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OH MY HOLY FUCKING CRAP MY LAPTOP IS BACK
It is baaaaaaaaack. After a protracted period of warranty repairs, exacerbated by my apparent inability to deal with billing problems in a timely manner, my terrible snookums is back. I'm still probably going to continue to be kind of scarce around here, on account of OMGWTFJOBSEARCH and theeeeesiiiiiis. In fact,
finished!
- email Prof R for academic reference
- email Prof B for academic reference
- buy bus tickets for Thanksgiving!
- go through UNDP listings
- organize job application deadlines
- pay outstanding house phone bill :(
- buy swanky folder to hold my resumes for OMGWTFJOBFAIR
- b-buy a new compact?! for looking good at the above
- check out Dad's data
- follow up with V!
- finish the app for THE BANK D:
- finish international finance app
- look at Pernet fellowship thingerjigger + w/ extra follow-up!
- send Solstice freakout to Z
- housing extension form!!!!! ohshitohshitohshit
- research global health center
- research finance
- research bank
- research secretariat
- research children
- research development
- research labor
- sort through secretariat postings
- print out resumes
- print out fair notes
- write secretariat talking points
- reply to Prof R
- reply to dear P!
- email about finding a dentist
- write to A
- read Louis's Althusser "Ideology and the Ideological State Apparatus," in Lenin and Philosophy'
- read Michel Foucault's "The Birth of Biopolitics," in Essential Works of Foucault, 1954-1984, Volume I, pp.73-80
- read chapter 3 of Guattari & Deleuze
- write reaction paper to anthro readings
pressing
- apply to Central Asia health center!
- review concepts of dummy variables
- see data center re: Stata-izing my set
- fill in labor personal profile
- make UN account
- fill out UN Personal History form by NOVEMBER 13 [almost done]
- apply for credit card
- look at institutions suggested by R. Loh
- get new SS card
- figure out how to make Narnia relevant to my anthro final
- follow-up on job apps?
not so pressing
- follow up with E
- print out Deleuze & Guattari
- diversity visa lottery? by NOVEMBER 30
- unlock bank account
- find out what in the hell is in my Drawer of Important Papers
- read Michel Foucault's "Governmentality," in Essential Works of Foucault, 1954-1984, Volume III, pp.201-222
- call B
- email UN volunteering
And okay, I watched the last two Merlins and my thoughts are simple: GAIUSSSS & ARTHURRRRR. Arthur, I haven't felt this way about you since 1x08. WELCOME BACK, PAL. And oh wow, the previous episode has been the most Gaius-heavy, like, ever probably. UTHER AND GAIUS, these cranky old men who LOVE EACH OTHER A TON. It was difficult for Uther to sentence Gaius to death, and in the end Gaius totally gives him a beatdown because UTHER HAD IT COMING, he had it coming for a loooong time. Also, being sentenced to death by someone you've worked your ass of to protect and serve must be kind of annoying. I have to rewatch this episode and properly record my Gaiusflail for posterity. Nothing is ever simple with you, Gaius, and that's why I <33333 yooooouuuuuu.
UMMMM NEXT WEEK IS PRETTY MUCH GOING TO BE AMAZING. More missing pieces in the Pendragon family saga! MORGAUSE IN ARMOR jfkldsjflsd I am already shipping her with everyone, guys, don't judge me. Is it bad that I already have plot bunnies? Shut up, bunny-producing part of my brain, I have knightfic and Will AU and Solstice to deal with. And also those RL prompts! And that Merlin/Sandman crossover that my structuralism readings keep trying to convince me to write. (The alpha and omega of dreams, indeed!) But clearly my brain will not stop taunting me with images of things like Morgause and Morgana practicing swordfighting together and I think I am kind of okay with that.
I keep thinking I want to read or write fic for Ocean Girl, but of what? Because it's a closed canon with this grand mytharc or whatever, I wanna wait until I finish watching it before I start fiddling around.
- Oceanic biomefic with a marine biology slant, which is also a slant that the show likes to use, and it thrills me 'cos it makes my heart go "Theeeeesiiiis!" in a way that doesn't make me want to kill myself.
- Jason/Neri. I know I said I didn't like it, and I'm not endorsing Jason's alpha male posturing here, but I do find it endearing in a fictional character, and their dynamic as kids trying to change the world is really endearing. Jason is obviously projecting a lot of his own teen-boy issues onto Neri, and I want to figure out what she really means to him 'cos hey, remember the time they kissed and then it was NEVER MENTIONED AGAIN?! Yeah, what's up with that.
