My roommate has decided that she can't deal with (the apartment, me, sharing an apartment)? In any case, she's moving out in two months. So I need to find a new roommate for next semester. Arg. I really don't need this. I've got four hard classes, 20 hours of work a week, dealing with cooking, bills, jobhunting, and trying to have a life worth ( Read more... )

With classes ended, massively annoying serials work at a stopping place, and sister's research trip winding down, it's time for the family vacation!! We're leaving tomorrow morning, driving to the Adirondacks, camping, doing a 2-3 day canoe trip.  We are then headed up to Montreal for a weekend, along with my mom's brothers and their wives for the ( Read more... )

I've procrastinated my homework, and partly as a result, am bored, and feeling the quiet and alone-ness more than usual.  When that happens, I sometimes get reflective ( Read more... )

After a very stressful week, plus an impossible workload and a collection of intransigent technology, I'm kinda wiped.  So since I sent off the work due this morning, I'm skipping classes and I am going to do the simple things.  Clean my room.  Do the accumulating dishes.  Laundry.  Get my new computer set up.  Go sit under the trees at the local ( Read more... )

I'm getting a new computer!! Well, new to me, anyway.  My laptop has been gradually dying over the past year or so.  Among other issues, it takes half an hour to get from start to being able to access the internet, the cdrom drive will play dvds, but not cds or cdroms, the nipplemouse causes the pointer to zoom across the screen like a demented bat ( Read more... )

I have not yet figured out why LJ seems to be more challenging for me than most software, or at least more scary. It isn't hard, and I think I'm finally figuring it out. I think I've friended those of you who have friended me, and I think I've changed the background, but let's see what happens ( Read more... )