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Monthly Archives: December 2008

Currently stressed out about:

Monday, December 29, 2008

1. Teaching section this quarter because I don’t know how, 2. Masters’ exams in the spring because they are scary, 3. What if there is no money for the Echo conference because all of the money in the world has vanished (see: “economic crisis”), 4. Dying in an earthquake because I live in California. Luckily, [...]

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It’s Christmas: time to get serious.

Thursday, December 25, 2008

1.  So, it hasn’t been a very good month or so, for those of us who, um, have rather specifically nerdy tastes in rather specific areas, for we have lost three of our greatest Grand Crazy Ladies:  Yma Sumac, Majel Barrett Roddenberry (wife of the late Gene Roddenberry and voice of the computer on numerous [...]

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Singalong, with apologies to Frank Sinatra

Thursday, December 25, 2008

Some days, When I’m awfully low, When the world is cold I just get a glow WHEN I SUDDENLY REMEMBER THAT IN MY KITCHEN I HAVE ALL OF THE INGREDIENTS FOR GIN MARTINIS.

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Career prospects

Sunday, December 21, 2008

So, given the state of the economy and how it has resulted in a staggering number of academic job openings being canned, I have been thinking of what other career prospects might be open to me (besides the obvious top two: burlesque dancer, mistress to a wealthy executive). Last night I went to see James [...]

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Dear the Baby Jesus,

Sunday, December 21, 2008

I don’t actually believe in you or anything, but since your birthday (or “birthday”?) is coming up I just thought I’d say thank you. Thank you for all of my friends who are lovely and amazing and nice to me and send me messages to cheer me up when I am being sad and angsty. [...]

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Damn you, holidays/time zones

Saturday, December 20, 2008

I just really need for somebody to tell me that I am not awkward and weird and hopeless or for somebody to tell me that I’m awkward and weird and hopeless but that it’s ok to be awkward and weird and hopeless but everybody is either gone away for the holidays, or is in the [...]

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Rapunzel speaks

Thursday, December 18, 2008

I got a haircut today.  Nothing exciting, just a long overdue trim.  But I’m excited because I think my hairdresser fixed the problem I was having where the front of my hair would curl but the back of my hair wouldn’t because whoever cut my hair last time gave me this blunt bob that was [...]

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You don’t know from snow.

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Yay!  It’s snowing a tiny bit and everyone is freaking out! (Not in the city – I haven’t actually seen anything but rain, rain, rain.) (Although, yesterday I was in Silver Lake and I could see snowy mountains in the distance.)

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Query of relatively nominal importance:

Saturday, December 13, 2008

If I were to embark on a career as a Sassy Girl DJ, what should my DJ name be? (I have already thought of DJ Barbarella and DJ Dana Scully.) Other, unrelated items of little interest: 1.  After Monday, I will be done with all work for this quarter and I have no intention of [...]

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My kingdom for a meme!

Saturday, December 6, 2008

Kariann tagged me below – so here’s some memetastic fun! The rules: 1. Link to your tagger and list these rules on your blog. 2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog – some random, some weird. 3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as [...]

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