I feel as though I'm trying to get all the areas of my life in shape simultaneously. I graduated from grad school on May 15th, and Mr. EPJ and I did *major* apartment cleaning leading up to that, as his parents were coming to visit. I feel as though I've done an okay, though not spectacular, job of keeping things decent since then. I've also ( Read more... )

*sigh* I'm never entirely happy with summer or winter, as adamantly as I demand to live somewhere with four distinct seasons. The travails of winter, though--icy, snowy roads, -20F temperatures before windchill--seem far away today ( Read more... )

So, I'm finally getting around to watching "True Blood". I love the books, and I like Anna Paquin, so when it was on sale at Target I bought Season 1, and now that I'm all graduated up, I can take time to watch. Unfortunately, Disc 1 is broken! It whirs and whirs in my DVD player and won't load. Disc 2 works fine, so I'm starting with episode 3 ( Read more... )

-Last night, just as I was turning my light out, I noticed a *giant* fly in my bedroom. This sucker was the size of my thumb. I really hope it didn't crawl in my nose and eat my brain in my sleep ( Read more... )

I've been gone for over a year. I hate that a lot of the reason is that I felt obligated to visit every day and, when I couldn't, actually avoided logging in because I felt guilty about not keeping up. *sigh* So much anxiety, always so much anxiety. Oh, and the self-loathing.

Fast and Furious!! I am SO THERE!!

'BOUT TIME!

Congratulations to all who voted for Obama, and all who support him. It's a new day.

Also, can I just say that I love his B.J. Armstrong ears? So cute!

I have, in my hot little hands, DAVID COOK'S NEW ALBUM!!! SQUEE!!!!!

Actually, my hands are cold, because my apartment barely has heat. So it's nice to have a positive. :)

Who else has theirs? Who thinks I'm crazy? Hands?

IRB applications make my brain leak out of my ears! Why is grad school *hard ( Read more... )

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