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About to start Marni Sandweiss' Past Tense lecture "Writing Around Absence" @TheHuntington #pasttense # RT @iamwun: Like a great starving beast, my body is quivering, fixed on the scent of Light. ~Hafiz # Windows down, stereo blaring. Blue skies up ahead! http://brizzly.com/pic/47FW # MT @anselm @stevesilberman: Surfer uses LEDs to ride big waves at night. [...]
RT @joguldi: RT @iamwun: Open the window in the center of your chest, and let the spirits fly in and out. ~Rumi # I'm so looking forward to tonight's episode of "Historians in the Hot Tub." #wildthursdaynight #lifeofahistorian # (note: Veggie friends, skip this tweet). Omigosh Kobe beef really is tastier. #wowjustwow #happytastebuds # Ricotta [...]
Just got recruited by US amputee soccer team that's slated to play its first match in Haiti. #wowjustwow #lifeofanamputee #ineededthattoday # The Dutch Baby is still impressive & tasty, even if I'm missing the requisite skillet http://brizzly.com/pic/45HP # Why is it that the dumb little things–like reaching for a skillet that's no longer in the [...]
Sigh. No new prosthetic socket today–needs moar testing. Probably another week. #lifeofanamputee :( # RT @dancohen: Zombie lit has officially jumped the shark with _Theories of International Politics and Zombies_ http://bit.ly/fw03pn # Steampunk prosthetic http://bit.ly/hhNlhN # RT @kfitz: New post: Does Tenure Undermine Academic Freedom? http://bit.ly/gaM7fX [love the idea of reversing tenure clock] # RT [...]
Last night I dreamed of ModPodge. And of songs about ModPodge. #THATCamp #craftcabinFTW # MT @PennamitePLR: @janaremy you mean the Analog Remix Lab & Game Theory Practicum? #dontmakeitsoundsofunitsunfundable #THATCamp //indeed! # Next #THATCampSoCal we want a Gaming Arcade next to the Craft Cabin! #beinganacademicissosofun #THATCamp # Whew…#THATCampSoCal is officially over now. What an awesome event. [...]
Cleaning out my closet, finding old pics. This one at a prom on my 16th bday: http://brizzly.com/pic/42YD #wasieverreallythatyoung # RT @edteck: New post: Humanities Conference Smackdown! AHA vs MLA Twitter Visualizers – http://bit.ly/erOxMa #aha2011 #mla11 # Last night I dreamed vividly of snow skiing. Perhaps it’s time for me to go again? #itsbeenmorethan20years # I [...]
Walking the dark streets of SouthPas w/ a cup of hot tea. Drinking it all in (the trains, the shops, etc). Realizing that, yes, I am happy. # Waiting for a friend & I stumble upon a used bookshop & some poetry: http://brizzly.com/pic/421K. #southpasadena # How'd you do on your #worksprint I added a new [...]
Yay, I get to sleep in tomorrow for the first time in too long! G'nite everyone! #holidaysarethebest # Footnotes done :) It's Christmas-time. #wootwootwoot # Working working working. Rebuilding about 40 footnotes, to put this chapter to bed before Xmas break :) #gonnafinish # Starting 45-min #worksprint in 4 minutes. Who's in? # The cats [...]
Sorta hate that sound of the end-of-the-day bell @TheHuntington. Don't they know I'm on a roll? #lifeofahistorian # Broken pegleg means no bouldering for me tonite :( #hugebummer # It's feeding time for the fish in the Chinese garden @TheHuntington http://brizzly.com/pic/3ZS1 # My office still needs work (i.e. more art on the walls), but I [...]
Woot! Just drove my new-to-me Prius home. I can't believe it! :) # Haggling #willitneverend # About to make an offer on a car #nervousexcited # So exciting to live in a city where this happens http://brizzly.com/pic/3YTG #trainstrainstrains # Will be mostly off the grid today–no more sprints for awhile, I'm opting for a dissertation [...]
Seeing @brookewill's picture of me at Cape Cod a few years ago, makes me ache to go back there again: http://bit.ly/ghNpfW #greatmemories # Blue skies @TheHuntington today http://brizzly.com/pic/3XQ4 # starting sprint a wee bit late–had a collegial distraction on my way back from lunch. So….Ready. Set. Go. #dissertationsprint # .@earthtomeryl @missoularedhead Next 45-min writing sprint [...]
My home smells so yum right now :) # Done so many new things the past few days…am now grateful for the familiarity of holiday cooking: rotkohl, pumpkin pie, turkey, etc # Cuppa & cupcake powering my afternoon (thanks Doug & Anna!) http://brizzly.com/pic/3WB8 # Just passed my belay-certification class & test at the #UCI ARC. [...]
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