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| Monday, May 12th, 2008 | |
| 2:45 pm | Gone fishin. Off for a bit. If something is hyperurgent, I may have limited email access. Have fun and play nice, lovies. Bye for now. Current Mood:  determinedCurrent Music: "Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)"--Concrete Blonde |
| Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 | |
| 1:40 am | Surfacing briefly. About to go pass out for a while. Decided to do this for the hell of it since Jason and a few others had. Here goes: Reading Meme "What we have here is the top 106 books most often marked as "unread" by LibraryThing’s users. As in, they sit on the shelf to make you look smart or well-rounded. Bold the ones you've read, underline the ones you read for school, italicize the ones you started but didn't finish." (I've read many for school, but I'm marking them as I first encountered them--i.e., marking Moby Dick as bold since I read it before it ever came up in school.) Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Anna Karenina Crime and Punishment Catch-22 One Hundred Years of Solitude Wuthering Heights The Silmarillion Life of Pi: a novel The Name of the Rose Don Quixote Moby Dick Ulysses Madame Bovary The Odyssey Jane Eyre A Tale of Two Cities The Brothers Karamazov Guns, Germs, and Steel: the fates of human societies War and Peace Vanity Fair The Time Traveler’s Wife The Iliad Emma The Blind Assassin The Kite Runner Mrs. Dalloway Great Expectations American Gods A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Atlas Shrugged Reading Lolita in Tehran: a memoir in books Memoirs of a Geisha Middlesex Quicksilver Wicked: the life and times of the Wicked Witch of the West The Canterbury Tales The Historian: a novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Love in the Time of Cholera Brave New World The Fountainhead Foucault’s Pendulum Middlemarch Frankenstein The Count of Monte Cristo Dracula A Clockwork Orange Anansi Boys The Once and Future King The Grapes of Wrath The Poisonwood Bible: a novel 1984 Angels & Demons The Inferno (and Purgatory and Paradise) The Satanic Verses Sense and Sensibility The Picture of Dorian Gray Mansfield Park One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest To the Lighthouse Tess of the D’Urbervilles Oliver Twist Gulliver’s Travels Les Misérables The Corrections The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Dune The Prince The Sound and the Fury Angela’s Ashes: a memoir The God of Small Things A People’s History of the United States: 1492-present Cryptonomicon Neverwhere A Confederacy of Dunces A Short History of Nearly Everything Dubliners The Unbearable Lightness of Being Beloved Slaughterhouse-five The Scarlet Letter Eats, Shoots & Leaves The Mists of Avalon Oryx and Crake: a novel Collapse: how societies choose to fail or succeed Cloud Atlas The Confusion Lolita Persuasion Northanger Abbey The Catcher in the Rye On the Road The Hunchback of Notre Dame Freakonomics: a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: an inquiry into values The Aeneid Watership Down Gravity’s Rainbow The Hobbit In Cold Blood: a true account of a multiple murder and its consequences Treasure Island David Copperfield The Three Musketeers Current Mood:  exhaustedCurrent Music: "The Widow"--The Mars Volta (1 scratch | pet me now) |
| Friday, April 18th, 2008 | |
| 2:55 am | Whazza...oh, right. Posting. Dear Readers, Passed. Secondary area test is a win. Taxes and list/intent form for Ph.D. specialist test were due April 15th. Both turned in on time. Worked many hours, dealt with difficult/unavailable professors, got crown put in at dentist's, and now... passing...out. Current Mood: drainedCurrent Music: "In the Arms of Sleep"--Smashing Pumpkins |
| Saturday, March 29th, 2008 | |
| 2:16 am | There at 8:30. Test 9am-12pm. We who are about to die salute you. Current Mood:  distressedCurrent Music: kitten yowling in hallway while I power-cram the Romantics and their critics |
| Monday, March 10th, 2008 | |
| 8:39 pm | An Actually Important Post--please help. Dear Readers, I recently discovered that one of my DragonCon friends, Melissa Kern ( ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} hazelrah1), was diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease). Her husband has started "Project Fiver", a campaign to allow her to realize a dream before we lose her.From his website: "The hard truth is that Melissa has just been diagnosed with ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Essentially, it causes all the motor neurons in the brain to shut down, gradually making the muscles unable to function. It’s very rare (1 in 1 Million) for someone who’s only 35 years old to come down with this, as it mainly affects people between 50 and 70. Life expectancy