Reading "The Marriage Plot" by Pulitzer-prize winning author whats-his-face has caused me to revisit everything I hate regarding disconnected humanities education* and Ivy League colleges: the over-analysis of infinitesimal points regarding actions, plots, writing, psychology to the point I skip over the italicized bits because I have no idea what ( Read more... )

Whoops, sorry I haven’t been updating very much. It’s been fairly busy around here, but also kind of fun. I also have a hard time focusing since I’m trying to constantly remind myself of things to do, but here is a stream-of-conciousness run down ( Read more... )

Empire Strikes Back director Irvin Kershner dies in LA at 87.

...and now I'll go break out my Tauntaun sleeping bag and camp out on the couch.

Art and I both have a nasty head cold, so this entry is not going to be very well-phrased ( Read more... )

it hasn't been all living in Grumpville here, ( so here are some things that I've been up to that I've been enjoying. (Especially vampires hunting down other vampires.) )

While I'm writing about frustration, let me tell you about this postdoc in my lab who has a medical degree. Now, I do know quite a few medical students and the majority of them are some of the best people I know, but there are some who I've encountered who make me realize that a doctor is merely a profession, not a breed of angels. You get jerks ( Read more... )

I thought this was great and oh-so-nerdy! Makes me envision Kat in this video. =D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_uzUh1VT98

[The gothic building in the beginning is the Suzzallo library and my favorite place to study on the UW campus.]

Art and I went to see the "The Secret of Kells" yesterday and were surprised at how much we liked it. Pixar aside, it's been a while since we've seen an animated film that moved us. The storyline is fairly uncomplicated (life a young Irish boy who learns about the Book of Kells, magic, and then saves the book from the Viking onslaught), but the ( Read more... )

Ok, I kind of want ballet flats handmade by "TheGeneration" on Etsy ( Read more... )

...which also make this a dozen years since I'm been interested in figure skating. Or eight years, if you ignore 2006-2010 when I couldn't muster the interest to care about any skaters. Could have something to do with the fact that there weren't any competitive Russian men ( Read more... )