One more day until I go home for Thanksgiving, and of course it's agonizing. Two more ten-pagers to complete... not cool. Thank God it's Marmoset Monday....
via Cute Overload
Monday, November 24, 2008
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Like a Pine Maaartin
I am a big fan of Planet Earth. Gabe and I used to watch an episode every night, because he bought the whole series for a song in Shanghai. One of my favorite segments was on the mating dances of birds of paradise:
I've watched it so many times, and I still cannot wrap my mind around the fact that I am watching a bird. What would you do if you saw one of these lunging at you in the jungle?
I've watched it so many times, and I still cannot wrap my mind around the fact that I am watching a bird. What would you do if you saw one of these lunging at you in the jungle?
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Monday, November 17, 2008
Sharing is a Virtue
Those of you who are my friends on gmail, or however that goes, get the pleasure (or burden, as one jerk put it) of seeing my shared items. Anyone can see them all here! I wish there was a way to intersperse them in my blog, but I don't think there is. So, I'm going to try and update more with various things from the zillion blogs I read every day, cause sometimes I don't have anything to say about my day, but I do want you to know about Improv Everywhere welcoming home a total stranger at the airport.
Welcome Back from ImprovEverywhere on Vimeo.
Welcome Back from ImprovEverywhere on Vimeo.
My latest absence can be explained by my alarming predisposition for eye infections. I had pinkeye something like three times my freshman spring, and it has returned at least once annually to make me look like a dirtball. Unappreciated, pinkeye.
This time, however, my situation was even worse. Over the course of Tuesday night, I developed a burning sensation in my right eye that got so bad that that I couldn't close it. On Wednesday, it was so swollen that I looked like a muppet. Oddly, I had luck enough that I didn't have to sit through my three-hour seminar, but my individual paper meeting was still awkward. Basically I spent the day apologizing for my appearance and constant sniffling. (Sniffling sounds pretty tame but I can't think of a stronger word for it...)
After an agonizing night I finally went to the health center, who promptly sent me to a doctor, emergency-style. My care had been towed that morning since I am so lucky, although there's no way I could have driven myself anyway, so in my hour of need I turned to Campus Safety for a ride. They heroically informed me that 2:30 was not a good time for a ride due to shift change, so I should call back at 3. This posed a problem, as my appointment was scheduled for 3, a problem to which the gentleman on the line said, "oh well!" The receptionist was good enough to push the appointment back to 3:30, and when I called back after 3, the guy on the other end helpfully asked, "Isn't a little late to be calling about a 3:30 appointment?"
I went back today and got a clean bill of health. I was late and missed my morning appointment, which initially made me hate myself, but then I realized that it was quite serendipitous. The office is in West Hartford Center, so I spent an hour and a half wandering around happily. I bought myself a new blanket (If you know me well, you know I hate sleeping under my comforter. I sleep on top of it, under fleece blanket scraps.) and a holiday-scented candle. Both really enhance the ambiance of my room. Knickknacks make me immeasurably happier.
Also making me happy today: a homemade coupon for gummy worms and ice cream. I can't wait to redeem it tomorrow :)
This time, however, my situation was even worse. Over the course of Tuesday night, I developed a burning sensation in my right eye that got so bad that that I couldn't close it. On Wednesday, it was so swollen that I looked like a muppet. Oddly, I had luck enough that I didn't have to sit through my three-hour seminar, but my individual paper meeting was still awkward. Basically I spent the day apologizing for my appearance and constant sniffling. (Sniffling sounds pretty tame but I can't think of a stronger word for it...)
After an agonizing night I finally went to the health center, who promptly sent me to a doctor, emergency-style. My care had been towed that morning since I am so lucky, although there's no way I could have driven myself anyway, so in my hour of need I turned to Campus Safety for a ride. They heroically informed me that 2:30 was not a good time for a ride due to shift change, so I should call back at 3. This posed a problem, as my appointment was scheduled for 3, a problem to which the gentleman on the line said, "oh well!" The receptionist was good enough to push the appointment back to 3:30, and when I called back after 3, the guy on the other end helpfully asked, "Isn't a little late to be calling about a 3:30 appointment?"
I went back today and got a clean bill of health. I was late and missed my morning appointment, which initially made me hate myself, but then I realized that it was quite serendipitous. The office is in West Hartford Center, so I spent an hour and a half wandering around happily. I bought myself a new blanket (If you know me well, you know I hate sleeping under my comforter. I sleep on top of it, under fleece blanket scraps.) and a holiday-scented candle. Both really enhance the ambiance of my room. Knickknacks make me immeasurably happier.
Also making me happy today: a homemade coupon for gummy worms and ice cream. I can't wait to redeem it tomorrow :)
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Monday, November 3, 2008
Great Weekend -> Rough Week
I have two important papers due tomorrow, so of course this is the perfect time to work on my long-awaited blog update.
