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The End is Near

Hey-oh, Blogosphere! Whattado? So the end is near. I can't quite see it but I can feel it. And here we go! The end of the quarter breakdown! Dec 1: PhD Application #1 due at 8:59 PM Dec 3: Fixed up methods and results sections of thesis due at 11:59 PM Dec 4: Thesis introduction finished at 11:59...

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what it is

Dear Blogosphere, Today has been great. I got a full 8 hours of sleep! lots of stuff done! have adopted a "que sera, sera" attitude! and spent a glorious $60 on Amazon! All fun stuff! And no, there is not a shortage of exclamation points!! :M'LOOT: "for audrey" nail polish amy sedaris's new book an...

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November 28 in Photographs

Heading to the airport in white out conditions! I love the "Here Now" feature. What's the purpose?One of these days I'm totally going to message someone."HEY! How are you? We're both at the airport."I...

davis!

I'm back home! Have a moment to blog while I eat my bizarre dinner of tater tots and tofu. I appreciate the alliteration! I can't decide what to call "home"*. But I'm in California. Palm trees, greenery, and so many leaves have turned! And, comparatively, this place is toasty! I'll take some low...

leaving home

There are many things I absolutely love about home.  Here are a few... The temperature (inside) is always perfect. I went to get some apple juice from the fridge  and discovered it was wassail! Delicious food. Gas stove! This funny bunny named Ben that roams about. Quiet at...

20101127

SG DAY!

Happy SG Day! Summer 2004. My friends and I snagged seats behind him and his friends... "Hey, Natalie, when's your birthday?" "November 2x..." He turns around... "No way! Mine is November 27!" "Sagittarian pride!" I know only three things about him. #1 He was full of brains. #2 His...

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home

Bunny cuddle time Home has been so wonderful the past few days. I'm definitely recharging my batteries. Conversing with the fam, delicious food, and hanging out with Ben. It is so cold here. It's...

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thanksgiving

Many thanks! I hope everybody had a delightful Thanksgiving! And thanks for all the happy birthday wishes! It was a fantastic day. The word cloud is not quite exhaustive. ...

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weblogging from SMF

Howdy! It's 5 AM and I am full of caffeine! DC is fantastic any hour of the day. Made it through security sans grope-fest. Sacramento is a pretty small airport, no full-body scanners, but I was a little surprised I didn't get a full-pat down. I made it through the metal detector with pump AND jeans....

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one week

extension on stats paper! YAY!! I love that class + prof more and more every week. In other news... actually, no other news. :-) Life's goooooooo...

odd...s ratios

Need to pick something from those two tables to talk about. And talk about it clearly and briefly. Can I tell you a secret? I'm tired of this application process. It's literally exhausting for me...

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birthday!

So I already have a number of birthday plans. Let me share them with you... #1. Gin and ginger. I'm going to drink for the first time ever on a plane. A friend recommended I try a gin and ginger. Any other suggestions? #2. Carrot cake. #3. It's going to be 18*F and snowy! Brr. I'm going to grab...

20101118

it wasn't all bad.

Relationship quality and partner warmth explain... 25.9%  of the variance in European American girls' body dissatisfaction. Holy cow! In other news, my resized ring arrived today. I love wearing...

should i be concerned about this?

So I've been rerunning some of the analyses for my thesis just to make sure that I did them correctly. I was going along just fine until I started at the beginning and noticed that I had an F statistic...

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sennheiser px 100

My poor Sennheiser headphones died tonight. rest in peace Complete tragedy. These were the best headphones I've ever owned. Great sound quality and they would fold up neatly to fit in even a small...

thirteen

Went back through my 7th grade journal to see what I had written about my friendships, etc. Ran across these that had been taped up in my locker. Completely forgot about that whole Scottish phase I...

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Montréal

Great news tonight! My poster proposal was accepted for the conference in Montreal! I am so, so excited. This will be the first time at an academic conference! This will be the first time I've traveled...

20101115

breathe

Stats paper done. Interesting things occurred in the process. Of cour...

20101114

happy(?) world diabetes day!

November 14 is World Diabetes Day. I had a plan to write something thoughtful and possibly thought-provoking about life and growth with type 1. And I don't have enough time... instead, I'll share a few great resources you can check out if you're interested! BASICS ABOUT DIABETES A brief overview of...

20101113

Bye

Going off the blog grid until I have finished yet another long stats paper. This quarter is kicking my ass. Guess what the paper is about! Fine, I'll just tell you. Boys' height and body dissatisfaction. I did a quick lit search and I couldn't find ANYTHING on height and body dissatisfaction. I think...

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thanksgiving thoughts

Pumpkin soup. Herb-rubbed turkey au jus. Honey-glazed sweet potatoes. Seared endive. Fennel and leeks with a roasted onion vinaigrette. Baked apples with cherries and almonds. Roasted potatoes, carrots, parsnips and brussels sprouts. Wild rice, sausage, and apple stuffing. Two...

20101110

friday night

Khrystine told me about a fantastic lyric ("God, the way she moves me to write bad poetry") in this song after we talked about all of the terrible poetry we wrote in high school. I can't believe I've never heard it before... let alone seen this music video. So good, so go...

at work!

Yesterday morning! And I'm in the exact same position tonight, but instead of fruit and sugar free Red Bull (which, by the way, is the most terrible tasting thing in the world... I don't know why I...

home

Home can be the Pennsylvania Turnpike Indiana's early morning, too High up in the hills of California Home is just another word for you Billy J...

20101108

sepia

Self-portrait. Because nothing photo worthy happened today... so far! Had a good day, received some good news, and I have lots of reading to do tonight. I'm halfway through a chapter about an ethnographic...

i felt my life with both my hands

I am sitting in my friend's apartment, I have finished sipping her tea, and now I am looking at her ever expanding collection of books. She has decided to go the grad school route. She wants to write her honors thesis on wonderful things about time and space in twentieth century literature. Her apartment...

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Focus

  New study mix! Mellow's the theme. Her Diamonds - Rob Thomas Lollipop - Ben Kweller Now and Forever - Carole King Sitting - Cat Stevens The Wind - Cat Stevens Wildflowers - Tom Petty Another Sunny Day - Belle & Sebastian Summer, Highland Falls - Billy Joel If She Wants Me - Belle &...

November

NOVEMBER. Always goes by fast, says my mom. Which is bad news, bad news indeed. Today is rapidly coming to an end and I didn't get nearly enough done. I did however clean my kitchen. I probably shouldn't have but I feel so much better about life and existence when my apartment doesn't look like...

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official ballot

My first huge California ballot! It's an exciting election! There were a couple of things that I didn't vote on. If I don't know who someone is, implications of a prop, etc, I leave it blank. There...

20101101

Hello, November

A poem for my friends and my siblings! October rushed by, So much, so little happened. Two new close friends, Old friends miles, months behind. Heart fixed! Thanks to time and you. And the luck that brought us together! How incredible. I can't get over it. My apartment may be a reflection...