A night out

Aug 06, 2007 22:34

Six weeks since my last update...I'm turning into a bad LJer. I'm going to blame my lack of presence on running up against program deadlines. I hit the summer and suddenly realized that I had four months to study for and write my second comprehensive exam, and prepare my proposal. My own fault, for dithering and delaying on a topic (which in turn ( Read more... )

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steninja August 7 2007, 03:01:48 UTC
That is hilarious! How does that happen?! lol At least the ribs were good!

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semiotic_trader August 8 2007, 01:15:28 UTC
That is seriously bizarre. I don't know that I would have been as sanguine about it as you were.

And congrats on finishing the second comp. When will you know the results?

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onefixedstar August 8 2007, 02:33:18 UTC
Well, what would you have done?

I'll know the results whenever they tell me. I really don't know. Hopefully before the end of August.

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semiotic_trader August 8 2007, 02:39:19 UTC
I probably would have fumed about it and let it ruin my meal. Which isn't very productive, I know, but isn't as sanguine as "shrug and laugh"!

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onefixedstar August 8 2007, 02:41:56 UTC
I'm guessing that the guy was mentally ill, homeless, or both. (And probably either hot or very disappointed when the drink turned out to be alcohol-free.) If it had been a teenager playing a prank or something, I probably would have been more annoyed.

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