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| Tuesday, November 8th, 2011 | | 9:15 pm |
Computer woes
Alas, my desktop developed a bad sector in Windows and went into and endless cycle of reboots, so I'm currently running Ubuntu from a cd. I can't really afford to drop the money on Windows 7 right now (random school fee, taxes that I swear I paid, etc), so I have no idea how long I'll be running it like this. To make matters worse, my laptop has developed full-on hard drive failure (first one in >10 years, go me!) and can't even start the diagnostic. Lenovo says that I'll get my new drive in 2 days, but I still need to yank critical data off of it. In other news, Penguin Drum is still WTF, Nikita is still Bechdel-tastic, and Downton Abbey has to wait until Christmas. | | Friday, September 9th, 2011 | | 2:32 am |
| | Friday, May 27th, 2011 | | 12:41 pm |
Who remembers Elizabeth Moon?
Who remembers the foot-in-mouth essay she wrote earlier this year that got her disinvited from WisCon? Guess which con she'll be at this week. Balticon! Current Mood: Seriously? | | Sunday, December 19th, 2010 | | 2:10 am |
DADT repeal going to Obama
For those who are out of the news cycle, the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" was passed by the Senate with a vote of 65-31. | | Saturday, November 20th, 2010 | | 11:12 pm |
Now I know which cat was bringing me dead animals
So, back in the apartment I was gifted with two voles and a sparrow. The voles were dead but unbloodied, and the sparrow had been disemboweled through the neck after it was already inside. I thought Dash had been the one to bring them in, but apparently not. Five minutes ago, Goku brought a mouse into my bedroom and dropped it. It was still alive and scurried into my closet. Goku was kicked out and the mouse examined; no blood, no sign of broken limbs. The mouse was returned outside to the garden, but apparently Goku still thinks it's where she dropped it. | | Monday, October 25th, 2010 | | 11:47 am |
Not dead here
Hi guys, I'm still alive. I'm in school and dating someone nice, so everything is A-OK. My fishy subjects have arrived, although they're not the same species that I was originally going to work on, and after they've settled in their tanks I'm going to get started with some basic tests. I'm going up to Boston for Thanksgiving, so give me a holler if you're available then. For those of you who will be in DC next weekend for the rally, hit me up. | | Sunday, April 25th, 2010 | | 10:23 pm |
I want to punch Erik in the face. Or the balls. That would be acceptable. | | Wednesday, April 21st, 2010 | | 7:03 pm |
My boyfriend of 5 1/2 years, the guy I moved down to Washington DC to live with, the guy I thought I was going to marry, has left me. I'm mostly in the grieving stage right now, but it's all so agonizing. The skin of my nose is peeling from being rubbed raw and the skin near my eyes is flaking off from the salt. I've been evaluating where and how to move, but even deciding where to sleep each night is agonizing. He didn't have the courage to tell me, and the knowledge that I've spent so much of my life with someone who can't admit his feelings even to himself weighs in my stomach. Food holds no appeal and I've barely eaten since I found out; even the physical act of eating and drinking is hard. I want him to have his heart broken like mine. I know it's cliche, that it's not going to last, but right now I don't feel like I could bear to go through this again, that I don't even know how to trust another person not to hurt me. Please don't ask for the details. I'm sad and tired and sick of telling people about what happened. | | Monday, April 19th, 2010 | | 12:41 pm |
| | Saturday, February 27th, 2010 | | 9:25 pm |
Facebook
So, I finally joined 2008 and got a Facebook account. Too many things are on there that I can't see without one. If you know me in real life and think I should add you, send me a message. | | Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 | | 5:39 pm |
So, LJ, long time no see
Today is my birthday. I am not feeling old yet, although I am depressed that I am not closer along to a PhD at by now. I just received the best present EVER. Babe, you are too good to me. | | Monday, December 7th, 2009 | | 8:43 pm |
Snowflake season!
