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[Jun. 17th, 2009|01:12 pm] |
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Temp agency still hasn't called.
I'm doing a lot of reading, a lot of writing, a lot of knitting. Yeah--knitting. I taught myself how.
At this point, since I'm out of here in a month anyway, full-fledged job apps getting me anything grows increasingly unlikely.
meh. |
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[May. 13th, 2009|03:23 pm] |
On Friday afternoon we were hit very hard by a large storm and possibly a few tornadoes in the area. The estimates I've heard/seen say that 63,000 people were without power and that the storm cut a swath of 1,000 miles through the area. There are still incredible numbers of trees down. One neighbor had a large oak tree fall through their house; another one lost a shed to what I think was a fair-sized maple. (There is a lot more light through my room's windows, now.) Our house is okay; the worst that happened is the siding peeling off the house near the door.
I watched the storm from my window with a cup of coffee in hand. When the oak came down I decided that This Is A Stupid Idea, and high-tailed it to the bathroom with a book, my ipod, some candles, and a blanket. I tried to shanghai the cats in with me but they were not having any of that shit, and opted to watch by the windows instead.
We got power back yesterday (Tuesday). We were under a 9:00pm curfew and a boil order (good luck boiling water without power, lol), but everything has been lifted. I still do not have internet; I am writing this from one of the campus computer labs. All of our perishables went bad despite our best efforts. (Our fridge presently contains a bunch of condiments, a jug of milk we bought last night, and a carrot cake my roommate got in a fit of desperation and pique. That's all.)
I did a lot of reading, a lot of writing. I worked more on teaching myself Icelandic.
I graduated with my bachelor's on Sunday despite the general chaos and feel of zombie-apocalypse. My family and my friends were there for me (don't worry--if you were not there, you are still my friend!) I could not be happier, though I am a little worried about one of my favorite professors: she was not at my graduation, and all we know is that her house was crushed by a tree. I hope she is okay.
I am thinking of a graduation party the first weekend in June. I will be down here for a while yet. I am looking for a job.
In conclusion: I and mine are okay. I hope you and yours are okay as well. |
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[May. 6th, 2009|11:22 pm] |
Sleepy. Haven't been getting to bed right lately.
My takehome is in; my last test is taken. I have nothing to do other than to prep for graduation--make sure I look somewhat presentable, have robes ready. I'm waking up at 6am tomorrow for the latter. (Combined with my general inability to sleep, blech.)
TG's coming down with something--she has a fever and will be going to the doctor tomorrow. Me, I thought I was getting allergies but apparently I have a sinus infection instead.
No news back re: waiting tables, yet. |
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[Apr. 4th, 2009|01:05 pm] |
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1) i have to clean the whole house
2) i don't want to clean the whole house
3) rrrrrrrrrgh |
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[Mar. 30th, 2009|06:18 pm] |
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I'm considering brewing some dandelion wine. It's comparatively easy to make (I wouldn't need to get any complicated setups with valves 'n' stuff--it's basically moonshine). But it'd kind of be an investment. And since I'm leaving in a month or so (possibly--my future's hazy past May, but I'll be out of here for sure come August) it wouldn't have time to age well and I might end up having to cart some back north with me.
But 'tis the season.
hmm... |
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| things i did today |
[Mar. 18th, 2009|09:49 am] |
1) woke up
2) had breakfast: granola and coffee
3) changed clothes
4) went to campus
5) curb-stomped the Spanish-language CLEP with a score of 72 and probably would have done even better if hadn't been falling asleep during the listening section due to the incredible slowness of their speech
6) came home in triumph |
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[Mar. 11th, 2009|04:56 pm] |
I just kind of ROCKED my Spanish practice CLEP.
I'm not so worried about the test now :D |
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[Mar. 8th, 2009|02:25 pm] |
I'm home. I'm going to go see Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind with ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) g4bz0r tonight, and hopefully we'll actually get seats this time.
My mother got me a lot of pendants for me to play with. Like a lot of pendants. Way more than I expected. Includes some sunwheels and some double-pentagrams (upright and inverted), as well as some bits that mimic the pseudo-Pictish swirls I've been doodling recently. My mother sure does know me. A sterling silver piece will replace the tagua nut piece that I lost off of one of my devotional necklaces. Another one will probably end up as the focal for another devotional piece. The others? I don't know what I'll do with them, yet.
