Aug 31 2008
Archive for August, 2008
Aug 31 2008
Making my day
A beautiful girl in a beautiful skirt reading a calculus textbook like it was her favorite novel.
Aug 30 2008
What I’ve noticed
Lots of interesting science this week:
- Here’s an incredibly interesting experiment that shows how easily our brains can be fooled into disowning our own bodies. [via 3QD]
- Cows have a compass!
- In addition to killing birds, wind farms are killing bats. Wind farm mortality is nothing compared to the damage this strange illness (likely related to climate change) is causing bat populations, though.
Le territoire des sens featured this beautiful image recently:
And John Hagee tells men that taking care of their children will earn them a toasty spot in hell. (via Feministing)
Aug 29 2008
Piano
When I left home for boarding school, I stopped playing the piano. I picked it up again this summer with the encouragement of my little brother who’s auditioning for music school soon. Playing again has made me very, very happy.
Aug 28 2008
Grand Canyon
My brother visited the other week. It had been far too long since we’d seen each other. I had a wonderful time with him and can’t wait for him to visit again. While he was here, we went on a beautiful (but exhausting) hike in the Grand Canyon. I was impressed with how well he did at this altitude.
Aug 27 2008
Wrong crowd
New acquaintance: So what do you do?
Me: Theory and modeling…
New acquaintance: Oh wow, I mean you’re pretty cute, but I thought models were all tall.
Me: in ecology
Aug 26 2008
Flour
I was worried about carrying my groceries home the other day, but a friend was nice enough to pick me up. This meant that I could buy whatever I wanted, not just what I thought I could carry. I might have gone a little overboard, actually. It’ll probably take me the next 6 months to use 20 pounds of flour.
I have already made the best brownies in the world and these cheesecake filled cupcakes. I haven’t eaten any of the cupcakes since dairy=death for me, but others say they are delicious.
Aug 25 2008
Red shoes
Once I realized I had enough money for school this year, I bought a pair of shoes (of course). You will be very impressed with my restraint. I didn’t buy these even though I’ve been drooling over them since March.
I didn’t spend $360 on these beautiful, beautiful, beautiful shoes because 1) I really shouldn’t spend that much and 2) I don’t think I’d be able to bike in them.
Instead, I responsibly settled for this pair of Keens. They aren’t too expensive and I can ride my bike and walk across campus in them. They might not get me quite as excited as the two above, but at least they’re still red…
Aug 24 2008
Getting some sleep
I ended up with enough scholarships, grants and fellowships this semester to go to school full time. I’m not taking out any loans and I’m only working part time, too!
Pretty much this is going to be the best semester of my life. I’m even turning down some commitments I made when I thought I was going to be in school part time which means that I might actually get some sleep this semester!
