Have been meaning to continue the tradition  of the futility watch that Erik started while he waited for graduate programs to get back to him - but of course it was lost in the shuffle until now.  Today I received my acceptance into the anthropology grad program at UW-Milwaukee, which was great news on its own.  Then, sitting down to disperse this ( Read more... )

Well, I didn't make it to Peru due to being bumped off my connecting flight. This is what happens when you hazard flying standby. My sister offered up her seat, but in the end I convinced her to go on, making the third person in our group promise to take care of her. I spent the good portion of the weekend getting back to Wisconsin via trains ( Read more... )

I received word today that I was accepted into the Ronald E. McNair scholars program. Funding for two summers worth of research in 5...4...3...2...

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For my spring break this year, March 3-12, I will be winging my way to lovely Peru. I am travelling with my sister, who is checking up on an orphanage which receives money from the organization that she works for. My job on this expedition is to lug my sister's ventilator around, tape a large amount of cash to my body until it gets to the ( Read more... )

How does it know that buying porn for one person is bad, but good for another?


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Work study at school gave me employment in the Student support services office. My job seems to be to sit around and surf the internet or study for my shift, "unless we find something for you to do." Its weirding me out, I'm used to a job where I have to work at goofing off.

Just arrived home from a game of 'tetris packing' of zentiger's car. As I saw him off the full weight of his leaving hit me, and it stung. Like the good friend that he is, he anticipated this and gifted me with some whisky upon his leaving - cheers to Erik - Huzzah ~

Yesterday started off simply enough. Woke up, got coffee, watched some Headline News. Then came the melting snow, making me yearn for more antedeluvial times. After being informed of the water pouring into the hot tub room I headed outside and onto the roof to clear it off, and find where the water was coming in ( Read more... )

was geekfest 05' at zentiger's place. We gathered to watch all three of the extended editions of the Lord of the Rings movies. 12 hours later we emerged victorious.....and atrophied