02/16/10 1:58PM

Time is that quality of nature which keeps events from happening all at once. Lately it doesn't seem to be working.

So here's a concise, illustrated summary of my daily existence since my last post.

Winter break is nice at first. I finally get to rest a little, after last year's chaotic finale.

Then I try to finish my second thesis draft, but the library sends me the wrong stuff. When they finally send me the right stuff, they only let me have it for a few days! Srsly ppl!?

Before I know it, the Spring 2010 semester has arrived! Time to get back to the daily grind...

To yack and fuss at students...

And to be surrounded by MUSIC.

But wait!!!

A blizzard is here, and all life must stop, buried under three feet of snow! We poor urbanites can only huddle together and play dominoes as the civic infrastructure, basic utilities, and even Hulu itself succumbs to the swirling white wind.

Now it is over. The sunlight serves only to illuminate the appalling proximity of... DEADLINES. I thought they were weeks and weeks away! Oh dear. Thesis draft, Comprehensive exam, Committee nomination, Grading, Language exam, Job applications, Guest lecture, Grading, Thesis submission, Interviews, Grading... I'm going to die. Of overwork. Isn't that illegal?

In a last-ditch effort to forestall the worst, my activities have been reduced to only the barest survival essentials. I eat snacks, often...

Sleep, occasionally...

Stare at the computer, most of the time...

And hang on for dear life, always...

Hope you all are with me on that last one.
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Love and laughter,

~ER :)

haha! I love you Emily!! hang in there!

by snoopy at 02/16/10 2:35PM
Haha!! What a sweet, funny entry. Nice to keep up with you!

by tweedledee at 02/16/10 4:13PM
Cute, creative post :)

Remember, this too will pass. Thats always such a comforting thing for me to remember when everything starts piling up at once. Love you!

by august28rose at 02/16/10 4:27PM
AWW!! I like that! Haha but I'm with you on the last one... : / junior year... ugh. Xp Good luck though with everything!!

by saxaphonegirl at 02/16/10 7:03PM
You are so creative!

by lizsmith at 02/16/10 7:49PM
srsly ppl?!
i know right? for realz :)

i think your life has been more hectic than mine. there is no thesis on my end, but i'm glad you like my life, because i like it, too. it's adventurous, even when it gets to be a mess.

much love your way.

when is the mawwiage, btw?

by chooselove at 02/16/10 11:15PM
yeah

by mayflower at 02/17/10 10:10AM
I. Loved. This. And you, actually. :) Hanging on with you!!

by heidiw at 02/17/10 2:18PM
cute!

by benb at 02/19/10 1:09PM
From those illistrations I an can only assume you believe in evolution. Cat-Humen-Hamster-Duck-Dog... I think you need more than one missing link to put those togather.

by franky_g at 02/19/10 2:06PM
love!

by fullofgrace at 02/19/10 5:56PM
Personally, I am with you on the "time" quote. It has seemed to be experiencing some glitches lately...

by gypsyprincess158 at 02/20/10 11:40PM
Yoohoo, Em! I need your email address!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You can send it privately on FB if you want. But send it soon!

by mayflower at 02/24/10 3:30PM
we're in Colorado Springs now so no,the quake didn't affect us! Thankfully for all the devastation none of our friends in Santiago were hurt more than bruises getting outside. Lot of things broken but no people.

by krazyqwilt at 03/02/10 8:35AM

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.*

at 01/05/10 12:19PM

To whom it may concern:

This is an apology to all cats who were going to prowl on my stacks of dusty books in the ramshackle house on the overgrown lot. It has transpired that my future as a batty old maid has been thwarted by an enterprising young man. He persevered in his mission despite over-education, lone ranger syndrome, biting wit, and a foot and a half of snow, and thus was deemed worthy above all others. Though I know you, O cats, are sorely disappointed, do not despair. There will be other houses to prowl. As for me, my now-doubled future is bright, and I remain happily one plum short of a fruit pie.

Sincerely yours,

~ER :)

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*John Lennon, in Beautiful Boy.

you're so adorable. congrats! i hope to one day see you again and meet this fellow who successfully swept you off your feetsies

by chooselove at 01/05/10 12:24PM
Congrats!!!

by whipsmile at 01/05/10 12:40PM
awww, that was a singularly lovely compliment to receive! Thank you so much for brightening my day.

by whipsmile at 01/05/10 1:11PM
This young man is indeed an intelligent, patient, blessed, and I'm sure - thankful - young man! Congratulations!!!!!

by lizsmith at 01/05/10 1:20PM
iFelicitaciones! :)

by august28rose at 01/05/10 1:26PM
Yay!!! I'm so excited for you Em!!

by snoopy at 01/05/10 1:43PM
Aww, i typed a long witty comment but pleonast exploded and didn't post it. Ah well. It was witty to be sure. No really....