Since everyone else is posting about them right now, I thought I'd update to say that I got a snowflake from ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=92.2) miarr. You are the Scout to my Medic, baby. | | Monday, May 4th, 2009 | | 6:52 pm |
Costume Con 27
For those I haven't talked to about such things, I do a bit of costuming. Not very much, but enough for the occasional hall costume. I have worked in a number of green rooms at conventions, but never went on stage. This past weekend, Costume Con 27, the convention run for costumers, by costumers, was my first competition. Erik and myself entered as part of the Greater Columbia Fantasy Costuming Guild's group costume, Costume Con 1889, a steampunk masquerade within the larger masquerade. We were horribly nervous (or I was), since the group almost entirely consisted of master-level costumers, and Erik and myself were novices. A group costume must compete at the level of its highest-ranked member, so we had to compete at the master level. I was most worried about the workmanship of our costumes, and forgot to mention a few details during workmanship judging (but did remember to tell them that were novices). However, once our presentation started and the laughter began, I relaxed and knew that, if nothing else, we had nailed a presentation award. If you have ever been to a convention masquerade, you know that judging can take a long time. There were 43 (technically 45) entries, and the more entries there are the longer it takes for the judges to decide on all the awards. I went upstairs and had a drink, came back downstairs and wandered around, chatted at the bar for a bit, and eventually the judges came back. Workmanship awards are given before presentation awards, and every award is handed out from the lowest class to the highest, ending in the best of show award. As they went through the novice awards and Erik's name wasn't called, I felt really bad for him. His props were amazing and he really deserved something for them. If they didn't think the work on his jacket was deserving of anything, I was ok with that. There were some really good novices. So when they called a three-way tie for best in show workmanship and our group was called, I freaked just a little bit. We rushed the stage (or I did) and waited while the other groups were called and came up. I don't remember very much of what happened, but I do remember the following exchange with Marianne (journeyman level, prior to the masquerade). Me: We are so screwed! *handslap across Erik's body* Marianne: We'll have to compete as masters! By the time we were called for our next award (master class presentation), I had stopped caring, although I still ran up to the stage. I *did* care when we won the Spazzy Award given by the Sick Pups Costuming Guild (we had written our presentation aiming for the award), but there were only three of us up there. Maybe everyone else was at the bar. So, our awards: Best of Show, Workmanship - Diverse Overkill Master Class, Presentation - Best Concept Spazzy (funniest, sickest presentation) Photos will be coming out in the next few days. In a week, I'll be starting the research and design phase of my next few projects. I am so screwed. | | Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 | | 12:41 pm |
And back to school I go.
I've been accepted into Howard University for the fall semester. I'll be pursuing a master's degree in anatomy. On an unrelated note, my primary hard drive had a snafu and Windows is being a pain about copying over some profile information. I'll be gone from certain email and IMing until I work out what I'm going to do. | | Monday, March 9th, 2009 | | 7:36 pm |
Dammit, not again.
Just lost the second rat in two weeks. Chocolat was found on her side with her teeth around one of the bars. Once we were able to get her out, we found she was having breathing problems. Doing the rat Heimlich and "the fling" didn't help at all. She never moved her body at all and didn't blink. We will be getting no more rats until we know that Tira is healthy. | | Monday, February 16th, 2009 | | 9:25 pm |
Battlestar Galactica
Huge kudos go to the writers for last week's episode. Sure, it was a massive infodump, but they got themselves out of every corner I thought they had painted themselves into. ( Read more... ) | | Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 | | 12:41 am |
It's no longer November 4
It's been almost two hours, but I'm still feeling a bit stunned. Every so often I get sniffly, and if I read something stirring I get a bit teary, but mostly I'm just staring at the monitor as the last of the ballots are tallied and entered on the map. And now, a bit of political humor... | | Monday, October 6th, 2008 | | 11:58 pm |
Erik fails. Really hard.
So, in the process of attempting to fix Firefox (specifically, the non-workingness of Firefox that seemed to happen at random), he deleted my profile. The only copy of bookmarks I have is from 2004. SO HARD. | | Thursday, May 15th, 2008 | | 1:27 pm |
CA Supreme Court rules 4-3 in favor of gay marriage
Accordingly, in light of the conclusions we reach concerning the
constitutional questions brought to us for resolution, we determine that the
language of section 300 limiting the designation of marriage to a union “between a
man and a woman” is unconstitutional and must be stricken from the statute, and
that the remaining statutory language must be understood as making the
designation of marriage available both to opposite-sex and same-sex couples. In
addition, because the limitation of marriage to opposite-sex couples imposed by
section 308.5 can have no constitutionally permissible effect in light of the
constitutional conclusions set forth in this opinion, that provision cannot stand.--C. J. George, J. Kennard, J. Werdegar, and J. Moreno | | Thursday, January 24th, 2008 | | 11:14 am |
My nose is leaking
Staying home today. I think this is the second time I've called in sick in a year. |
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