~ Our car is gone. It was hit by a truck on Friday. D. is fine, only stiff and sore, but somehow this has made us both really depressed. I mean, it's not the End of the World, but we don't have a lot of bandwidth left.

~ As you've all no doubt heard, Torchwood is being developed by FOX for an American pilot. I have rarely been so upset by the ( Read more... )

Last night in the bar, I was waiting on line for the bathroom. The bartender was there, a huge, shaved head, 250 lbs kind of guy. We'd exchanged a few words here and there, nothing serious, just the kind of idle chit chat you make with the bartender at a long-time hangout. A guy came out of the bathroom, and I told the bartender that he should go ( Read more... )

First of all, thanks to mellacita! I ♥ my snowflake! I can't believe I got one! Thank you so much! It really made me smile.

*Sometimes, you need a little xmas giddyness via rm. Oh, Ten. This link is kind of a smiffle(smile+sniffle=smiffle, right?)

*Distant Reading -- the chatter of a century, distilled from novels digitised, and thus made searchable. I ( Read more... )

~ Today (well, yesterday, I suppose, technically) I had my endoscopy! And they found some stuff....? "Erythematous mucosa in the gastric antrum..." which translated means some red inflammation? Yeah, I wish doctors wouldn't come and explain these results to you just as you're coming out of anaesthesia. I was still pretty loopy when it was being ( Read more... )

*This Bristol conference is driving me maaaaaaad. I'm emailing with my advisor about it, and she's all, "why are you being so crazy about this?" and I have no response to that, except that I'm, well, nuts. Woe ( Read more... )

You know you only get early morning posts from me when I've been up all night, right? I only ever see the sunrise from one end ( Read more... )

It's been forever, guys ( Read more... )

So, I had to leave for work at 7:30am-ish. (This is slightly worse when you consider that I don't get back until 8:30pm-ish, so that's a LONG ass day ( Read more... )

...and, in two and a half hours, I have to go in for various g.i. tests. Doesn't that sound like a fun way to spend a Friday ( Read more... )

It is only a couple of weeks into the semester, and I'm already completely exhausted and I DON'T WANT TO GO ANYMORE. I hate teaching. (Question: Why am I putting in all this effort to get a job doing something I hate? And for which, the market isn't exactly hopping, so I might not even get that? On the other hand, can I think of something I would ( Read more... )