Homecoming weekend has come and gone and I am pretty much exhausted. I am out of practice at partying after this season, as evidenced by my failure to make it out past 12 on Thursday. I didn't even attempt Tuesday. (It was supposed to be a big week, okay?) However, I did well on Friday, which was good considering that it was Halloween. Friday marked a great start to the weekend: I woke up nice and late, did some work, ate a leisurely lunch, turned in my degree application form on time (surprising!), and tutored Burmese children. And by tutor I of course mean that I let them crawl on me while I watched Dr. Doolittle.
So, my Halloween costume. I made a valiant attempt to portray M.I.A., but I am just a smidge too blonde and white to make it work. So I resembled more of an 80s prom queen-M.C. Hammer hybrid, which was really just as good.
Saturday morning was not as rough as you might have expected, but I had to wake up early to help facilitate the Class of 2008 Homecoming reception on the Long Walk... this job did not end up being important at all and I was quickly dismissed. I had some breakfast and went to my room to get ready for the game. Then I got a headache and laid around watching tv for two hours, so I missed most of the tailgating action. Figures. I did show up right on time to watch Trinity win, so I don't feel like I totally wasted the day.
Gabe and I went to Outback, which he loves, and it was pretty good I spose. The highlight for me was that one of our fellow diners was... dun dun dun.... Cave Mary! Wtf? She was looking pretty snazzy too. We got back and decided not to go out; instead we watched Idiocracy, which was very funny.
On Sunday, I brunched with my friends, and then we went to Target and bought a mattress pad to improve Gabe's bed. It's two twins pushed together, which is awesome except that the mattresses tend to slide apart and except for one single time, I am literally always the one who wakes up nestled in the crack. We bought a mattress pad- and also I got a blue fleece and a flannel shirt. So clearly the trip was a roaring success.
After that I was going to work on my paper. Obviously I should have done that since now I am way way way behind. But I had just gotten a bound dissertation on Angkor via Inter-library Loan (finally, in my senior year, I have figured this out) and I was excited to read it even though my seminar paper's not due for a month. So, I figured I'd go with Gabe to his stupid dance thing Danae roped him into and watch him practice. I too became roped in, and ended up sitting there for four hours. So, now you're pretty much up to speed, because since I got home, I've been sitting here trying to get these papers done. One is already late :'(
I need to do my work for once now, but check out Sport Graphics for a truly amazing cover page photo from Head of the Fish. I'm stroking.
Homecoming weekend has come and gone and I am pretty much exhausted. I am out of practice at partying after this season, as evidenced by my failure to make it out past 12 on Thursday. I didn't even attempt Tuesday. (It was supposed to be a big week, okay?) However, I did well on Friday, which was good considering that it was Halloween. Friday marked a great start to the weekend: I woke up nice and late, did some work, ate a leisurely lunch, turned in my degree application form on time (surprising!), and tutored Burmese children. And by tutor I of course mean that I let them crawl on me while I watched Dr. Doolittle.
So, my Halloween costume. I made a valiant attempt to portray M.I.A., but I am just a smidge too blonde and white to make it work. So I resembled more of an 80s prom queen-M.C. Hammer hybrid, which was really just as good.
Saturday morning was not as rough as you might have expected, but I had to wake up early to help facilitate the Class of 2008 Homecoming reception on the Long Walk... this job did not end up being important at all and I was quickly dismissed. I had some breakfast and went to my room to get ready for the game. Then I got a headache and laid around watching tv for two hours, so I missed most of the tailgating action. Figures. I did show up right on time to watch Trinity win, so I don't feel like I totally wasted the day.
Gabe and I went to Outback, which he loves, and it was pretty good I spose. The highlight for me was that one of our fellow diners was... dun dun dun.... Cave Mary! Wtf? She was looking pretty snazzy too. We got back and decided not to go out; instead we watched Idiocracy, which was very funny.
On Sunday, I brunched with my friends, and then we went to Target and bought a mattress pad to improve Gabe's bed. It's two twins pushed together, which is awesome except that the mattresses tend to slide apart and except for one single time, I am literally always the one who wakes up nestled in the crack. We bought a mattress pad- and also I got a blue fleece and a flannel shirt. So clearly the trip was a roaring success.
After that I was going to work on my paper. Obviously I should have done that since now I am way way way behind. But I had just gotten a bound dissertation on Angkor via Inter-library Loan (finally, in my senior year, I have figured this out) and I was excited to read it even though my seminar paper's not due for a month. So, I figured I'd go with Gabe to his stupid dance thing Danae roped him into and watch him practice. I too became roped in, and ended up sitting there for four hours. So, now you're pretty much up to speed, because since I got home, I've been sitting here trying to get these papers done. One is already late :'(
I need to do my work for once now, but check out Sport Graphics for a truly amazing cover page photo from Head of the Fish. I'm stroking.
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