Things of Little to No Significance

Still Here

noreply@blogger.com (Kel) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:07:00 +0000

I haven't disappeared, I've just been insanely busy. Blame it on the fact that I am now less than two weeks away from graduation.

But I have a joke that I don't want to forget, so it's going here:

Have you ever seen a duchess?
Of course, it looks just like an English S!

Teehee :)

Ew.

noreply@blogger.com (Kel) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:12:00 +0000

Lots of rain. Lots and lots of rain. It's constantly cloudy, the ground is covered in nice deep puddles, and it's getting down to freezing at night so there's plenty of ice-risk. Joy.

Typewriters

noreply@blogger.com (Kel) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:50:00 +0000

I love computers, but most fonts can't get the number 4 to be as pretty as it was in days of yore. Sigh.

It should look something like this:

Pancakes

noreply@blogger.com (Kel) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:47:00 +0000

Yuck, I don't like them.
But I like Demetri Martin's joke about them:

“I was making pancakes the other day and a fly flew into the kitchen. And that’s when I realized that a spatula is a lot like a fly-swatter. And a crushed fly is a lot like a blueberry. And a roommate is a lot like a fly eater.”

37 days!

noreply@blogger.com (Kel) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:23:00 +0000

Until graduation. Sixteen of those are class days. Seventeen more hours of work. Four more major tests, and four minor. Three more major papers. Two presentations, one major, one minor.
Sigh.

My New Favorite

noreply@blogger.com (Kel) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:28:00 +0000

Knock knock!
Who's there?
By.
By who?
My good fellow, I do believe you meant to say by whom.

Turtles

noreply@blogger.com (Kel) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:01:00 +0000

Quote of the day:

"They were translating a cartoon that involved four adolescent turtles... do you know the cartoon?"

"You mean Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?"

"Ah yes!"

My linguistics professor is a little bit oblivious when it comes to pop culture. This is the guy who didn't know that pirates say "Arrr!"

Groan?

noreply@blogger.com (Kel) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:00:00 +0000

An old Eskimo was fishing in the arctic, and as the night wore on he got rather cold. So he carefully lit a small fire in his boat to stay warm. Unfortunately, the fire got out of hand as the old Eskimo dozed, and the boat caught fire and sank. Just goes to show, you can't have your kayak and heat it, too.

The Wedding Singer

noreply@blogger.com (Kel) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:33:00 +0000

I am officially a paid, professional, wedding singer.
I was asked to sing at a renewal of wedding vows yesterday (I had to learn to sing one song, set the words of a psalm to a melody, and sing a song that I already knew) and they gave me a $20 gift certificate to one of the local restaurants. That was nice, I was expecting to be a volunteer.
But now I'm technically a professional, which is nice :)

Know what's awesome?

noreply@blogger.com (Kel) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:01:00 +0000

Nexcare bandages are really good. They're stretchy, and sticky, and don't hurt when you pull them off, and they are SO much more effective than bandage tape at keeping gauze over my "stitches." I am an addict.

Wool Sweater

noreply@blogger.com (Kel) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:00:00 +0000

[Warning: rambling post]

I finally have one!! I'd been looking for YEARS. Literally. And then LL Bean had a nice looking wool sweater that looked pretty long, so I went to the store and tried one on, and it fit, and I loved it, and I didn't buy it because it was too expensive.

But then I signed up for their e-mail updates, and they sent me something about giving a $10 gift card for purchases of $25 or more, so that helped the decision along, and I found a free shipping code (saving $10), and I don't have to pay tax if I ship stuff to Missouri because LL Bean has no store in Missouri (saving $9) so I bought the sweater.

And it arrived, and it's beautiful, and it's warm. But today it's 70° out and it'll be too warm for my new sweater for about another week. Alas.

Socks

noreply@blogger.com (Kel) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:20:00 +0000

I wore a pair of clean, new white socks today. Well, they actually have blue toes and a blue heel, but they were mostly white. And it was sort of bittersweet, since I knew that these socks would only be pure white for a few minutes, this morning, before they picked up some stain from my shoes, and from being worn outdoors, and before they eventually get washed and gain a more natural, dusty white color. They just can't be white forever. Alas.

