Since many people have helped me in my time of need, and I have been so touched and surprised by the power of the Internet and its users to help people, I am posting this in the hopes that someone may be able to help one of the worthiest people I have ever known. Betsy (bizetsy) and I met on LJ and used to work in the same building downtown, many years ( Read more... )

Once again, a painting made me cry today.


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I swear to god, Attention Deficit Disorder. Or SOMETHING. Last night I couldn't settle down to work on anything, kept doing other little useless things, alt-tabbing all over the place. Got much less accomplished than I'd planned after being derailed by the inconsideration of my boss. Bleh. Ten-week quarters aren't very forgiving about this ( Read more... )

Sometimes a musician just exists in your life, and you know them for a long time, and they become part of the background of noise that you exist with, maybe since you were a little kid. And the songs start becoming manipulated and co-opted for advertisements for various things from minivans to television shows. And then one day, you're driving ( Read more... )

Finally.

ART H 206 SURV NATIVE N AM ART 5.0 4.0 20.00
ART H 373 SOUTHERN BAROQUE 5.0 3.9 19.50
RELIG 202 RELIGIONS,EASTERN 5.0 3.5 17.50

Grade Point Average 3.80

Cumulative Grade Point Average 3.67

If you have an hour, DO check this out: An Anthropological Introduction to YouTube. It was made by Dr. Michael Wesch, who teaches at Kansas State University and has made several other videos regarding technology and learning and how they interact.

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I think a lot of what he's saying about the internet and Web 2.0 and community and connectivity ( Read more... )

Had an MRI this morning and then met with my neurosurgeon ( Read more... )

I am very emotional today. There is no reason, other than that I am extremely tired and that I am PMS-ing, and it makes me act like a petulant child, and everything threatens to spill over. I did finish a final exam essay that I was worried about, but not until about 2 am. This morning I went to the Seattle Art Museum to look at a collection ( Read more... )

Various and sundry ( Read more... )