I, too, am adding a dreamwidth account to my interweb world. So far, so cool. One of the cool things is that they have given me invite codes and I still have a couple left. So, if there's anyone who reads this who needs one, just let me know. I realize that most of you who want a dreamwidth account have one and I am late to the party, as I so often ( Read more... )

Dear Fucking Moron ( Read more... )

Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick died on Sunday. I only met her a couple of times, at various guest lectures, and she was always surrounded by adoring fans--of which I am certainly one. She was a rockstar, you know? And yet she was warm and generous and brilliant--even to know-nothing little grad students like me. Anyone ever tells you they're brilliant and ( Read more... )

Your Animal is the Stag
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Yesterday, I was reading Orwell's "Politics and the English Language," as one does. Why don't I read Orwell all the time? Every time I pick him up, I think, holy shit, how good is this, must read more and more often. And then I get distracted by something--usually some stupid school thing. Anyway. I was just amazed, though, by the ways in which an ( Read more... )

This morning, when the dog and I were playing frisbee, we found a dead chipmunk half under the deck. Now, the dog and I play frisbee before we do ANYthing else. He is awake but I am certainly not. So you can just imagine how thrilled I was. I tried to scoop it up with the snow shovel but that's big and chipmunks are little. But I had to put it in ( Read more... )

Dear smart flist ( Read more... )

Huh. Apparently, I no longer even get to read lj, let alone post. That's what family will do to you. ::sighs:: Well, flist, I still love you all oooodles and oooodles and oooodles for giving me such cool things to read and think about. So, whether you're celebrating that new year thing or not, happy happy happy and many thanks.

Your rainbow is shaded black.

What is says about you: You are a powerful person. You appreciate mystery. You may meet people who are afraid of you.

Find the colors of your rainbow at spacefem.com.

bwahahahahahahaha. Also, bwha.

When you see this, post in your own journal with a quote from one of the *N SYNC guys.

"And that's all I have to say about that." Justin