of 9 girls to 1 boy. Everyone was super-excited and giddy, and there was laughter, and it is going to be a fabulous group! :D I am going to buy ticketses next week, and we have ( Read more... )

YOU GUYS YOU GUYS YOU GUYS, THERE ARE CROCUSES ( Read more... )

I AM GOING TO GERMANY THIS SUMMER!!!

I will be working/researching for three weeks at the Internationale Jugendbibliothek/International Youth Library in Munich, where by "working/researching" I mean "FROLICKING AMONG CHILDREN'S BOOKS AND THOSE WHO LOVE THEM ( Read more... )

I love Neil Gaiman so much! He's just won the Newbery Award for The Graveyard Book and his blog post about being woken at "five thirty in the bloody morning" and trying not to swear at the Newbery Panel is awesome (and tagged "god i love librarians"!). ♥

I actually haven't read The Graveyard Book yet, but he read part of it at the National Book ( Read more... )