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Everyone else is doing it, so why not: career meme
1. Anthropologist ( Read more... ) -
Halp.
Stupid Halloween. I have two parties to go to this Halloween, or at least two different groups of friends to party with. One will be an easy costume-- it's a Harry Potter themed party, and if I can afford to get my hair dyed again, I'm going as Tonks (granted, I can't remember what other distinguishing marks Tonks has besides the hair, so if anyone ( Read more... ) -
Relaxation? Qu'est-ce que c'est?
Neh. It's amazing. My job basically consists of me sitting around waiting for problems to pop up, yet for the past couple of weeks I've been going basically nonstop from about 8 am to 5 pm, sometimes 6 or 7. That is ending, thankfully. So the following activities have ended or are winding down ( Read more... ) -
Completely not about food
. . . but has anyone else watched the new Dr. Who episodes, specifically the ones with Christopher Eccleston (of whom I must say, "Mmm, pretty")? Ryan and I just had the misfortune to catch the first half of the episode called "The Empty Child," and we're completely creeped out. How the heck is this a children's show? I'm going to be having ( Read more... ) -
Of mint and pink soup, among other things
I've been meaning to write this entry for a while, but had been rather caught up in teaching my last week of ECO (Early Connection Opportunity, a three-week intro-to-college course that UR runs for students from particular backgrounds) among other things. So finally, here is an entry with picturesThe main thing that I really had to visually ( Read more... ) -
Empty house
Funny how cats alone don't fill it up anymore. Ryan's gone back to Oregon for a long weekend-- a family reunion of sorts-- and since I'm teaching right now, I couldn't go along with him, and have the house entirely to myself until Monday evening. It's very strange and quiet. Usually I have Ryan chattering away, playing his banjo, trying to pick out ( Read more... ) -
Jam day!
So today was blueberry jam day. Yesterday we picked approximately 11 lbs. of blueberries (as well as 3 lbs of sour cherries, 2 lbs of sweet cherries, and ~1 lbs of raspberries) at one of the local pick-your-own places. This afternoon, following a slow-start day-- i.e., not out of bed until 10:15 am, made a large batch of buckwheat pancakes to eat ( Read more... ) -
And separate from the garden . . .
Yes, I know, dead silence for a year, and then three in one day . . . so I'll be brief, here, and leave it up to you all to figure out what I mean.
As Ryan puts it, "We pulled the goalie." Hopefully a major life event will begin its nearly year-long process soon. -
To Begin: Cataloging the Garden
Our garden is turning into one of the focal points of my summers. Last year, we got enough string beans from one 2.5 x 3 foot plot to last us through the winter-- in the end it was about 3 gallon freezer-bags worth; they were supplemented by about 1.5 gallons of shelled peas and about 2 gallons of corn, both picked up fresh from the Public Market ( Read more... ) -
Where to go from here . . .
So. Yes. I'm back again for my first update in a year. As always, I've been busy, and chosen to do things other than blog in my downtime. Not much has changed . . . I've got a year off from worrying about funding, since I've obtained a 2-year more-or-less administrative position, so that's nice. I haven't gotten any more work done on my ( Read more... )