seems nice. he's going straight to sleep, as he's been up for the past 24 hours. unfortunately, he has no key. (septicidal, could you mail yours here, since we don't know when next you'll be visiting and February is a while to wait for a key ( Read more... )

janet's response to my unsuccessful tries to get to brown ALL weekend:
"wow. do you think maybe we've been cursed?"
how do i take that one?

BUT, I was able to get in today. With the help of katancelt I've trimmed the statement down to a few lines past two pages. Now I get to put in theory and incorporate those of Janet's comments that apply to what hasn' ( Read more... )

katancelt is my hero ( Read more... )

( don't read this if you don't want to hear me rant about grad school shit )

tcfi camp is going well. no explosions happened today, just a little steaming. I lifted midday and will hurt so good tomorrow or monday ( Read more... )

the list is out: the american dialect association's Words of the Year press release declares "plutoed" the Word of 2006. runners-up include "macaca" and "pwn."
clive the frog is also amusing.
on the other hand, drinking black tea with milk nullifies its antioxidant effects. after agonizing research, i've discovered that Silk is casein free, so I' ( Read more... )

today:
shoveling ANOTHER 15 inches of snow
tri-generational girls' scrabble
zach texting me from the basement
chai nog and ginger-pumpkin dark chocolate at whole foods
joanna's rsvp for new year's plans
chestnuts burning o'er an open fire
( and the grad school stuff I did today )

forecastfox says there'll be snow tomorrow and a blizzard Friday (the day my grandparents are slated to arrive; Mom is trying to convince them to get a flight tomorrow). Less fun than I'd hope. However, New Year's dinner is on for Cafe Prague, and tonight I'm going up to Boulder for Fantastic Four dinner. Tomorrow and the next day I'm going back ( Read more... )

...and i've just applied to harvard. nothing else of note happened today. episodes of Heroes streamed online correspond very well to 45-minute pieces on the treadmill. probably will (actually) finish the pitt app tonight.

nanerean, can I bring a friend to your fashion show? Also, I still need directions to the theatre.
akakat, how about whiskey over this break? I'm here til at least a week and a half into January.
julayfm, grinningjim, scyfygy, etc, etc, let's hang. party? movie? group storming of random store somewhere ( Read more... )