is 3-5 years from diagnosis. (She’s had the disease for about a year already.) The disease progressively takes away movement and coordination. In September, she marched with fellow LotR fans in the annual DragonCon parade. Six months later, she is barely walking, and needs my help to climb stairs or get dressed. She is excited about the filming of "The Hobbit" sequels, but was apprehensive about the release dates of 2010 and 2011: She doesn’t even know if she’ll still be alive when these movies are released. I told her to make that her goal: to be around to see these films in the theater. But we don’t know how this disease will go. The goal of PROJECT FIVER is to deliver a petition to Peter Jackson, New Line, and whoever takes the Directorship, asking that Melissa be cast as a costumed hobbit extra in the film. Even if she’s not there when the movies are released, just being part of the production of The Hobbit, even if it’s just sitting at a table in the background, will absolutely mean the world to her. It would be her reason to hang on." Please, if you have even a moment, please go sign this petition. There is some awareness of the project from the Peter Jackson camp, so your input would matter more than ever. She's the sort of person who would deserve this whether or not she was ill, but it would mean even more now, and give her son and husband yet another way to remember her. http://www.armsofmiddleearth.com/projec As of this weekend, Mel learned of the existence of the project at her birthday dinner, so the need for secrecy is no more--if you feel so moved, please feel free to share the link. Current Mood:  hopefulCurrent Music: "Into the West"--Annie Lennox |
| Friday, March 7th, 2008 | |
| 5:42 am | quickstuff Got in from Augusta at 3am-ish. So tired. So tired it took me four tries to type tired. Ph.D. exam March 29. We who are about to die salute you. But on March 30... I'M GOING TO AVENUE Q!!!!! Naptime, lovelies. Current Mood:  tiredCurrent Music: "Farewell and Goodnight"--Smashing Pumpkins |
| Friday, February 29th, 2008 | |
| 11:57 pm | Oh mah gawd Ah'm tahrd. I'm so tired. So really really very tired. I just want to sleep. I need to clean the apartment. I have people coming here in less than 12 hours. Boo. Yay for seeing them. But boo because I'm lazy and after a long week, I just wanna sleep. Okay, enough procrastinating. for you:  Nap for me, baby Cleocat. I love you all, and I'll try to be more available in the future. Dragoncon meeting on Sunday. Night for now. Current Mood: exhaustedCurrent Music: "THis Is the Day"--the The |
| Monday, December 24th, 2007 | |
| 2:42 am | Photo Essay  ( cut for friends-page...friendliness ) Current Mood: ecstaticCurrent Music: "Dreams"--The Cranberries |
| Monday, December 10th, 2007 | |
| 2:04 am | Updates and Spectral Erosa pics Dear Folks, I was sick for pretty much all of November into the first part of December, but for the MOMENT, I am well. *crosses fingers, knocks on heavy wood desk* At any rate...I'm pursuing a possible job opportunity at the moment, and I will certainly let you know the moment it pans out or not. Beyond that...I went to Spectral Erosa this past month, and this time I actually posted pictures from it on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/21706072@N http://www.flickr.com/photos/21706072@N I have some videos too, but still working on those. At any rate, I'm off to the school in the morning, so it's time to crash right now. Still, feel free to check out my pictures if you like. Love to all! --K. Current Mood:  accomplishedCurrent Music: "Don't You (Forget About Me)"--Simple Minds |
| Thursday, November 15th, 2007 | |
| 3:19 am | Sick sad world. Dear Folks, I'm alive but wishing I wasn't; I'm sick and feel like ass. Miserable. Been unable to get out of the house except a ride with James to Kroger for meds. House is a wreck but can't clean because I get worn out and feverish again and start up the coughing. Hoping I can make it to the school tomorrow because I need to and have missed the last day and a half. Other stuff I need to talk about and do but it will have to wait until I can get enough better to not be so drained and muddleheaded. Love you guys. Current Mood:  sickCurrent Music: "Zombie"--the Cranberries |
| Friday, October 26th, 2007 | |
| 8:30 am | I aten't dead yet. Dear Readers, I'm going to do what I've done the last two weekends--I'm going to leave all this crap behind me and get the hell out of town. Hoping I'll actually know what to say and say it here when I return. P.S. If you really want my state of mind, then ( see lyrics of song below ) Until Sunday. I guess. Current Mood:  stressedCurrent Music: Ty Cobb--Soundgarden |
| Friday, October 19th, 2007 | |
