Malcontent I am homesick and I am a dorx and I am sick of always being tired and I miss the south and I miss waffle houses and bbq and coke and tea and I am sick of grad school and sick of working and sick of science.
Lo, They Will Snog "Well, if you're talking about falling in love with Malfoy, love isn't just blind, it's deaf, mute, and brain-damaged!"
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It makes me happy. :-)
posted by Kecia 6:25 PM
I'm the CIRCLE LINE! Your life has no direction. You run around and around and around, passing through many of London's tourist attractions, mainline stations and interchanges: as a result you are often overrun by tourists and accordion players. It takes you an hour to do one 14-mile round trip, passing through 27 stations. You are bright, cosmopolitan, and somewhat jaded, and you like accordion music.
I have some artistic ability, but it is probably a hobby and doesn't drive my life into a dark abysmal hole were I am alone and against the world. Take the Tortured Artist Test at fuali.com
heh. it's sort of amusing that apparently I am more evil genius than tortured artist. :)
posted by Kecia 5:49 PM
I am 59% Evil Genius
Evil courses through my blood. Lies and deceit motivate my evil deeds. Crushing the weaklings and idiots that do nothing but interfere in my doings. Take the Evil Genius Test at fuali.com
*snerk* Look at the picture. :)
posted by Kecia 5:42 PM
Monday, February 24, 2003
Squiggles, Dots, and Lines (the above was a title for a 'how-to-draw video I had when I was little. it taught me how to draw an ant and a sheep, and I am forever grateful.) The following were all created during periods of intense boredom this semester. (read: while in class)
I have decided . . . that I want to look like Jennifer Ehle when I grow up. Or Miranda Otto, but everyone already knew that. This conviction was brought on by watching A&E's version of Pride & Predjudice last night. Just in case you were wondering.
posted by Kecia 5:43 PM
Saturday, February 22, 2003
You are Elwing the White, Princess of Doriath, wife of Earendil the Mariner and mother of Elrond and Elros. When the sons of Feanor attacked Arvernian you threw yourself into the sea with your Silmaril, but Ulmo of the Waters turned you into a bird and you flew to the safety of Earendil's ship. Together you sailed to Aman to beg the aid of the Valar. When Earendil and the Silmaril were set into the sky you settled in a tower in Aman and flew to greet your husband whenever he drew near.
Bah. I wanted to be Luthien. But then, doesn't everyone? And she does have a sucky life. Of course, being stuck as a bird when my husband's a constellation isn't my idea of a good time either.
In another note, who knew such snarxiness lurked in the HP fandom still? Not me. Apparently SQ is taking heat for their Book 5 Challenge and their Unexpected Task. Some people are st00pid. (but then, some people are funny.) I think I'm glad I'm not going to Nimbus after all - the collective is thriving just a few miles up the road. :)
posted by Kecia 12:16 PM
Thursday, February 20, 2003
Josiah Bartlet for President I've become such a liberal. Who knew this would happen. I used to be as conservative as they come - still think of myself as one, actually; one that just happens to agree most of the time with people that call themselves liberals. Oh well. My entire political beliefs can really be summed up by a line from Tolkien. (which, of course, since I want to use it, I can't find it. this parenthetical is brought to you by Lyrelle's inability to find treasured books, the common cold, and the letter q.)
posted by Kecia 8:19 PM
Wedding Stuff So I was just going to email these pictures to my mom, but then I thought that some of you might be interested in them too. If you're not (most of you with only one X chromosome), then feel free to skip this entry. :)
Dress: My favorite dress is by Eden Bridals; unfortunately, they stopped making it a few years ago. Bear in mind, I've never tried it on, so I don't know how it would look on me, but I thought at least it would give you an idea of the style I like.
I had to shrink it so much you can't really see it, but at least you can see the overall style. I think I'm going for an a-line or princess cut with an empire waist and some form of sleeves. This should hide my stomach (my worst feature) while giving me some shape and hiding my flabby arms. Of course, I intend to work on these figure flaws, but it's best to be prepared. One thing I do like that is in style now is the drapy bell-shaped sleeves. Three-quarter sleeves are nice too. Fortunately the style now seems to be a soft, romantic, nearly-gothic look, which is convenient, as that's what I like. I have pictures of lots more dresses, but I think I'll spare those of you on a dial-up connection. For now at least.
