Okay, so most of the suck came from the fact that I was on campus for over 14 hours (both working for the Center and grading), then came home to do more grading. Which still isn't done ( Read more... )

Please excuse me posting woozy. I'm not sure if it's the decongestants (modern medicine), the copious amounts of tea I've had today (old-fashioned medicine), or the fever (anywhere from 99 flat to 100.4, depending on the temporal thermometer site) talking ( Read more... )

...so I'm writing things here, because I'm technically at a conference. And I got this poem fragment I wanted to write down because I'll forget otherwise.

And a thousand jagged pasts
come rushing back
in an embrace that lasts
too long...

Maybe more later. Maybe.

Okay, so I nicked this link from elaryn, and it's pretty cool. At least, I think so.

World Prayers

Go spin the prayer wheel. My first one came up as the prayer of contrition. I think my subconscious and the universe are in cahoots.

( Now, the second time was a pretty good one. )

Ratboy (my younger brother) managed to prank the entire PD today. Including my dad ( Read more... )

The last offer to come in was for my top choice in religion and #2 overall: UC Riverside. They've accepted me with funding. A Dean's Distinguished Fellowship kind of funding.

Yeah. Getting in and not being in hideous amounts of debt? Priceless.So that's where I'll be. PhD religious studies, UC Riverside. I'm gonna be a Highlander. (Well, I already ( Read more... )

What Kind of Reader Are You?
Your Result: Obsessive-Compulsive Bookworm

You're probably in the final stages of a Ph.D. or otherwise finding a way to make your living out of reading. You are one of the literati. Other people's grammatical mistakes make you insane.
Dedicated Reader

Book Snob

Literate Good Citizen

Non-Reader

Fad Reader

What Kind of ( Read more... )

Did I mention this here? I don't think I did, but I do owe the people who've backed my play so many times over the years the latest and greatest news. So here goes ( Read more... )

...for the capstone class in Religious Studies. I was introduced in very flattering terms, then my advisor turned the reins over to me ( Read more... )

I spent today doing as little as possible. I hate weather changes, and it's playing hell on various body parts/systems, so I loafed around. I'm thinking I should probably have at least done some sketches for Dash submission, but, well, meh ( Read more... )