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Good News, Bad News
So I was eating with a lab mate yesterday evening around eight and due to a recent emergency and the sudden darkness of the restaurant upon reentry I didn't notice that they had brought me a flour tortilla taco set instead of the corn I'd asked for when I ordered my meal. I even got a few bites in, since I was feeling weird and they were gritty ( Read more... ) -
Making hay while the sun shines...
I realize that I don't read anymore, and it has been driving me crazy for seasons ( Read more... ) -
Bitter like maté, Stinging like bees
I'm watching the smoke thicken and climb down the walls as it gradually fills the room. It's like a halocline. A gorgeous, undulating, deadly halocline. I'm not supposed to breath underwater either, so I suppose that's apt. I'm strongly considering ignoring the advice to not evacuate. No idea where it's coming from, or whether it's really not cause ( Read more... ) -
Term-End
I am here: http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/Read more... ) -
Sunrise and Still
So here I am, on the Regional 141 to DC, going hundreds of miles and back today, 12 hours on a train, just to see folks, get some bubble tea and vote in a swing state. I could stay overnight I suppose but I have class in the morning ( Read more... ) -
Of course, it's not about race...
My brother is working for the Obama campaign in North Carolina. He has just been handed a new county. In his old county he had to deal with flagrant racism and segregation, open hostility and even having folks approach and threaten black voters after he talked to them. A colleague had a gun pointed at both her and the voters she was talking to at ( Read more... ) -
Clinton vs Obama (is short sighted)
Seriously ( Read more... ) -
6th Floor
The day before Thanksgiving I got lost in the aves dept. It was actually more disturbing than its counterpart in the connector - physical anthro. For whatever reason turning corners to find human remains all over the place isn't as disruptive to my mental state as being lost in the byzantine halls of the bird dept. It isn't the fact that, for ( Read more... ) -
Inertia
My life is moving at a jaunty pace. I might say, almost too quickly sometimes. I wish I could savor my time at the Smith, instead of pushing forward to grad school. Still I an constantly in positive motion and ever the happier for it. I have begun to worry for my friends though many would balk at the concern. Certain people have already launched ( Read more... ) -
brr
I arrive at work later than everyone else and leave early. I know that ut's expected of me but I feel strange about it nonetheless. Life is getting better though I need to focus more on grad schools soon. I've been frustrated about the food thing anew. Unsure why. I enjoy walking through the hot air vents along the street except when homeless ( Read more... )