I'm still on my lookout for a butterfly pendant that doesn't look like it came from the Lisa Frank catalogue or something.
Showed off my poi and a recent prayer-bead acquisition to my mother.
While my mother was clearing space for a new futon in my room she found a much-beloved pair of glasses that I'd lost. They are very cat's-eye, to the point of even being moderately triangular, and I think they thin out my face but it's hard to tell because it deals with my astigmatism slightly differently (my legs feel about a foot shorter). I like them. They're about ten times geekier than my current pair but hey, I'm a geeky person. Pictures forthcoming.
I am still getting used to the fact that in a few months I'll have to be a grown-up with a real job and stuff. In an economy with eight per cent unemployment I'm not really looking forward to that. |
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[Mar. 6th, 2009|10:56 am] |
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We are catsitting for a week (though I'm leaving tomorrow and will miss most of the catsitting as a result). One of TG's friends has brought over a tiny sleek tabby thing named Daisy, with an outstandingly long tail and a strange angular face. She looks like she might be polydactyl; I haven't gotten a very good look at her yet.
I kind of like Daisy. She holds her own. Ginger and Onion, who are both larger (even tiny Ginger) hiss at her and growl. But Daisy comes over and jumps at them, doing a weird thing that reminds me of our dog at home doing let's-play bows. She trills and hisses at them, too, and never slinks around. I like that. Alpha cat. I cheer her on as she frightens the natives.
I am trying a new thing with my hair. I'm conditioning the bottom half and washing the top, then conditioning the whole thing. So far it's calmer, heavier, less fly-away. This may or may not be good. Haven't decided. Requires further experimentation.
CG is coming over. We are going to see Watchmen together, tonight. He got tickets for free! |
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[Mar. 5th, 2009|08:29 am] |
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I was pretty bored last night. (Basically I have nothing to do until break.) So, at CF's suggestion, I went through and started adding IPA pronunciation guides to random Wikipedia articles.
It all went very well until some humorless chess fan went through about half an hour after I did and decided that "1954 World Chess Championship" doesn't need a pronunciation guide. My newfound arch-nemesis went through my recently-edited list (probably saying to hirself all the while, what the fuck?) and deleted all the IPA that I'd helpfully added to articles.
No longer will Wikipedia browsers know how to say "Principles of Political Economy". Or "class". Or "Blue Mountain".
Someday, I will get my revenge... |
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| stupid linguist tricks |
[Feb. 26th, 2009|09:50 pm] |
(9:46:38 PM) alae93: gabe, could i just announce that i dum
(9:46:47 PM) BeardBragi: ok.
(9:46:49 PM) BeardBragi: y dum?
(9:47:02 PM) alae93: it did not occur to me until right now that old javanese is older than new javanese
(9:47:15 PM) BeardBragi: that's a good dum :)
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(9:49:57 PM) alae93: i think i will go in
(9:49:58 PM) alae93: to my professor
(9:50:00 PM) alae93: tomorrow morning
(9:50:01 PM) alae93: sit down
(9:50:02 PM) alae93: and ask
(9:50:12 PM) alae93: "can i safely assume that old javanese is an older version of new javanese" |
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[Feb. 18th, 2009|07:17 pm] |
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Apparently CLEP tests are offered through colleges, not through Sylvan Learning Centers and the like. That's cool. I didn't know that, although I probably should have looked it up sooner.
TG insists that CLEP tests must be taken in the first two weeks of the term, and so I'm fucked. I'm skeptical and believe that this is probably for CLEP'ing into a course (that would correspond roughly with the add deadline). We'll find out who's right when I visit them tomorrow. |
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[Feb. 15th, 2009|10:51 am] |
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Happy (belated) Valentine's Day. TG comes back today. The cats miss her extremely.
My epidermis on my burn has wholly peeled off, and WOW it hurts again, like it's a fresh burn. It's been a week (almost to the hour) since I burnt myself and I really wish everything would go back to normal. I've been splitting open Vitamin E tablets and covering my hand in them. The kitten comes over and tries to lick it all off.
