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New site.
I've moved!!
Well, I haven't moved, but my blog has. Don't worry, I'll still be reading (and commenting) everyone here... but it was just time to move on.
Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and spectacular New Year!
Here's the new site: PenguinNonGrata.com
Alternately, you can subscribe to my RSS: Penguin's RSS feed
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update? what's that?
One day I will get around to posting a real update... but for now, and until things are a little less hectic (how about when I graduate in two years?) this is what you get ( Read more... ) -
Weather.
I keep hearing thunder... and I have never been praying for rain as much as I am right now. I'd do a rain dance if I thought it would help. The temperature was 107 yesterday... with the heat index it was more like 115.
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Wow.
I just got my hands on The New Pornographers newest (unreleased) album, Challengers. To quote a Pete, it is "unfuckwithable." Seriously. I still get goosebumps from Twin Cinema despite the fact that it's been 2 years, and now this? -
Sicko... plus a bonus rambling lament
I watched Micheal Moore's new movie Sicko last Wednesday night (thanks to bittorrent... hey, Mike said it was okay!). I've been waiting on its release for a while as health care and insurance are two topics that are of particular interest to me ( Read more... ) -
Monographer
Chuckle of the day:
While typing "diagnostic medical sonographer" in a word document, it tells me to correct the spelling by changing it to "diagnostic medical monographer ( Read more... ) -
Oh my...
Surreal moment of the day:
Pumping gas while Patrick Swayze serenades me with "She's Like the Wind" at 90 decibels through the gas station sound system ( Read more... ) -
Goodnight, Mr. Vonnegut...
"The year was 2081, and everyone was finally equal."
This was the first line of the first story I read post high school. A short story, yes, but it was nonetheless my initiation to a whole world of possibility. It was what spurred a endless love for the written word (one that I can't give much attention to these days ( Read more... ) -
Visual DNA...neat!
This was the neatest little personality quiz. It's based on what image you pick for the questions. I attempted to post the results here, but it doesn't look like lj likes it. If you're really interested you can click on the "Read my VisualDNA" link below.
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To do list and BSG innergeekiness
Since school is out for a month, I've started catching up on some things that were neglected. I've got to clean our room (read: throw a bunch of stuff out), get back on a regular exercise routine, START christmas shopping ( Read more... )