Veil: This is my favorite, and it incorporates the leafy theme that Matthew and I keep dancing around. Unfortunately, it costs $250. I'll probably end up making my veil; hopefully I can get it to look something like this.
I like ballet length veils, but that's not a common length, so I may have to settle for a fingertip veil. Well, not if I make it, I suppose.
Place: The Chapel of the Prodigal, in Montreat, we know has weddings, but we don't know for how much. It's pretty, but we aren't stuck on it in the we-have-to-have-our-wedding-there-or-die kind of way.
We also know of Gaither Chapel. Our wedding will not be big enough for Anderson Auditorium, thankyouverymuch. We could have it at a bed and breakfast, or something, but one of the big draws to Montreat is the spiritual tie we both have with it, so it seems sort of silly not to marry in a church.
If we marry in LaGrange, we'd like to do it by West Point Lake; ideally either in park land, or potentially one of the many country clubs/private homes/bed and breakfasts that line it. Anyone want to host our wedding? :)
Cake: Finally, the last picture of the night. I found this cake, along with its recipie in Southern Living Weddings. It's beautiful, and looks tasty, but I don't know if we could pull it off. It might even be too fancy.
Minions! To your work! (I actually noticed it this morning, shortly after it was put up, but I couldn't get into blogger for some reason.)
Stay tuned, those of you interested in wedding stuff - more pictures later today. (I hope.)
And to get the link, I just went back, and my eye fell on the opening sentences again. A&Z are really masterful. With a chaptered, work-in-progress like this, each chapter has to have an astounding opening. And they do. Not outstanding in the cliffhanger sense; outstanding in the sheer wordcraft displayed. I hope one day to be able to write even half that well.
posted by Kecia 5:03 PM
Tuesday, February 18, 2003
Humor, Sort Of "Because, deep in our hearts, we all wanted sleazy Sarah to win her un-prize and Zora to dodge the slow bullet that is life with Evan Marriott. Because we're sick, detached people, and we watch Fox." - Flak Magazine
You are THE TEMPEST--you get shipwrecked on this darn island for 12 years and fall in love with the first new male hottie you see. Bet he'll be good in bed!
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*cheers* Like my picture. :)
posted by Kecia 7:09 PM
Yup. Told you I was a sap.
posted by Kecia 7:07 PM
Monday, February 17, 2003
Ugh What is it with snow? The day before it comes, I always get sick. And now Kevin and Jenn are here, and potentially grossed-out by all my coughing and hacking. Though they shouldn't be worried - it's viral, I think, and so almost certainly not as contagious. :(
Wedding Sillyness Not that we've settled on a date yet, or anything, but I thought I'd post a few wedding-y things tonight, since my mom is now reading my blog.
Attendants: We've basically picked these, but we're waiting for a date to be settled on before we ask them.
Photos: We love www.goforthphoto.com, but I have the feeling it's out of our price range. Oh well. We'll probably get up the courage to ask soon. We'd better, or she'll be booked.
Music: We'd love to have David LaMotte (for so many reasons, including the fact we fell in love while listening to his musice), but neither of us can imagine him as background music. So for the reception, we're thinking mp3s - we both hate DJs, and live bands are out of the question - too expensive, and no one will dance anyway (neither of our families are the dancing types). We still have to find something for the ceremony, though.
Officiant: We want Melvin and Ginny to do it jointly. Once again, though, we're waiting for a date before asking them.
Location: We still want Montreat. We could do LaGrange, and that would put us at the site of our first date, but Montreat is our first choice. It's possibly too expensive though, especially if we end up marrying in summer. Anyway, here's a picture of the area - I stole it from a webpage a long time ago, but I don't know from where . . .
There's more to type - I've got pretty dress pictures galore, and plans for shopping, and flower pictures, and much much more - but it will have to wait for another time. It is late, and I'm off to try to pry my car out of a deserted parking lot.
Six Easy Pictures These were all taken from my balcony on Friday, when we got 8ish inches (and I had the day off and nothing better to do than to play with Matthew's digital camera.)
You Would Think . . . that grad students, those willing to give their lives for science, those that will bend and shape the fortunes of mankind for the next century and longer, would receive only the best tutelage from the most eminent teachers.
You would be wrong.
