Thesis has been signed off! Passed with flying colors! Graduation was wonderful! ;) Very sleep deprived. Having occasional weird giggle fits. Conversation with a long-suffering…
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Dashing and eclectic scholar-about-town. Have laptop, will travel!
Thesis crunch time — do not want! :(
Laughing Collie has been temporarily replaced by Happy Fun Thesis-Collie. Warning: Pregnant women, the elderly, and children under 10 should avoid prolonged exposure to Happy…
Continue ReadingThe curious persistence of memory (2 of 2)
Having a unique name, such as mine is, has inadvertently led to a big personal surprise: people from my past are actually contacting me and…
Continue ReadingThe curious persistence of memory (1 of 2)
I’m now on Facebook! I’m finding it a curiously fascinating window onto my own psyche. I’ve greatly enjoyed trying to find people from my past,…
Continue Reading‘The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream’ by Paulo Coelho
(Originally posted in June 2005) Well, crudpuppies. I’ve been so head-down in work and thesis writing that I realize I’ve let not one but two…
Continue ReadingSocial masks & other little lies we tell ourselves
Argh. It’s the little things that trip you up when you’re trying to focus on some huge project like a thesis. For example, I’ve realized…
Continue ReadingThinking about looks…
I recently participated in a photo shoot with some friends and classmates. The photographer (also a classmate) was experimenting with women’s perceptions of themselves, to…
Continue ReadingPunisher MAX: Butterfly (3 of 3)
There were a number of very nice “grace notes” in the story which I rather liked. The panel of Butterfly whispering her safeword, “Jamaica,” to…
Continue ReadingPunisher MAX: Butterfly (2 of 3)
Thinking about it, there are a number of religious themes running through Butterfly’s story, as well as some extremely common (and unfortunate) tropes. The narrator…
Continue ReadingPunisher MAX: Butterfly (1 of 3)
I’ve been told I tend to ramble quite a bit in my book reviews, and that they’re consequently more interesting… so I thought I’d try…
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