A friend just gifted me an old iPhone of hers and it is my very first smartphone and I'm sorry to say but I'm having a lot of fun with this. I will have to leave the Support Group for People with Dumbphones*.

Also, daaaaaamn, but Apples really do work as expected right out of the box. Such wow.

*We have chapters all over the world!

I have been hanging out with an amazing girl, and I have been hanging out with a really sweet boy, and I just got a postcard in the mail from Thailand from my traveling friend, and I skyped my ex and his girlfriend, and life is seriously all gay happy rainbow unicorns and kittens frolicking in meadows right now ( Read more... )

I am finding all of the excuses not to work this week. Clearly, what is needed here is some guacamole. And then working. Working while snacking on guacamole.

GENIUS.

Yesterday evening involved a lot of alcohol and a lot of hand-holding, and today I have all the warm fuzzies.

Some of my friends have this picture of me that doesn't match the way I view myself. They see me as always smiling, always happy and optimistic, and as someone who always sees the best in other people. Apparently I can sometimes be really affirming and reassuring with Words ( Read more... )

I wrote some words, and now I'm going to edit some other words. Then I'll have to write a few more.

...were awesome this year. Except I cannot figure out what this comment means. Does someone out there speak undergrad and have a guess as to what they meant?
Good knowledgable TA with proper dedication and enthusiasm. Well prepared for class. Encouraging students to think for themselves is good in principle but is not the only way to teach. TA ( Read more... )

I swear, sometimes I repeat this to myself as if it were the litany against fear from Dune. I just gotta get this done.

1. There are three states of being. Not knowing, action and completion.
2. Accept that everything is a draft. It helps to get it done.
3. There is no editing stage.
4. Pretending you know what you're doing is almost the same as ( Read more... )

"Ahoy, ahoy! Land ahoy! I see land! Prepare the ship! Mast the sails,-!", the captain said. The captain's name was Mr. Apple-Patcher Kee-Tah. Suddenly, a loud rumbling sound filled our ears, and then a loud crash, crash, bang, bang, boom! It was a horrible rainstorm coming from the little island in front of us! "Instead, why don't you prepare for ( Read more... )

You guys, I have been in a ridiculously happy mood the past couple of days.

1. That guy I was hanging out with is gone. He is traveling the world for a year, or indefinitely. I feel nothing but happiness about it right now. The saddest I felt about it was near the end of October (culminating in some rather embarrassing behaviour at a Halloween party ( Read more... )