- Four times Froggie and Zoe outsmarted the ORCA administration and one time they didn't. I'm ticked off that Froggie and Zoe didn't make it to Season 3.
- Frolicking on the island and in the sea!
- Kal/Neri. I'm new to the Cal storyline, and this is mostly a case of "Hey, they're both good-looking and running around in a loincloths on a deserted tropical island!"-itis.
- Mick/Vanessa, because D'AWW the bullies learn to RELATE. I am ticked off that they didn't make it to Season 3 either.
I'm wondering now if I ought to reapply for Yuletide with Ocean Girl. Speaking of Yuletide blips, the Jonny Quest and The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest both have Jessie Bannon on their characters list when she only appears in the latter. I'm only signed up for the former. Is it worth it going back and signing up for both? How much do I want Jonny/Jessie/Hadji OT3 action?
Watched the V pilot. It looks promising, or maybe I just have a huge crush onJuliet Elizabeth Mitchell.
I also have to finish up the '7 days of joy' meme that I started like 2 months ago. The last category is 'whatever tickles your fancy'. Whatever tickles my fancy right now happens to be my favorite things from my 'My Pictures' folder.
This is one of my favorite X-Files moments. Season 7 got pretty silly, but it also gives us Mulder and Scully pretending to be in the office when in actualfax, they're getting drunk naked in the tub. Go team!
If Assistant Director Walter Skinner had an LJ, one of his interests would be 'cockblocking'.
Will of Ealdor and Prince Zuko got no game.
The Axis Powers definitely got no game.
My favorite episode of Futurama is actually 'The Farnsworth Parabox' (unless it is 'The Sting'), but this one comes close because EEEEE LOOK AT THEMMMMM. BABY FRYYYYYY. Zoidberg steals the show in this ep though.
This GIF makes me crave Tony/Effy kind of a lot. They're so... caring and intimate!
I know, I know, Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez are married, but I kind of not-so-secretly ship Quentin Tarantino/Uma Thurman. This one time, I even wrote fic. SHADDUP. In fact, hey, have another one, even though she kinda looks like Nicole Kidman in this one. I think it's Uma? Either way, it's pretty sexy.
The end!
It is baaaaaaaaack. After a protracted period of warranty repairs, exacerbated by my apparent inability to deal with billing problems in a timely manner, my terrible snookums is back. I'm still probably going to continue to be kind of scarce around here, on account of OMGWTFJOBSEARCH and theeeeesiiiiiis. In fact,
finished!
- email Prof B for academic reference
- buy bus tickets for Thanksgiving!
- go through UNDP listings
- organize job application deadlines
- pay outstanding house phone bill :(
- buy swanky folder to hold my resumes for OMGWTFJOBFAIR
- b-buy a new compact?! for looking good at the above
- check out Dad's data
- follow up with V!
- finish the app for THE BANK D:
- finish international finance app
- look at Pernet fellowship thingerjigger + w/ extra follow-up!
- send Solstice freakout to Z
- housing extension form!!!!! ohshitohshitohshit
- research global health center
- research finance
- research bank
- research secretariat
- research children
- research development
- research labor
- sort through secretariat postings
- print out resumes
- print out fair notes
- write secretariat talking points
- reply to Prof R
- reply to dear P!
- email about finding a dentist
- write to A
- read Louis's Althusser "Ideology and the Ideological State Apparatus," in Lenin and Philosophy'
- read Michel Foucault's "The Birth of Biopolitics," in Essential Works of Foucault, 1954-1984, Volume I, pp.73-80
- read chapter 3 of Guattari & Deleuze
- write reaction paper to anthro readings
pressing
- apply to Central Asia health center!
