22.      Mirage: Napoleon’s Scientists and the Unveiling of Egypt, Nina Burleigh
Gods I love Egypt.  And the scientists left in Egypt by Napoleon were fascinating.

23.      Parkinson’s Disease and the Family, Sharma and Richman
Very difficult for me to read, but informative.

24.      The Almost Moon, Alice Sebold
I can barely read Alice ( Read more... )

I'm headed to Enid tomorrow.

Will probably help sister move to Tulsa over the weekend.

Intend to make a trip to Norman soon.

Am drunk now.

Last night sobriety and I parted ways in a rather spectacular and disastrous manner.   I blame the Kraken.  Literally.  I found this bottle of spiced rum with a huge sea monster on it.  The brand is quite literally called: The Kraken.  And its fantastic with peach Shasta.  So last night I watched several episodes of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple ( Read more... )

All I wanted to do was rent a car.  (Because there is no one left in Fayetteville that I know and who might be able to drive me to Oklahoma.  And Justin can't make an 8 hour round trip to bring me my car, which is understandable ( Read more... )

So my sister has an ass kicking coming to her.  She called me last night, pissed off at gods know what, and ranting about moving to Mexico to live in a commune with 'people who give a damn' and who have ' intellectually stimulating conversations ( Read more... )

15.      The Rock Art of Eastern North America, edited by Carol Diaz-Granados and James Duncan
I've never been terribly interested in rock art.  I don't know why.  But since I'm doing all this work with iconography I've found it much more interesting.  Also, my advisor is in charge of the Arkansas Rock Art Project, which is really truly amazing.  ( Read more... )

So I did something that was probably pretty stupid last night.  I've just been so ramped up from all the drama and stress that I couldn't take it anymore.  I couldn't even calm down enough to write a paper, read a book, or even watch tv.  So I took a Xanax, a Flexiril, and half a bottle of wine.  I came to around 11 this morning in my chair with ( Read more... )

10.      Year of Wonders:  A Novel of the Plague, Geraldine Brooks
You know I lurves me some plague.  And this is a damn good fictional imagining of historical events.  Basically one town decided it was their moral duty not to spread the illness to any outsiders, so they voluntarily quarantined themselves until the plague had run its course in ( Read more... )

Finished one of my papers last night.  Thank the gods.  Today will be spent doing the homework for next week and writing various sections of another paper.  Oh, and grading lab reports.  Shit.  And I had hoped to ride my scooter about today.  I suppose I still can.  Its not like I really sleep anymore.  I'm back to my pre-divorce pattern of dozing ( Read more... )

But isn't that always the case.

The Caddo Conference was a damn good time.  Had an absolute blast with geowench ,whom I sorely miss.  We did our typical drinking/bitching/shopping, which I have also missed.  My youngin friends here in F-Ville take me way to seriously.  And they are generally horrified by my raunchiness.  However, I am dreading when they ( Read more... )