"We were kids" he said ( Read more... )

As in, the major itself. As if it could somehow read....
This is an early draft.

Actually, this was a paper I wrote. I might start futzing with it until its an actual open letter...

One phrase from Dahlstrand and Politis’ study, “Women business ventures in Swedish university incubators” really stood out to me--
           “Clearly in this paper, ( Read more... )

The fight on Facebook was over minimum wage.

Look. I know raising the minimum wage won't fix everything. And it will cause some problems. The research done shows that while it can cause some problems in the short run it will fix greater things in the long run *if minimum wage can just keep up with inflation*!

I am not really here to discuss this ( Read more... )

The big, bad rain showed up today. It was kind of hilarious, actually. Usually I'm one of these people sneering "Bah, real Portlanders get WET!" But today, it was HUGE, PLOPPING rain-- big ol FAT rain.  I was dodging around buildings and trees, trying to hop from relatively dry spot to relatively dry spot. And I thought to myself, "damn, I wish I ( Read more... )

It has been explained to me that life starts making WAY more sense after 30. People respect you for who you are, you are able to get better jobs, folks laugh at your jokes, you know ( Read more... )

So, it seems that every time I get depressed, my brain randomly turns to characters (and most importantly, incongruities in the timeline that need to be filled with fanfiction) of Gaston Leroux's Phantom of the Opera ( Read more... )

Well, I was going to post the day that I no longer felt any effect of the surgery. This actually hasn't happened yet ( Read more... )

I miss beer. Actually, I miss drinking in general ( Read more... )

Thursday is the 8th day ( Read more... )

Honestly, yesterday and the day before can be summed up pretty simply ( Read more... )