- review concepts of dummy variables
- see data center re: Stata-izing my set
- fill in labor personal profile
- make UN account
- fill out UN Personal History form by NOVEMBER 13 [almost done]
- apply for credit card
- look at institutions suggested by R. Loh
- get new SS card
- figure out how to make Narnia relevant to my anthro final
- follow-up on job apps?
not so pressing
- follow up with E
- print out Deleuze & Guattari
- diversity visa lottery? by NOVEMBER 30
- unlock bank account
- find out what in the hell is in my Drawer of Important Papers
- read Michel Foucault's "Governmentality," in Essential Works of Foucault, 1954-1984, Volume III, pp.201-222
- call B
- email UN volunteering
And okay, I watched the last two Merlins and my thoughts are simple: GAIUSSSS & ARTHURRRRR. Arthur, I haven't felt this way about you since 1x08. WELCOME BACK, PAL. And oh wow, the previous episode has been the most Gaius-heavy, like, ever probably. UTHER AND GAIUS, these cranky old men who LOVE EACH OTHER A TON. It was difficult for Uther to sentence Gaius to death, and in the end Gaius totally gives him a beatdown because UTHER HAD IT COMING, he had it coming for a loooong time. Also, being sentenced to death by someone you've worked your ass of to protect and serve must be kind of annoying. I have to rewatch this episode and properly record my Gaiusflail for posterity. Nothing is ever simple with you, Gaius, and that's why I <33333 yooooouuuuuu.
UMMMM NEXT WEEK IS PRETTY MUCH GOING TO BE AMAZING. More missing pieces in the Pendragon family saga! MORGAUSE IN ARMOR jfkldsjflsd I am already shipping her with everyone, guys, don't judge me. Is it bad that I already have plot bunnies? Shut up, bunny-producing part of my brain, I have knightfic and Will AU and Solstice to deal with. And also those RL prompts! And that Merlin/Sandman crossover that my structuralism readings keep trying to convince me to write. (The alpha and omega of dreams, indeed!) But clearly my brain will not stop taunting me with images of things like Morgause and Morgana practicing swordfighting together and I think I am kind of okay with that.
I keep thinking I want to read or write fic for Ocean Girl, but of what? Because it's a closed canon with this grand mytharc or whatever, I wanna wait until I finish watching it before I start fiddling around.
- Oceanic biomefic with a marine biology slant, which is also a slant that the show likes to use, and it thrills me 'cos it makes my heart go "Theeeeesiiiis!" in a way that doesn't make me want to kill myself.
- Jason/Neri. I know I said I didn't like it, and I'm not endorsing Jason's alpha male posturing here, but I do find it endearing in a fictional character, and their dynamic as kids trying to change the world is really endearing. Jason is obviously projecting a lot of his own teen-boy issues onto Neri, and I want to figure out what she really means to him 'cos hey, remember the time they kissed and then it was NEVER MENTIONED AGAIN?! Yeah, what's up with that.
- Four times Froggie and Zoe outsmarted the ORCA administration and one time they didn't. I'm ticked off that Froggie and Zoe didn't make it to Season 3.
- Frolicking on the island and in the sea!
- Kal/Neri. I'm new to the Cal storyline, and this is mostly a case of "Hey, they're both good-looking and running around in a loincloths on a deserted tropical island!"-itis.
- Mick/Vanessa, because D'AWW the bullies learn to RELATE. I am ticked off that they didn't make it to Season 3 either.
I'm wondering now if I ought to reapply for Yuletide with Ocean Girl. Speaking of Yuletide blips, the Jonny Quest and The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest both have Jessie Bannon on their characters list when she only appears in the latter. I'm only signed up for the former. Is it worth it going back and signing up for both? How much do I want Jonny/Jessie/Hadji OT3 action?
Watched the V pilot. It looks promising, or maybe I just have a huge crush on
I also have to finish up the '7 days of joy' meme that I started like 2 months ago. The last category is 'whatever tickles your fancy'. Whatever tickles my fancy right now happens to be my favorite things from my 'My Pictures' folder.
This is one of my favorite X-Files moments. Season 7 got pretty silly, but it also gives us Mulder and Scully pretending to be in the office when in actualfax, they're getting drunk naked in the tub. Go team!
If Assistant Director Walter Skinner had an LJ, one of his interests would be 'cockblocking'.
Will of Ealdor and Prince Zuko got no game.
The Axis Powers definitely got no game.
My favorite episode of Futurama is actually 'The Farnsworth Parabox' (unless it is 'The Sting'), but this one comes close because EEEEE LOOK AT THEMMMMM. BABY FRYYYYYY. Zoidberg steals the show in this ep though.
This GIF makes me crave Tony/Effy kind of a lot. They're so... caring and intimate!
I know, I know, Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez are married, but I kind of not-so-secretly ship Quentin Tarantino/Uma Thurman. This one time, I even wrote fic. SHADDUP. In fact, hey, have another one, even though she kinda looks like Nicole Kidman in this one. I think it's Uma? Either way, it's pretty sexy.
The end!