We returned to the land of five separate but equally squeamish smells (also known as Cedar Rapids, or “The Crapids”) on Friday so we could celebrate the event of gift-giving with one half of Matt’s family. The best part was the Easy Mac box, which cleverly disguised a book. Or…is it Easy Mac? Brian (married […]
Christmas is over, and I’m still living. It was a close call, as usual, but practice has made me able to stifle any possible reaction I have to annoyingness and things that just irritate me all to hell.
I’ve decided that light displays combining Jesus in the manger with Santa are just creepy and wrong. […]
So I’m still working on filling out grad school applications. I have to wonder why these schools care about what I’ve been doing for the past five years. It would be a lot easier if I could just check a box that says I haven’t done anything illegal and leave it at that. I worked […]
Applying for PhD programs is driving me insane. Can’t they make this simpler…or is this process intended to weed out people? People who can’t stand sitting at the computer searching through not-so-well-designed web sites for important information that really should be emphasized in some fashion. People like ME.
My brain is going to explode. As […]
Interesting weekend, thus far. Friday night I was among the few and brave sober people at a grad student party. That was an experience. I now remember why I try to avoid that. Also, I remember how much I hate people who don’t follow BYOB etiquette. There’s only one freakin’ etiquette rule for BYOB–bring it […]