| 5:15 am | totally madly stolen from countessmaryIcon meme Comment on this post. I will choose seven userpics from your profile and you will explain what they mean and why you are using them. Post this along with your answers in your own journal so others can play along. ( See which ones Mary chose, and what I had to say... ) ( and for thisdaydreamer, who was so kind as to inquire... ) (Hey, at least it's a post, right? Soon...soon...I PROMISE, I will put up the mother of all posts. Pic-heavy and news-tasty, even.) Now, if you want me to do the same with your pics, then come on, play along, and comment away. I'd love to know more about what's behind some of your choices. Current Mood:  contemplativeCurrent Music: "Drive You Home"--Garbage |
| Sunday, September 30th, 2007 | |
| 11:56 pm | No entries this month... I don't know what is so hard about updating, but I can't seem to get to it sometimes. I'll have something up later tonight. Start off October right. --K/T Current Mood: tiredCurrent Music: "No Sleep Til Brooklyn"--Beastie Boys |
| Saturday, August 25th, 2007 | |
| 8:51 am | Storytime! Dear Folks, No, no more high-speed chases or life craziness--this is an actual story, actually written by me actually in 2003--actually. It's been four years since I clapped eyes on it...it reads fairly well, I think, but could stand major edits. Anyway. Please to read, dear readers, as it is with that vocation in mind that I invoke your attention and constructive criticism. (I so need to sleep.) I'll place it behind a cut, to spare the friends-pages. ( Beauty As the Beast ) Well, I'm off to sleep and recover further from my fun stomach bug. Please let me know what you think--and make suggestions. I love you all. Au revoir. Current Mood: sickCurrent Music: "Greensleeves"--pick a version; lyrics courtesy of Henry VIII |
| Saturday, August 18th, 2007 | |
| 6:12 pm | Three words for you...High. Speed. Chase. So I was just in the middle of one last night. I'd been up almost all night and day (two hours sleep around noon and a nap in the van later), working on things and taking books back to the UGA Library. We'd gotten back from Athens when we found out my prescriptions needed picking up from Walgreens. The one we go to is in Stockbridge off Eagle's Landing Pkwy; James had been driving all day and was too tired to do any more, but I'd had some caffeine and he came with me. We were on our way back to College Park, and we'd just gotten onto 285 from I-75. So I was hungry, and so was the boy, and we thought food, so we skipped the exit for our apartment and headed to Exit 62 towards Old National. It was then a little after 1am. This was when the fun started. I saw several blue lights flashing in the distance, but they seemed to still be on the interstate and not the exit ramp where we were....but suddenly they were seriously gaining on me. A split second later, a red car came FLYING up on me (James later identified it as a Mustang--I had no time to sort it out), and I jerked the car towards the thin strip of emergency lane on the ramp--and its concrete side wall, where I stayed motionless till all four/five/six cop cars went by. It passed within about five feet of me; I have no clue how fast it was going, but I was probably doing about 55-60 at the time myself, and it was a reddish blur. When we were sure there were no more cop cars, I still didn't want to move. Another car had pulled in behind me on the emergency strip to get off the road, and they were already leaving. James got me going, though, and I made it to Old National and got something to eat, which helped. Now, we're both fine. Nothing bad actually happened to us as a result of that. I was just rattled as all hell, and I'm still kind of weirded out. I mean, it was totally freaking bizarre. I keep beating myself up because I didn't get over fast enough because I didn't fully comprehend the situation till it was almost too late. I've been watching the news for any information, but I can't find anything, and Google has let me down, dammit, But it happened. It was on a ramp. And it forced me into the emergency lane with the concrete wall right next to James. Goddammit, I just wanted a fucking burger! Is that too friggin much to ask at 1am? It was so surreal. I've only been driving for 5 and a half years. Fuck you, Atlanta drivers. Fuck you all in the tailpipes. My awesome friend countessmary was online after I got back home and talked with me as I tried to sort it all out and find info on the chase:Me: still can't find anything on that pursuit Mary the Awesome: I'm just glad you're doing okay Me: thanks, hon. Still trying to simultaneously process it and not think about it. does that make sense? I dunno. Mary the Awesome: right. Mary the Awesome: BALLS!! Mary the Awesome: Did that help? Me: *giggles helplessly at balls* Mary the Awesome: my brother-in-law texted me that when he heard I was having a bad day. It never fails to make me giggle. It's now at least eighteen hours later, I still can't find any news, but James is witness that I didn't hallucinate it, and at least now I can just think of BALLS!! and everything isn't so bad. And how often can you say that? Current Mood: distressedCurrent Music: "Demon Speeding"/"Never Gonna Stop"--Rob Zombie |
