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New blog for an older me. A very immature blog... but oh well. Enjoy.

Friday, August 19 7:40 am CDT ( Read more... )

The Oral Trials of Sara T. Strey-Mellema, 19 May 2009 at approximately 8:40 am ( Read more... )

I'm getting older, crankier, and more broker (not to mention more bitter!). Fun ( Read more... )

thi o my mom called and we're meh

I feel hateful that i'm so big and disgusting and pissed that those who point it out don't get what it does to me.

Paramore, Ignorance ( Read more... )

1. Your Middle Name ( Read more... )

I've never told or blamed my mom for how much she fucked me up. But tonight... she just pushed me to my limits. She made decisions about things we'd never worked out. She'd told me horrible things. And then I lashed back out. I told her nearly everything I'd been holding in about her abuse and neglect. She said "go have another drink" and I said " ( Read more... )

Department head calls a meeting announcing that they have, in fact, decided to make some of the students requested changes to the qual. This would be good news, except that the qual will now be given in pop format and any who wish to remain in the phd program must take the qual NOW. No studying allowed. Go.

This is the dream I had last night about the qualifying exam ( Read more... )