woo! bought a car, sold the explorer, still need to drop off title and tires.

Also, Livejournal, please do not purge this journal. my posts may largely be privacy locked, but I still use it.

Seriously. Nick from work sent me the link, and I had a totally unproductive day as a result ( Read more... )

In a mad burst of increasingly desperate writing, I have finished my looming monstrosity of an honors thesis. And it's even reasonably comprehensible. Yay for vile succubi. Here's hoping the nice review committee likes it.

As I was sitting on the couch this evening, attempting to attain my minimum daily requirement of cartoons, Grete was sitting on the other couch, reading T.S. Eliot. She came across a quote heading one of his poems, and out of a sort of perplexed fascination, read it aloud ( Read more... )

It is official. Next semester, I will be writing a thesis on the role of the demon lover in several poems from the Romantic era of English Literature. Professor Nunnally has kindly agreed to be my adviser, and it seems likely that both he and professor Kline will be on my review committee. UAA being the disorganized place that it is, filled with ( Read more... )

I hate finals. Violently. I generally do quite well in them, but I tend to come perilously close to giving myself an ulcer over each and every english class. It makes me wonder if perhaps I should reconsider my goal of a career in academia. I'm almost certain I can actually feel the neuroses popping up like evil toadstools in my psyche. ( Read more... )

Unfortunately, I doubt said roommate is actually gonna die. Why am I so wrathful all of a sudden? Simple. She came in. Went to bed. Two minutes ago, a COMPLETE STRANGER wanders into the apartment and knocks on my bedroom door. How hard, may I ask, is it to pull the damn door closed behind you UNTIL IT LATCHES when you come in from the outdoors ( Read more... )

I've been reading H.P. Lovecraft for most of the day today, an occupation I haven't engaged in since I was about 14 or so. I remember being thrilled and horrified by the stories during the long afternoons in spring and summer that I used to pend perusing them at the library. Now however, I'm mostly amused by them. The Dunwich Horror kept making ( Read more... )

I went on a geology field trip today and learned something interesting. Not about rocks, though. I learned why it is you so often see people in old kung fu movies doing things on the beach. It's because sand dunes are nature's tatami. Or whatever that word is that means mats (specifically the little bamboo ones, I think). Sand dunes are cool ( Read more... )

This has been an incredibly good day. This would actually have started last night. I went back to jujutsu, having finally gained the approval of my chiropractor, got thoroughly worn-out without re-injuring my back, and learned the rest of my jo kata. And actually felt good after leaving, rather than inadequate and depressed. Went to dinner with ( Read more... )