CF and SS came down from the icy cold north to visit CG, A, and me. We went out last night for curry fixings, and CG and I ended up waiting in the parking lot while I spun poi. Apparently my butterfly doesn't look like a butterfly just yet--my planes aren't clean enough--but I'll get it. |
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[Feb. 11th, 2009|09:53 pm] |
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Finished a paper to turn in tomorrow. Got the hang of my new poi trick (the butterfly) several times today, without trying--now I just need to clean it up. Getting better at being ambidextrous. Red-purple marks on the back of my hand are fading and blisters are receding. Did the dishes early this morning while my hands were unwrapped. Got a ton of reading done.
I am peculiarly lonely at being home alone (how? I am never lonely, lil cheerful INTP that I am) but I have to admit that for all my lethargy and weird slow sadness right now, it sure could be worse; things are going very well. I just need to remember that. |
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[Feb. 10th, 2009|09:28 am] |
Last scald update unless something really awesome/terrible happens: I went to the student health center and got into an appointment immediately. The doctor seemed bored and convinced that there was remarkably little actually wrong with me, and pointed out that there were just "some" second degree burns, on my fingers, and the rest was a big angry red swath of first degree burns. (Some's enough.) He instructed me to stop using the solarcaine ("because some people are allergic" --??? I am allergic to precisely nothing, dude, as I told you about five times. Maybe they're worried my hands will touch someone who is?)
Anyway, they gave me silvadene, vicodin (?!), and a whole bunch of bandage pads, gauze, and bandage tape, so I can't complain too much. While the wound looks pretty terrible, the bandages make it look more so (warning: webcam screenshot! adorable overbite! bizarre IRC quote kept in screenshot!). I am already perfecting my story for if anyone asks. It involves secret missions from the President, giant fighting robots, and villains turning on steam ducts, and I figure if I get it just right Hideo Kojima will approach me and ask me to co-write the next Metal Gear Solid game. (My Foxhound name is Vajra Parakeet!) |
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[Feb. 9th, 2009|12:05 pm] |
Quick note--doing a lot better today. I can type like a human being, although flexing my fingers hurts. I'm kind of a T-Rex when it comes to finger mobility--I'm trying to not use my ring and little fingers, or at least as little as I can. Did not end up going to the ER, but I'll be seeing a GP today, I'm hoping. If the campus health center doesn't want to fit me in today I plan to bitch and moan and scream at them and display my blisters until they do. :P
CG ended up picking me up and taking me to Walmart where we consulted with a pharmacist. She recommended Lidocaine "or" Solarcaine ("we'll take both," interjected CG) but at least yesterday neither did much good.
I ended up taking two Midrin (yeah, migraine meds) to get to sleep last night, and slept with an ice pack. Once I got sleep--any sleep, even shallow sleep--the pain began to ebb, 12 hours after I hurt myself. Yowch! I slept approximately forever. What a day.
May or may not write a semi-serious essay on The Spiritual Implications of Scalding the Fuck out of Your Hand, as the spirit moves me.
My birthday gift from my mom, a pair of practice poi (not the food), arrived in the mail today. They have two slots for my fingers so I took advantage of my T-rex status to use my good fingers to experimentally spin some poi. They're great! Lovely, and heavier than I thought. I can't wait to try them out more, when I'm less ginger with my right hand, and outside where I won't risk breaking a window!
Thank you all for your concern! I am fine and will be fine. You are all lovely people and terrific friends. <3
ETA: I think one of my seeds is coming up--yay! |
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[Feb. 8th, 2009|04:41 pm] |
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scalded my right hand p. outstandingly today. typing w 1 hand. and not for any fun reason.
its blistering and p. red. i've been soaking it in cold water off n on for ~4 hrs and it still hurts but im trying to be STOIC about it
cg is casually talking about taking me to the emergency rm but seeing how i was there only 6 mos ago i think ill pass. its only 2nd degree burns anyway. i just wish i cld stop soaking it w/out it feeling like its on fire
fwiw i was boiling water for eggs and spilt it on me.
back to your regularly scheduld and grammatical/capsed yuri93 when my hand is serviceable again
ps - yes i am right handed
pps - no u arent gettin pictures, voyeurs |
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