So I was studiously reading for  my 20th century Russian history class when I came across, not quite this photo, but one that is pretty much the same idea.  This is Alexander III, second to last Tsar of Russia.


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Here are some pictures of some SD size stuff I've made to sell on Den of Angels. What do you think I should price stuff at?

http://s204.photobucket.com/albums/bb242/vivandiere61/marketplace%20items/

Thanks for any and all feedback!

I was just watching an old episode of "Numbers" on TV, and Wolf was in it as the bad guy!  He gained a little wait and was of course not his wolfie self, but it still amused me.

I got an email from my one history prof (the non-scary one), not only did he, in general, like my prospectus, but he gave me an A. Yay, so I know I have As in two of my classes!

I am safely in St. Louis and planning to show my love to Kinje and others by cooking (yep, turning into my mom) numerous tasty dishes of tastiness. Then next Saturday it is off to the 'Burg for a bit. And some of my German books for next semester arrived, so I'll have some schoolwork to work on when Kinje is working/playing D ( Read more... )

My mommy loves me! I finally got my box from my mom (see 2 posts ago) and it was full of so many tasty Japanese stuff. I have Pucca candies and Pocky and wasabi peas and ohmygoddesssomuchtastiness!

And I get to hand in my evil paper of doom! Yay!

AARRGGHH!! Various students, who shall remain nameless, drive me crazy. They don't read their assignments or pay attention in class, then, when they do poorly on a test, blame it on either test anxiety or low blood sugar, usually causing the professor to skew their grade or let them redo the test. How fair is that to the rest of us? At the grad ( Read more... )

Since both Jen and I were going to be gone for 3 weeks over winter break, we decided that having our mail held would be a good idea.  We were pleased that the USPS website had an online form that let  you specify what dates you wanted your mail held, thus saving us a theoretical trip to the post office.  So we filled out the form having them stop ( Read more... )

Herzlichen Glueckwuensche zum Geburtstag, Lyn!  Didn't want you to feel left out that you didn't get your birthday greeting in German!

I have the most amazing tower of books stacked up on the table next to my bed right now.  Stupid paper is eating my soul but it's almost done!  I will finish it in the morning unless the books fall on me in my sleep and kill me.

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