I totally forgot this LJ existed, and when I looked back through the history, I thought it would be quite a shame to never update it again. I've been wanting a place to just discuss what's on my mind without the pomp that surrounds having a Wordpress or Blogger blog. So maybe I'll open this old workhorse again ( Read more... )

I can tell you all the flavor of Humble Pie: acidy-vomit, shit, and a touch of honey-roasted hope ( Read more... )

I've been back at UC Davis this week, helping out with registration at the Experimental College where a friend is the manager. I don't know if this happens to everyone (doubtful), but being back here has been a strange mix of happy nostalgia and a lot of disappointment in ( Read more... )

I know that I say this every two years or so, but I'd really like to start writing on this more. Things really fell off with the whole Facebook phenomenon, but even though one-line blurbs can be expressive, they don't really allow me the mental stretching of some writing practice. I suppose as I have left the world of academia, I've felt my mad ( Read more... )

The first time I heard the term "Personal Branding" my mind immediately jumped to thinking of how my husband refers to the particular pungency of his gasseous emissions as his "brand." Probably not the best place to start out for me to take the term seriously. New and catchy buzzwords and other abuses of the english language are always something ( Read more... )

The next post was prompted by a random request by one of the admins on a career networking site called Brazen Careerist. It's not my normal complain complain post. But I have been inspired to possibly write more often, though I don't know about what, which means I'll still lack legitimacy to my blog. Meh.

Last night I had one of those dreams.

By that, I mean one of those dreams where you're plunged into the mire of old emotions and relationships that are as real as they day they first came to live with you.  A lot of mine come from feelings of inadequacy, rejection, and disconnection from my younger years that I've never quite sorted out and are thus ( Read more... )

Today's Tweets...

• 21:48 Giant loaf pan: a success! Home-made bread sandwiches for the husband. But no home made luncheon meat. That's just gross. #

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• 13:10 I finally found a loaf pan big enough to make sandwich-sized loafs@ Huzzah! #

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Today's Tweets...

• 17:24 I'm alive, just in case someone cares. #

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