and now, for some whine (and not well-aged stuff either either - no, this one's bitter).
most recent excitement in the aftermath of the flood - my temporary housing is in a dorm with no quiet hours and last night was senior class bar night, so even as exhausted as i was from moving yesterday and general stress, i slept only intermittently from 11:30-3:30 with...
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most recent excitement in the aftermath of the flood - my temporary housing is in a dorm with no quiet hours and last night was senior class bar night, so even as exhausted as i was from moving yesterday and general stress, i slept only intermittently from 11:30-3:30 with...
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hi. my name is rachel. i am a huge ball of stress.
the most dramatic of the several stressful events of my last few days was the flood. three inches of rain fell yesterday in less than an hour. i lived at the bottom of a hill, on the top of which is a huge construction site. when debris blcoked the drains, muddy, smelly, (and...
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the most dramatic of the several stressful events of my last few days was the flood. three inches of rain fell yesterday in less than an hour. i lived at the bottom of a hill, on the top of which is a huge construction site. when debris blcoked the drains, muddy, smelly, (and...
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flux:
ouch. at least your computer is alive.
mm. a good weekend, on balance. i'd forgotten how much i like drugs. there aren't good photos of the dress and hair, but i've been coerced into promising to bring the pleather out again later this fall, and i'm thinking of playing more with the hair color, so there'll be new photos then.
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Sunday Morning
Is this what it feels like to be alive?...
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Sunday Morning
Is this what it feels like to be alive?...
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flux:
nassssssty!
my school's having it's first Con this weekend - http://www.amherst.edu/~sffc/conduct Filking was fun enough, but not as addictive as i hoped it would be. Some SF/F authors are cool people, and others are snotty, as i discovered while driving several from the airport yesterday. Also enjoyed a panel on sexuality in SF/F, took photos of a boffing war, and added Scrapped Princess to my short...
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flux:
pictures soon! soon soon!
so great to be back at school. just a brief update for now:
my classes this semester are intro geology, evolutionary bio (yay for pollinating plants!), seminar in US culture wars 1850-1950ish, and historiography, and i'm a TA for the second half of intro bio (molecules, genes, and cells, oh my!).
I think my favorite will be culture wars. On the first day of class...
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my classes this semester are intro geology, evolutionary bio (yay for pollinating plants!), seminar in US culture wars 1850-1950ish, and historiography, and i'm a TA for the second half of intro bio (molecules, genes, and cells, oh my!).
I think my favorite will be culture wars. On the first day of class...
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flux:
that's beautiful.
and, in its mainstreaming, let us hope that puritanical sexual mores go forth and Die.
and, in its mainstreaming, let us hope that puritanical sexual mores go forth and Die.
Well, i didn't make the singing in Greenville last night...but i got reminded of why i love the South.
Heading south on I-85 I stopped at Abbott's Farm Market to pick up some peach preserves for mom, a case of RC colas in glass bottles and a case of Moon Pies for my uncle's birthday, and some sodas for myself (Ne-Hi, Cheerwine, and Sundrop, also...
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Heading south on I-85 I stopped at Abbott's Farm Market to pick up some peach preserves for mom, a case of RC colas in glass bottles and a case of Moon Pies for my uncle's birthday, and some sodas for myself (Ne-Hi, Cheerwine, and Sundrop, also...
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ayin:
Take my advice: Don't ever come to Charlotte on your way back through Greenville and your image of how wonderful people in the south are 
will never have to be destroyed!!!
will never have to be destroyed!!!
flux:
"just the good ol' boys...don't mean ya no harm..."
do you miss it when you're living up in yankee central?
i sure do out in hippietown.
rc colas and moonpies, indeed.
do you miss it when you're living up in yankee central?
i sure do out in hippietown.
rc colas and moonpies, indeed.
Leaving town tomorrow! ahhh! something about doing manual labor first thing in the morning really gets me feeling good. i miss working on the farm.
you - yeah, you, reading this - go read the interview with neil gaiman (at the bottom of the bar of icon/links on the left).
errata: didn't actually go clubbing last weekend - slept instead. i love sleep.
you - yeah, you, reading this - go read the interview with neil gaiman (at the bottom of the bar of icon/links on the left).
errata: didn't actually go clubbing last weekend - slept instead. i love sleep.
flux:
yeah, i really love manual labor too. i've spent the weekend pruning, weeding, cleaning, painting and such in st. louis with brian. it's diviiiiiiine.
eris:
woah. you're fantasy makes me want to steal you from the Flux! but i won't because i understand the sanctity of marriage.
drat to summer being almost over! getting in my kicks while i still can...like making pad thai for dinner last night, and wontons (with five different types of fillings cause my roommate likes to "experiment," bless his heart) tonight. also, checking out a club tomorrow night for the first time here in the triangle (i have been clubbing a few times this summer, but only...
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yay for a loverly time with Flux this weekend. the lounging around chatting about things we're passionate about. just the kind of thing to make me feel alive.
summer has both rocked and flown by. much singing has made me happy. just when my job is getting tedious, i have less than two weeks left, and a project that will be a bit of a...
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summer has both rocked and flown by. much singing has made me happy. just when my job is getting tedious, i have less than two weeks left, and a project that will be a bit of a...
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flux:
we went to nerd camp together!
flux:
i think i've heard that, too, about kittens.
and now the link for that scared harp: http://www.mewsic.com/TheScaredHarp/TheScaredHarp.pdf/