I've hit the point where spending ten minutes in Belk gives me a splitting headache. I'm not sure whether it lurks in the endless sea of clothing or behind the ever-widening Clinique counter, but something in that store seeks to plunge me into Lovecraftian madness and then devour the remains of my soul. Next time my mother wants me to be her ( Read more... )

Simmons cashed my check, and Kent State sent me an acceptance letter. This means it's time to get cracking and see whom I can convince to give me more money. Or any money at all. Or just a bit of personal validation. I am not proud ( Read more... )

Simmons still hasn't cashed the deposit check that they received on the 7th. Looks like a lunchtime phone call is forthcoming, since this sort of thing freaks me out and makes me worry that I will end up unschooled and alone, making friends with the rats under the bridge downtown so that they will fetch me sandwiches ( Read more... )

I need a vacation. The weekend did not count, as I spent most of it unconscious ( Read more... )

Picture a pizza. Picture a crust consisting of short logs of rubbery string cheese wrapped in sub-par dough, and then picture it looking less like the one in the ad and more like a burnt, cancerous bread-serpent encircling a cheesy Midgard. Picture dried-out, insufficient sauce. Picture mushrooms miscolored and sickly sweet in flavor ( Read more... )

I had to tutor in calc today. I haven't taken calc in years. This weekly session will be a voyage of discovery for both tutor and tutee, I'm sure.

In other news, fellow Horde on Garona? This is why we lose AV. The only things missing from the shot are Alliance positions (everyone on Iceblood graveyard or tower) and the fact that several of those ( Read more... )

Grad apps are almost done. Statement of Purpose needs another draft. On Monday I have to interview a librarian friend here for a second essay I failed to notice earlier for one school. Transcripts are mailed, except for two from Waycross College, but they're easier to deal with than UGA. Letters of recommendation have been confirmed and will be ( Read more... )

I saw the new The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe movie this week with my family, and I quite enjoyed it, although there were a few parts where I could hear the echoes of the little voice in the director's head that wanted to make everything more like The Lords of the Rings. Anyway, our viewing lead to the following geekery with my brother on the ( Read more... )

While I was online last night, I began to smell something very unpleasant wafting in from the living room. My investigation turned up my family's enormous sheltie looking very happy and pleased with herself next to an epic-sized pile of poo. Seriously, I don't drop logs that big. At least it was on the tile. After cleaning up the mess, I glanced at ( Read more... )

Well, whatever it is I've been battling this last month, I think I'm finally just about over it. I still tire out easily and require extra sleep (and my sinuses are still full of gunk), but I'm generally more energetic and can eat more than a couple spoonfuls of food at one sitting. This is Very Good, as I would have hated to take the GRE when I ( Read more... )