Congratulations Emily, I wish you the best in your future years! :D

by stranger_yet at 01/05/10 5:18PM
Lovely. Congratulations!

by benb at 01/06/10 8:12AM
unrelated to your engagement, but you being so sucked into the world of academia might appreciate this...

by chooselove at 01/06/10 7:47PM
by fullofgrace at 01/07/10 12:05AM
Congratulations!! :) Let us hear the story!

by mayflower at 01/07/10 3:43PM
Happy for you over and over again!! I love the ring!!!!!!!!!!! Such a unique shape and so fitting for you! ♥ You can send the cats to my old maid's home that I am keeping. =D

by tweedledee at 01/10/10 2:18PM
Yay!!! I'm so excited for you! :) :) :)

by laurar209 at 01/11/10 6:37PM
more information and congratulations! Pictures of HIM too.

by krazyqwilt at 01/19/10 9:59AM

12/01/09 3:44PM

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May you have (the greatest happiness)*∞,

~ER :)

Hahaha! I like it. Mucho.

by heidiw at 12/01/09 4:40PM
Doesn't that sort of defeat the purpose of a fortune cookie?

by franky_g at 12/01/09 8:09PM
Hey! I got your message yesterday--and it was funny because I had almost called you seven hours before that. :) I will call soon!

by gypsyprincess158 at 12/01/09 11:09PM
that's pretty cool. :-)

by whipsmile at 12/02/09 9:00AM
Fortune cookies really don't taste all that great but there's something rather irresistable about them.

by laurar209 at 12/02/09 1:48PM
happy
holidays!

by fullofgrace at 12/24/09 11:55AM

10/14/09 5:12PM

"No offence intended to all the Normans in the world, but the name has slightly geeky overtones round these parts. That, presumably, is not true in Canada..."
--K. Bruce, The Herald (Glasgow), 4-17-2008

"It looks like sound!"
--P. Trosztmer, The Scotsman, 4-17-2008

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This entry will continue to be updated with nuggets of hilarity from the mine of my thesis research.

NB: I think the second quote is going to be my title. Nothing like a little verbal infelicity to start the thing rightly!

Love and laughter,

~ER :)

Great thesis title! It's a winner. :)

by mayflower at 10/14/09 5:40PM
Nice

by chooselove at 10/14/09 8:28PM
haha! Nice :)

by snoopy at 10/15/09 4:03PM
what are writing your thesis on?

by fullofgrace at 10/16/09 11:27AM
Oh, and I like the fact that you use "NB." That officially makes you a very cool nerd. Like me. :)

by mayflower at 10/23/09 8:28PM
now i need to ask what "NB" means...

by chooselove at 10/24/09 12:01AM
is it italian?

by chooselove at 10/29/09 7:37PM
haha. Speaking of sound..... do you know if you yelled continuously for 89 years, 7 months, and 5 days, you would generate enough sonic energy to heat one cup of coffee?

by gypsyprincess158 at 11/02/09 7:59AM
lol!

by gypsyprincess158 at 11/03/09 11:38PM
Thought for the day: all automated voice systems should be dropped off the face of the planet. I despise overly polite artificial intelligence that takes me 15 minutes to navigate through to a real person.

by gypsyprincess158 at 11/03/09 11:39PM
aw thanks Emily :) What are you up to these days? Have any more out of the country excursions planned or are you staying put in the good old US of A? ;)

by tabycat at 11/16/09 10:06PM
guess who just found a house centipede in her house...
and in the basement, no less!!

by chooselove at 11/18/09 12:23PM
oh yeah we are. don't worry. the situation is under control!

by chooselove at 11/19/09 8:32PM
I KNOW! I can't make the caption go away! Argh!

by gypsyprincess158 at 11/27/09 11:06PM

08/24/09 12:06AM

move us
for we are still, turgid,
slack, dim, plodding
on to the bound death.
(and slow creeps nightfall)

move us
for there is much to be
done, sung, flown, poured,
seen, lit, pried from rust.
(and sung to bursting)

move us
for then comes day bright,
lumined, sparking, burnished
with essential fire
(and our flame returns)

--the shaking, 8/09

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Um, I know this is going to alienate me from a lot of my beloved jaded academics, but... I'm kinda excited about Fall'09 starting in a week!

Yeah, I know. It's so wrong. But hey, if you're gonna fall off a cliff, why not pretend to be flying on the way down?

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Love and laughter,

~ER :)

I always enjoyed school, so when classes started, I got excited too.

by whipsmile at 08/24/09 8:03AM
The secret to flying is to throw yourself at the ground and miss... :)

by mayflower at 08/24/09 5:48PM
sweetness! I didn't know he was coming! So far all I've had time for is a quick "hey" in passing, but I hope to get to talk to him more soon!

by snoopy at 08/26/09 9:22AM
Ooooohhhh... I like that poem! (emphasis on "like" purposeful.)

I always enjoyed the start of school and now I miss it. :(

by laurar209 at 08/27/09 10:45AM
hey hey i'm excited for school tooooo! i haven't been at it as long as you, but i'm still excited about it!

by chooselove at 08/27/09 8:08PM
i LOVE walter mitty!

by whipsmile at 08/28/09 9:01AM
hahaha! THAT is the truth!

by gypsyprincess158 at 09/05/09 9:48PM
every now and again, i tell people the story of the summer of house centipedes
and it makes me miss you and our kill counts a lot :]

by chooselove at 09/10/09 10:20AM
everytime i see your initials the theme song to the show er plays in my head and i get this image of you in a lab coat trying desperately to revive post-modern literature classics with a defibrillator

by fullofgrace at 09/13/09 12:58PM
very good. thanks for sharing!

by benb at 09/13/09 1:35PM
haha, thanks. school is good so far!

by benb at 09/14/09 2:37PM
=) Great birthday poem for me!! lol! Hope all is going well! ♥

by tweedledee at 09/27/09 4:04PM
i put them in my lectures on brain connectivity....i think they would be even funnier in your papers....

by fullofgrace at 10/03/09 1:34AM

02/16/10 1:58PM

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.*

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