| Thursday, August 16th, 2007 | |
| 4:49 am | Things to do before con/interview/quizzicality Dear Folks, This is an all-purpose post, so I'll divvy it up here and there. --First...School starts August 20th; books are so freaking expensive, because I have around 40 texts I need to study for my secondary exam. --Also, I need a job...getting my resume in order again. Anyone who knows of ANYTHING, I'd be grateful. --So many things to do for Con! But there have been so many things I've been doing already...July 26-Aug 2, frantically finishing out Summer Semester finals/papers/projects, no sleep; Aug 3, dammit! last minute project snag, finished finally around 9pm, no sleep; Aug 3-5, So There events in Atlanta and Stone Mountain; Aug 5-7, Augusta for doctor appt and such; Aug 8-9, playing catch-up, packing and transporting my friend Corie (and cat) from Sandy Springs to Fairburn; Aug 10-11, Augusta for my aunt's wedding, errands for mom, etc.; Aug 12, memorial service for James's cousin Jason near Winder; Aug 13, catch-up attempt; Aug 14-15, back to Augusta for dental appt and errands for mom. Got back here today at 11pm, and now I'm trying to catch up yet again. I am seriously working on those panel outlines, bevlovesbooks!Now, this is more fun--5 Questions interview from detonate_for_me:1. What's one thing you wish you could make people understand about paganism? 2. What did you think of Deathly Hallows? 3. When did you lose your virginity? 4. What does your favorite outfit consist of? 5. If time travel were possible (and affordable for the masses, etc), what period of history would you like to visit? You can't say "this time period" and I'm not going to make you pick one to live in forever. ( answers here behind the cut ) Oh--and in further school news--I ended up with 2 As and a positive GIFT of a B. Thank all hairy holy things for that. I dodged a serious bullet. Now, some quizzes! ( come on in...the water's great ) I'm so tired now. But I needed to update. I love you all! And leave me some comment love, dear ones! Au revoir. Current Mood: exhaustedCurrent Music: "At My Most Beautiful"--REM |
| Thursday, August 2nd, 2007 | |
| 6:52 am | Notes on a Change in the Times Dear Folks, I'm currently very late finishing an assignment...not looking good, hence the worry. But...I wanted to share that I finally bit the bullet and upgraded to a paid account, and I now have asstons of (okay, 35) icons. Feel free to look through them and leave me some positive reinforcement and/or love. Au revoir. Current Mood: worriedCurrent Music: "This Is the Day"--the The |
| Monday, July 30th, 2007 | |
| 7:00 pm | *curses the heavens with raised fist* You m***erf*ckers. I did NOT need this shit today. Horoscope: 7/30/07 Someone will do something that affects your reputation negatively today -- and this episode will serve as a lesson that you cannot always have complete control over how others see you. This is a fact, not a burden. You can move past it! Take comfort in the fact that your friends, family and coworkers (also known as all the people who truly matter in your life) know who you really are -- and nothing anyone else says or does can change that. You are going to be just fine, so don't sweat this. ---------------------------------------- and of course, that someone was...me. DAMMIT. Current Mood:  frustratedCurrent Music: "Bullet With Butterfly Wings"--Smashing Pumpkins |
| Saturday, July 21st, 2007 | |
| 9:12 am | In which our heroine is now spoiler-proof...  Seriously, though, I have seen the end...and that's about as much as I'm going to actually say about the story. The book is a different matter. I wandered through the wilds of the Barnes & Noble parking lot, waiting to go inside...but just to see the insanity, and bevlovesbooks and sherilenn, really. ( aren't they cute?... )I really don't care for B&N, as it happens, and I was able to get my plain copy from Wal-Mart for at least a dollar cheaper. No lines, also, or people acting crazy, beyond the normal scattered occurrences at late-night Wal-Mart. (Note to bevlovesbooks: I also picked up an empty Book 7 box from WallyWorld.)However, I decided to also acquire a shiny version of Book 7: There was a special illustration, hard case version wrapped in plastic, waiting for me to pluck it from WallyWorld obscurity. Originally listing for $65, I got it for about $45. Maybe it's not the most amazing "special package" version ever, but there are a few things about it that make me happy I chose it as my personal copy--art, coloration of the book, etc. I finished the book in five hours; I could have gone faster, but I didn't want to miss anything. I'm glad I know now what our track will be facing, but it's going to make our lives just that much more challenging to manage. That's all I wanted to say. Current Mood: pensiveCurrent Music: "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"--REM |
