Also, I was raised on obligation, thinking that any good thing that happened had to be paid for. And by paid for, I mean, suffering paid for. So, having people be good to me, just because they are good people, is a major head twist.

I am SO with you. I could have written this.

wrod. in my case, I believe it is survivor's guilt. And maybe some damage from growing up thinking "What's wrong with you?" is the long form of "Hello. Glad to see you."

I have enrolled on my PhD. Aaaaaand collapse. I forgot my certificates and had to drive home for them (an hour there and back). Then I lost the code to the research office. Then I got so confused over having both a staff and student computer account that I locked myself out of all the computers. Then I gave up and went away and had a lot of coffee for an hour before carrying on. I haven't yet decided whether this is all just typical research student behaviour or I'm losing my mind. Possibly both. It was a good crash course in dyspraxia for my advisor, though. Who is a lovely man. As is the only other research student I met.

No great contributions to make to the altruism discussion, except that I have a compulsion to make other people happy which often backfires.

The eagle center sounds amazing, WindSparrow. I'd love to see the Laura Ingalls Wilder house, too!

Right. Food. Big Bang Theory. Wine. Sleep.

WindSparrow, the eagle center sounds terrific! We have some eagle nesting areas next to a lake one county over from me. I use to see them once in a while when I'd take my roomie's dog over for a swim.

thanks sj & windsparrow! headache is still, but less. I'm moving on.

The eagle center sounds amazing. And someday, we'll go to the Laura Ingalls marker. They're favored reading around these parts.

Windsparrow and Liese, thanks for posting that about the eagles and condors. It made me feel much better today! I went to a place in Florida that rehabilitated injured raptors, and got to see bald eagles and falcons and huge owls. They would swoop over the heads of the visitors and then fly back to their handlers. And blink at us like, "What? Did I scare you, mammal?" They were awesome, in both the true and the pop-culture senses of the word.

bonny, I'm so glad you're on the mend, and that you have so many wonderful people around you! We were very worried about you.

Future Dr. Seska, congrats!

When I was in Alaska for two weeks a couple of years ago working on a cruise ship I saw quite a few bald eagles. They were truly amazing and majestic. One of the nights we were still in a port and I was in one of the ship restaurants eating dinner and a pair of bald eagles just kept soaring back and forth outside the window.

Hello. I have just skipped over 400 posts and have zero idea what's going on with you. Hope all are well.

So here I am, sharing these next moments from today with you:

1. On which one of us confused, and I have no idea who:
Email from a friend: Pictures of Shir Giving a Lecture! [link] [link] [link]
Me: That's great, dear, but since I'm not on FB I cannot see them. Any chance you'll send them as files?
Friend: Nope. But I can send more links! [link]
Me: That's really nice, hon, but as I said, I have no use in these link, since they don't lead to anything in my end.

And then I thought I'll copy them here so at least FBBitches would approve. Let me know if you can see the socks in the pictures (it was freezing cold in the lecture room, and very hot outside of them. Every time I entered a lecture room I put the long sleeves shirt and socks on).

2. When you watch 5 minutes of Gilmore Girls and your brain start analyze Protestant and/or patriarchal discourse without a "shut up!" button anywhere in sight, it's more amusing than anything.

3. God knows why, but I volunteered to be a part of the finance staff for the next sci-fi convention. Why yes, my rehab from staff roles was very successful, but at least coins won't argue with me about where should I put them in the program. I hope.

4. I sent resumes today to a bunch of jobs, some of them I'd really, really like to have. If I can ask for your powerful~ma, I'd appreciate it very much.

5. I came back from the convention with Too Much Reading Material. When I still have papers to write, of course.

Now, few more emails to send, hoping to achieve some things. Missed 'ya.

Much job~ma to you, Shir!

Job~ma. Photos show fine for me.