"7 or 7:20"
Ha!
At some point today my apartment was without power (flashing clocks) and there are large tree branches down in my neighborhood. The cats don't seem traumatized though.
Mal: Then I call it a win. What's the problem? Inara: Should I start with the part where you're stranded in the middle of nowhere, or the part where you have no clothes?
'Trash'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
aurelia - Jun 19, 2009 7:12:32 pm PDT #25032 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
aurelia - Jun 19, 2009 7:25:32 pm PDT #25033 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
New JibJab! [link]
Lee - Jun 19, 2009 7:40:21 pm PDT #25034 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I just finished watching Chess in concert.
That is not my Chess.
Cashmere - Jun 19, 2009 7:45:48 pm PDT #25035 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
IOChessNews, I got a kids book and a cheap set to teach the kids.
Sean K - Jun 19, 2009 8:13:54 pm PDT #25036 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Cool, Cash!
Juliebird - Jun 20, 2009 1:11:45 am PDT #25037 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Decapitated and partially amputated rabbit on my inside doormat this morning. It's a bit . . . larger than the usual fare. I think maybe they might be working their way up to taking down a deer. Or me.
sarameg - Jun 20, 2009 3:12:05 am PDT #25038 of 30000
I just came downstairs to a thoroughly eviscerated box of kleenex.
Loki has issues with paper.
Kat - Jun 20, 2009 3:37:44 am PDT #25039 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Ha! I love the Loki stories.
So my thesis adviser just rejected my general idea around assisted reproductive technology. Told me that the topic is outside of the scope of humanities. Isn't humanities general enough?!
I had to then begin to rework my idea which is now something like this:
My previous thesis idea was to look at early modern cookbooks to figure out what it said about women's literacy. They were very personal books, because women used those books to "transact" literacy, either by what was written in the book (handwriting practice/notes/etc), or how they were used and adapted (changes women made to advice/recipes etc.)
In some ways, looking at what women are currently writing about their experiences with assisted reproductive technologies (ART) is a modern day equivalent. The difference is the that women are primarily writing blogs now and not notes on in the margins for how to salt fish.
My interest in their writing is multifold: the topic is interesting to me because I have a personal connection. But also, what I'm most interested and perhaps what is most humanities-related is how women are writing about their experiences, what it says about their conceptions of their own "femaleness" or their own role in their own families, and why they are using this specific medium to express their ideas.
Sound more convincingly humanities related?
Kat - Jun 20, 2009 3:38:33 am PDT #25040 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Also, previous post totally TLDR!
I fell asleep with the baby on his bed and now I'm all discombobulated. I need to stop doing that.
Calli - Jun 20, 2009 4:19:30 am PDT #25041 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I just came downstairs to a thoroughly eviscerated box of kleenex.
I woke up to a turned over, excavated trash can in the bathroom. (Luckily I took out the trash recently, so there wasn't too much to scatter.) I went back to bed and Leifur came with me to snuggle and purr and get pettings for killing the evil trash can.
It had been looking shifty.
I'm kind of glad that Leifur doesn't go outside without a leash, though. We have all too many rabbits around here (and deer, for that matter). And he's quick when he wants to be.