| Friday, July 13th, 2007 | |
| 2:30 am | In which I have a LOT to say. And not much time. Dear Folks... Happy Friday the 13th. So much has been going on. James's cousin died, and we're trying to find out when the memorial service will be so we can mourn properly. I had a bit of a breakdown at the same time, and nothing school-related's getting done, including a paper way overdue. It's just past midterms, and life is just so damned busy. My birthday (and my sister's, incidentally) has come and gone, and it's time for my best friend Danny's birthday, but I'm still a little vexed at him for standing all of us up. We missed the 4th of July event some friends were holding because we didn't get the email in time. Went to see Jen and Erik and other people we know (tangential connection with DragonCon, and they're the people who gave us our baby Cleo) and had some fun on Saturday, but Jason's death that night kind of took the shine off it in a big way; we still had to go to the Shakespeare Tavern for a required play for James's Drama class. It was great--and the food was fabulous (Cornish pasty for me, Shepherd's pie for him, and of course we shared)--but it was really freaking scary to walk through downtown Atlanta then; we were approached by several people, and I will NEVER go to the Civic Center stop again if I can at all help it. It's just not at all worth it. And afterwards...the paper not written, and James upset, and tears... *sighs* I've posted all kinds of pictures and a few videos on my MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/theodora At least DragonCon is coming up soon, and I can sublimate my current worries and fears about lack of job and school-related terrors. The meeting is Saturday, which sucks, as I was planning to go to zamiel's house, but I'd already promised my track director I'd be there (hi, bevlovesbooks!) and even if she didn't need me, I feel I need to go--there's so much still to be done and sort out now that we're down from generals to specifics. And James has to go anyway, so it's not likely I'd go and be social by myself and chuck an obligation. I've done enough obligation-chucking this week as it is, and I can only hope that when I come out of this, I have my GPA at least slightly intact. And then I think about all the whining I'm doing, and I consider the last few weeks that my dear countessmary has been through, and I feel I should just shut the fuck up. I don't know what to do. Just get my damned work done and get over myself already, I guess.Now, on to other things...It's finally stopped raining in my apartment. Yes, you heard right. They finally got off their asses after FOUR WEEKS of calling, coming in, and reporting it. ( we finally took pics and brought them in because we were so sick of getting dismissed ) For something a little less newsy: ( my Personal DNA report...friggin html won't work right, but if you click the link it takes you to it ) I've been tagged now by lieran AND jillmaddoxcm, so I'll do it...( the 8 THINGS meme... ) I'll leave you with a memory from my past...that's good for a laugh or two. At our high school, the janitors were usually okay, and I was always polite to them...but one of the female janitors got busted by us drama kids when she brought her sex partner over to the school to fool around on a Saturday (we were there for a rehearsal). Apparently they had been there for a while, and we were just showing up and getting things ready. A "nest" of clothes was found in the girls' dressing room and in the soundproofed mini-rooms in the chorus room--which, incidentally, was where they were discovered in person and in states of undress. Total circus. Cops came, her husband found out and showed up (and this was in Georgia--so it was kind of made worse by the fact that the guy was African American and she was pretty damned white--the husband was REALLY not thrilled about that), and she was later very fired. Looking back on it now...I have a better understanding of life and how much this sucked all the way around...but at the time, it was awesome. A ode was written to them (by me, of course--I'm so lame) and recited at the montly literary society gathering. I still have a copy of that somewhere. ( IN FACT... ) That's it. That's all I've got. Talk to me if you want. Current Mood: exanimateCurrent Music: "Gonna Leave"--Queens of the Stone Age |