Quote(s) of The Day

"Am I the only one who takes sidewalk traffic so seriously? Do your fellow pedestrians a favor and please, pass left only, signal when turning, and for God's sake, look behind you before parellel parking!"

-Jo Taylor The Mighty (come on, it's not that vain- if I took the quotes off then it would just be my opinion, so where's the harm in quoting myself?)

"Can you define everything as a sum of cosines? I'll give you the same answer I gave you for sines- yes... kind of... depends on what we mean by this equals sign..."

-Professor Sternberg, on Fourier series in my partial differential equations class

Missing: Have You Seen This Girl?

In an everlasting quest to laugh in the face of adversity, a pro's and con's list about being single.

Things I have gained:
-Time
-Money
-Bitterness
-Cell phone minutes
-Heartache
-A useless key
-An appreciation for friends neglected
-My independence
-A renewed friendship with my cat

Things I have lost:
-You know, just, like, two years of my life
-Heartache
-Dissatisfaction
-The ability to watch TNG
-My best friend
-My faith in mankind
-My christmas lights I left in your apartment
-That superb bottle of sweet tea I left in your apartment
-My heart I left in your apartment

But somehow adversity is left laughing at me... A disclaimer I have stated before. Don't like my blogs, don't read them. I'll be mopey if I please, thankyouverymuch.

Late Night Post...

Not up to much, just googling baby kinkajou images and disinterestedly turning pages of Gray's Stellar Atmospheres.

This is more a reminder for me, but here is a list of posts to come:
-CO trip
-Mt. Lemmon observing
-New apartment
-How cute my cat is
-New Harmony
-Power outage biking
-CBR, opera, football, sidewalk astronomy
-Some feminist crap
-Gender roles
-Dinner, market, orchard, riley festival, CAT HAT

I hope that you are confused/intrigued enough to come back for more.

Phrases in Italian that are far more elegant/meaningful that in English:
"la vaga bramosla"
"Le turbine della passione"
"La ragione vuol essere Signora della menta umana"

La lingua italiana e' bellisima.

Hello October!

Sorry for two totally inane posts in one day. I PROMISE I will try my best to actually update this site with worthwhile posts.

First, please let me rant! I believe I can say with all honesty that the past seven days have been the most busy ones of my undergraduate academic career. Missing two days of class is detrimental when taking 21 credit hours... Put on top of that two lab reports, a presentation to the department on research I haven't considered in two months, a huge grad class project, 4 hours of the general GRE, completely boring 18th century Italian texts, last-minute making of a cardboat boat and yes FINALLY I can breathe thankyouverymuch.

Phew. Ok, now that I'm done whining. I expect the rest of the semester to go a bit better. I have been away every weekend since school started, and taking two days of the week off is difficult to catch up on. No more traveling, more studying and sleeping!

Anyway. Fall is in the air and the crisp smell of autumn leaves makes my heart happy! Soon to be- apple cider, orchard visits, Riley Festival, pumpkin carving, demo shows, and Halloween! :) Don't forget about the annual "This is what I did in October post"- keep a keen eye out for it.... 

Quote of The Day

me:  Here's a poem I just wrote

Cheetos

I can tell
you've been eating them
from the orange stain
on your fingers
I can smell the cheese
on your breath
I can see the feral
Chester look
in your eyes

 Elaine:  omg

omg

yesssssss

yes

yes

 me:  I love you

Elaine, will you marry me?

holds cheeto out

 Elaine:  I've been waiting for this moment my whole life! YES! I will!!

puts cheeto in mouth

 me:  

You've made me a happy woman today

PS- I'm logging this chat

 Elaine:  hahaha

I might put that poem somewhere...

 me:  do it