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janviere inspired me to post a little update so you folks on livejournal can know the big things that are going on with me these days. I think that, really, I owe many people phone calls (or you can call me! :)

I defend my thesis on Thursday, and loving tall_saul is going to come to cheer me on. Hopefully it is a defensible thesis! Then I move to Germany, to a ( Read more... )

I couldn't resist posting this video because it made me feel happy ( Read more... )

In the interest of passing on nifty memes, please follow this link to duskcat's livejournal for a video that really picked me up.

Theremin!

For kicks, I thought I'd fill out the meme that went around years ago. Here are the states and countries I've visited:


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I went to see Angelique Kidjo (to really see her moves, start at 6:34, but she's fantastic throughout), the Béninoise superstar, last night with a Peace Corps friend (same training group as me!), and golly, what a performer! I'm having trouble finding a good clip on youtube that shows her off adequately, and I also don't think her recordings do her ( Read more... )

The internet is truly a wondrous place, as evidenced by this video:



This video goes well with my recreational caffeine mood.

ZOMG! Did you folks know that you can watch clips of A Prairie Home Companion on youtube? This involves so many wonderful things, like learning how the foley artist works his magic! The internet is truly a wonderful thing.

From Francesco Marciuliano's blog. He's the guy who writes Sally Forth and writes and draws Medium Large. Funny man.

I was sad today to learn that Secret Asian Man isn't a daily strip anymore. But! It's still weekly!

Also in the comic strip theme, have you ever heard of The Comics Curmudgeon? No? Well, check it out!