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I have also embarked upon an interesting study in musical self analysis. I’m not sure how common this is for people, but I am very connected to music and find that most days I have a song running through my head. Usually I wake up with it and find myself singing it during my morning shower. So, I have started tracking them and have made an ( Read more... )

Sometimes certain settings and sensations just feel right. I don’t know what it is about it, but I get this all encompassing sense of comfort sometimes while driving at night. It happens most when the air has a bit of a chill, but I’m all cozy inside the car with the heater on and the windows are down. The music is up loud and seems to be a perfect ( Read more... )

Today there was a tornado warning here. My office mate was laughing at me because I really felt the need to ask her if I should not go outside. I knew about the hurricanes around here… but somehow didn’t think about tornados. So, I now know what “tornado weather” feels like. Strangely kind of like “earthquake weather” but a bit colder and more ( Read more... )

Another one of those perfect moments this morning while walking to work. The sun was just beginning to rise and lit a firey orange glow along the horizon peaking through silhouettes of oak trees. Slowly the whole sky turned hues of purple and pink. As I crested the little hill in front of my unit, the full awe of the most beautiful sunrise I have ( Read more... )

I love my job…
I love my friends…
I love my life…

A proper update will follow shortly.

Okay, I feel that I must address this bug situation in the South… and because my sister was so immensely disturbed by the bugs that she was shocked not to find them in my travel accounts. While in New Orleans, I stepped outside to call T while having a smoke and we were over taken by this terrifying rising tide of noise that seemed to engulf us. T ( Read more... )

Livid is a good word ( Read more... )

Never accept a gift from a stranger… unless it’s something you really want or need ( Read more... )

I worked on my dissertation today for the first time since I proposed it back in October. I’ve been collecting data in the mean time, but not any real academic work, research, or writing. I reacquainted myself with the measures I’m using, how to score them, and what the results mean. I don’t feel ultimately overwhelmed by the project and I am still ( Read more... )