This could be a full-throttle rant, taking up pages of your time, but I'm too tired to type it. Twelve-hour workdays will do that to you. I knew that it would be hard, the workload would be massive, but I didn't know it would leave me so tired.
posted by Kecia 8:54 PM
Terror Attack Steps Urged "The officials said they believe the al Qaeda terrorist network is particularly targeting New York and Washington . . . [Paulison] laid out a vision of post-attack paralysis that made some other department officials wince. "People are going to be on their own for the first 24 or 48 hours," he said, reflecting on his experience with hurricanes as the former fire chief for Miami-Dade County."
Yeah, I'm freaked out. But there's nothing I can do about it, so I go on with my life. I'd love to be back in Atlanta, sure, for multiple reasons. But I'm not and I can't be, so life goes on.
posted by Kecia 9:32 AM
Sunday, February 09, 2003
Small Ones In honour of my mom and dad *finally* getting internet access, a few pictures:
and, in the interest of fairness (and to keep from being disinherited):
You will note that excessive cuteness is obviously an inheritable trait. :)
posted by Kecia 7:07 PM
Mmmm . . . The joys of fresh spearmint tea, peanut brittle, and a snow day. This is the life. :)
posted by Kecia 8:12 AM
Thursday, February 06, 2003
Where Are You Going where are you going
with your long face
pullin' down
dont' hide away
like an ocean
that you can't see
but you can
smell and the sound
of waves crash down
i am no superman
i have no reasons for you
i am no hero
aw, that's for sure
but i do know one thing
it's where you are is where i belong
i do know
where you go
is where i wanna be
where are you going
where do you go
are you looking for answers
to questions
under the stars
well if along the way
you are growing weary
you can rest with me until a
brighter day
yeh ok
where do you go
where are you going
where do you go
tell me where are you going
where
where, let's go
-Dave Matthews Band
posted by Kecia 9:47 PM
Blogliness Just in case you were wondering, this is not a relevant blog. To anything.
There, now you can all sleep better tonight.
posted by Kecia 9:31 PM
Weather Pretty snow outside. I've already had my 9am journal club cancelled. Now for the other two classes . . .
*waits, with fingers crossed (but not with held breath)*
posted by Kecia 9:28 PM
Tuesday, February 04, 2003
ISTJ So, as some of you may know, I've been going through a mini-crisis lately. Okay, a big crisis with little mini-crises behaving like satellites around the big one. In any case, my biggest problem is that I do not know if I want to get a Ph.D. (in fact, I'm beginning to have a sneaking suspicion that I don't, at all.) This problem is compounded by the fact that (strunk and white, take that!) I don't even really know if I want to stay in science. Ooops. So I went to see a career counseling guy. Wonder of wonders, he was helpful. I took the Meyers-Briggs and the Strong Intrest Survey. (I apparently am an IsTJ who needs to combine education, social service, and the arts, most likely by becoming a librarian, in case you were wondering.) I have tons of research and what-not to do regarding this, however, and so I am going to use this space to do it, as a webpage is the most accessible thingee at the moment.
The First Task: List careers needing to be researched. List beside them contacts in that field.
Librarian
-public
-science (Bonnie)
-school (Arabella?)
Translator (Jenn?)
College Prof
-science (Dr. Duttera)
-non-science
Teacher
-elementary
-special education
-high school (Mrs. Morrow)
Museum/Archival
Editor
-science
-other
Writer
-technical
-other
Genetic Counselor
Social Worker (Jennifer S.)
Paralegal
There are other fields I am interested in, some feasible (non-profit work), others not so much (musician, actor, artisan, general lazabout). I also need to take time to look at the career center's website, their library, and the list of departments here.
They have Tolkein scholars, why can't I be a Rowling scholar? I could *do* that. Of course, I'd have to be an english major . . . I think my diploma might throw itself at my head.
posted by Kecia 9:17 PM
Much Silliness Stole this from bubbling oddity, who took it from ashavah, etc . . .
1) What do you call me? (ok. you don't have to answer this one, as I'm not actually cool enough for any nicknames.)
2) What song makes you think of me, and why?
3) If you could give me one present, what would it be?
4) What one thing/event do you asscociate with us?
5) How well do you think you know me?
I'm in a silly mood. Too much sugar, too much stress.
Glad to hear some good friends are coming for a visit soon. :)
Sunny today. But still cold, and apparently supposed to only get colder.