Out of Excuses

noreply@blogger.com (Kel) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:20:00 +0000

I'm out of excuses. My fever's gone, my back doesn't hurt too badly, I've gotten good at not holding things with my left hand. But I'm also out of clean socks, out of pajamas, out of t-shirts, and out of excuses not to do laundry. Sigh.

Five

noreply@blogger.com (Kel) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:56:00 +0000

Only five weeks of class before exams and graduation. Wow. SO MUCH TO DO.

Stitches

noreply@blogger.com (Kel) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:29:00 +0000

It's a funny expression, "to be in stitches." I'm not laughing, despite having five Steristrips on my left hand, helping a sort-of superglue called Dermabond to hold together the formerly gaping wound. Sort-of artificial stitches. They must not have had these the last time I had to get stitches (when I was about seven). I had never realized how dangerous soup cans can be...

In short, I've had better weekends.

(But on the bright side, an hour into my wait once I'd gotten bored of homework, I went through my wallet because I had nothing better to do, and discovered that I had a $10 Gap reward that was going to expire at midnight on October 31st! So I used it when I got home.)

The Flu

noreply@blogger.com (Kel) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:16:00 +0000

I have it. It's not fun.

Fe

noreply@blogger.com (Kel) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:32:00 +0000

Today is the day before Halloween, which for anyone who goes to school and doesn't mind looking ridiculous in the public sphere, is dress-up day. I went as Iron Man:

I don't think I look ferocious at all, though maybe a little ferrous. Although, as evidenced by the circles under my eyes, I'm not very well-rusted.
Think it's ridiculous that I was a woman dressed as Iron MAN? It's a bit ironic, I admit.

Time for me to steel away-- I have a pressing engagement.

(Steamed at all the puns? Could have been worse-- I didn't even get into Cold War Europe or golf clubs.)

Rain

noreply@blogger.com (Kel) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:29:00 +0000

It is raining like CRAZY in Kirksville. When I walked to my first class (thankfully wearing weatherproofed boots and carrying a massive umbrella), there was easily 3 inches of water on the ground, flowing downhill quite fast. And the rain hasn't really stopped since then: most of the quad is flooded, the sidewalks are hidden under leaves and water, and it's still overcast.
Piglet's song is running through my head.

Deceit

noreply@blogger.com (Kel) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:11:00 +0000

I've spent years thinking I was bad at memorizing dates in history classes. But you know what? I'm quite good at it. I'm good with numbers; I don't know how I deceived myself for so many years.

In the Mood for a Road Trip

noreply@blogger.com (Kel) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:32:00 +0000

I'm in the mood for a road trip... I just want to drive for hours, and listen to an audio book, and have no cares or worries for a while.
But I have nowhere to go, no time to go anywhere, and no money to waste on destinationless gas.
I'll just have to hold out until November.
The downside of a place like Kirksville is that EVERYTHING is within a fifteen-minute drive.

Ridiculous

noreply@blogger.com (Kel) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:20:00 +0000

I've been watching a lot of Lois and Clark recently, and it's utterly absurd. I love it. The acting is mediocre, calling the plots far-fetched would be generous, the special effects are chuckle-worthy. I love it.

Great Weekend

noreply@blogger.com (Kel) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:12:00 +0000

Friday, I forced myself to stay awake until 8:00, and then slept for 13 hours. Great way to recover from the week.
Saturday, I did all the homework I have due on Monday and Tuesday, and some of Wednesday's work as well! So Tuesday I'll be able to spend time studying for this week's history exam.
Today, I sang at church (very energetic music, and a lot of sightsinging). Next up is going to see The Importance of Being Ernest, my favorite play. Then the Pi Delta Phi French dinner, then the senior recital of two good friends, then a meeting.
Busy, but good.

Hear about that new pirate movie?

noreply@blogger.com (Kel) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:16:00 +0000

It's rated "Arrrr!"

Semi-Done

noreply@blogger.com (Kel) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:06:00 +0000

Well, I finished writing my paper, with the exception of the summary of previous research. So I won't need to do too much more writing from this point.

Lots of revising left, and I need to read Things Fall Apart by tomorrow morning... I read it in high school, but don't remember it at all.

Today, in Haiku

noreply@blogger.com (Kel) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:49:00 +0000

Research for a month
Throw together an outline...
Undergrad thesis.

Six pages complete
Six more, minimum, are left.
Begone, writer's block!

Well, I hope that my
Paper will turn out better
Than these lame haiku.