We have a date! Stephen and I have picked August 6, 2005 for our wedding, to be held at West Point on the Eno park in Durham, NC.
Let the caterer-hunting and the iTunes mixing begin!
I would be there right now.
Simon ,'Objects In Space'
If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me
Birth, death, illness, new job, vacation...if it's happening to you and you want us to know about it, post it here. These threads are intended for announcements only. Want to offer sympathy or congratulations, or talk about anything? Take it to Natter. Any natter here will be deleted.
amych - Dec 10, 2004 7:27:25 am PST #1804 of 5668
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
DebetEsse - Dec 11, 2004 1:50:35 pm PST #1805 of 5668
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I'm going dark until Tuesday or Wednesday, as I'm turning in my cable modem shortly, and then leaving LA to return to the land where there is winter.
(btw, if anyone in LA knows anyone who wants a fridge, like, today, for the love of God, let me know)
I will miss the LA-istas terribly.
Jess M. - Dec 13, 2004 6:31:34 am PST #1806 of 5668
Let me just say that popularity with people on public transportation does not equal literary respect. --Jesse
Thanks for any and all well-wishes; the DF'svalve repair was a huge success, and he's recuperating incredibly well (and is at Nordstrom with his parents now, 12 days after surgery).
Polter-Cow - Dec 13, 2004 1:36:10 pm PST #1807 of 5668
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The Bitches know my grad school saga well by now. During a year-and-a-half of this PhD program in pharmacology, I have rotated in five labs. All but one (who hardly saw me anyway) of my mentors said the same thing each time they didn't take me in their lab: I lacked motivation, and they questioned whether I wanted to be here, whether I was committed to getting a PhD.
Turns out I'm not. What I want is to be a science writer, and I don't need a PhD for that.
Today, I set up a plan to leave here with a Master's by May, after which I hope to embark on a lucrative and exciting career writing about science (among other things).
Some requests: loan/job/money-ma, so I don't starve and can pay my rent; acceptance/understanding-ma for my parents, so they don't totally freak out; and general luck-ma that this will all work out.
Today is December 13, 2004, and I just made a life-changing decision.
TomW - Dec 15, 2004 4:32:31 am PST #1808 of 5668
"The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be."
Christmas comes early for the McWarnigles.
I've just received word from the lawyers that they have just received word from USCIS that my application for permanent residence has been approved.
Green card, baby!
Excuse me while I remain dazed.
Aims - Dec 15, 2004 10:18:42 am PST #1809 of 5668
Shit's all sorts of different now.
LA-istas (or anyone else that wanted) that were interested that anyone wanting to visit the new baby was welcome.
Wolfram - Dec 16, 2004 11:36:14 am PST #1810 of 5668
Visilurking
I am in the middle of a job crisis and am asking for lots of ma to find my way. Basically I can't afford to stay at my current position and things don't look like they're going to change. So I need the collective ma's for resume-writing, job-searching, and interview-um-interviewing.
And I've been a Buffista for two years today. The time, it does a-fly.
esse - Dec 17, 2004 4:38:46 am PST #1811 of 5668
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Hi. Does anyone have Fay's number in Egypt? I know it's a long shot, but it's kind of important. If you do, please email me at sathinks at gmail.com. I'd be very grateful. Thanks.
Steph L. - Dec 17, 2004 5:33:41 am PST #1812 of 5668
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
SA! Fay left a message for you in LJ.
(Sorry to use Beep Me this way, but it's pretty important that the 2 of them connect today.)
Polter-Cow - Dec 17, 2004 1:40:25 pm PST #1813 of 5668
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Tomorrow morning, I fly to India. I will return in three weeks. I don't know the likelihood of my being anything but cave dark during that period, as the last time I was there, they didn't even have toilets.
Happy holidays!