conversion is thy name

Hehe...and my corruption of Brian continues:) After a disappointing day in which our favorite Indian restaurant seems to have disappeared from the face of the earth and the substitute sucked ass, I introduced Brian to The Shield. Which it turns out to be a good thing because he actually doesn't get FX on cable w/ the pckg the university has. He was suitably impressed/entertained --- which is saying a lot since he gets antsy watching tv and had already seen 2 movies that day. And it would appear that I may possibly be scoring the next season of dvds courtesy of him either through a gift or through money....he's actually floated the idea that if I trade my xbox stuff in, I'll give him the credit in exchange for money (w/ which I'd buy a regular dvd player). Then when the PS3 comes out, i'd get his ps2. Which actually is probably a pretty good idea instead of letting my video games devalue any more.

Also went to see Merchant of Venice today w/ him. Meh is my response. Other than the ending, I didn't really enjoy the rest of it. I think they should have fooled around a bit w/ the scene timing and such rather than copy the play almost verbatim (at least to my rememberance of it). And I'm still not getting what is supposed to make Robert Deniro such a great actor. Anyway, midway through it I realized that a) not my favorite play despite never really having seen a performance of it before, b) it is much better read than watched IMO, c) I'd much rather see a true comedy or tragedy of Shakespeares. Conlcusions: Much Ado About Nothing is still my all time favorite screen adaptation of Shakespeare followed by Kenneth Branaugh's Henry V. If you haven't seen either, go forth and rent them immediately!!

That's pretty much it. Just another day of us hanging out together trying to think of something new to talk about since we last saw each other just 12 hours previous:P

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Ugghh...hate checking my school email account on the weekend. Turns out despite having already done the paperwork, I still need to submit a paragraph or so about my research for my training grant. Which seems incredibly dumb, because hello, i just did this like 3 months ago I thought. Of course, i doubt I saved it cause I typed it off on a whim w/ almost no thought.

I know...should provide incentive to force me to go ahead and work on my thesis crap..which I have to do but don't wanna so am whining about it like an idiot. Siiigh. it really really sucks to go through this much schooling to just determine you hate w/ an utter passion what you do. curse my parents for instilling belief that you don't quit at stuff....well that and an irrational fear of not having a job or a plan.

Proving to myself that the last four years aren't wasted

Well, figured I'd do this to prove to myself how much I've learned in grad school. Also thought I'd post it for those of you continuing your education...especially if it has anything to do w/ the sciences. Though of course, alot of it can probably be applied elsewhere.
( 7 painfully learned lessons )

I think that's about it. Hopefully all this knowledge actually helps someone before they make some of the mistakes I have. God knows I'm going to review it again before I go on an interview!!! Also, if you know something I haven't included here, feel free to comment. I'll take any and all advice before I embark on my next job hunt!!

Great discussion of morality in light of today's politics

Regardless of whether you are republican or democrat, christian/muslim or atheist, I just found a post that I think everyone should read. Really goes to the heart of the insanity that is the US's foreign policy currently. ladyjendifi makes a lot of sense in this post

whiny ass update

So accomplished today...laundry. transferred files from key zip to computer. Wrote barely two paragraphs as a rough abstract for the completely new unrelated part of my thesis....and watched alot of farscape commentaries w/ claudia black and ben browder.

Which can I just say that I'm still very disappointed at the misprint on the starburst edition 1?? It says that ben and claudia do a commentary for PK tech girl but it's no where to be found:(:( Which makes sense since that would have been 3 commentaries on one side, and all the other discs do 2 commentaries per side. Still...that's the one I really wanted to see their commentary for.

:( And still no other box sets for farscape. A little worried that i didn't get a heads up that season 2 was shipping out since I got that for the season 3 set. Ahh well...still going to try to wait till I can get the third edition of season 1.

And how upset will i be if they proceed to release starburst editions of the other seasons in fast order now?? LOL. Although I did notice in the commentary for DNA Mad Scientist that these were most likely done post release of the first season box set since Ben makes a reference to The Swan from Fox. Cause that's only what, 2 yrs old? God. Horrible that that travesty is still aired while Firefly, Angel, and Farscape are no longer on the air.

When does the Inside start? I need smart TV again.

ETA..although I'm bored, I'm not bored enough to want to read science articles. Arrrggghhh.

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Ahh crap. No no sleet tomorrow weather. Please. No sleet. Was actually thinking of taking computer to work too. *pouts*

Changed my desktop in hopes of being productive...in some way or form;)

Oh, btw, in case anyone else was ignorant out there, the fox website has a preview of the next episode on their main page. Just stop the arrested development preview then click on the house icon.

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OmG...I remember what was hapening tonite. Chris Noth on Criminal Intent!!

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via tzikeh:
The website The A1 File Library, is selling fanfiction stories in various fandoms by authors that I'm 99% sure did not give permission. Fandoms include HL, XF, ST:TNG, and possibly others. There are many authors I recognize. Pass on the information.

More info here and here.

Not enough Noth

Sadly, Logan was not intro'ed till 20 min into the episode...and all total, we might have gotten 5-8min of screen time for him w/ a complete oh, i dunno, 5 lines of dialogue. Felt jipped. I hate cheap sweeps tricks. There was really no reason for him to be in the episode hardly. They coulda sweated the nurse another way.

Oh well...maybe they are setting him up for a recurrence. I missed the preview for next week so who knows. Just thought I'd let you know that you didn't miss much if you missed tonite's episode.

(Though Noth does still wear his leather jacket very well despite the number of years it's been)

hmm...a first for me...short fic requests

Well, I'm mildly less anxious now that I realize that a majority of my paper that I have to turn in next week around the 21st to my comittee can be taken from my previous. Just mostly need to revise what my new goals are for the old projects, add in the two new sections, and decide whether to include any data or explanations of difficulties.

On that note, I'm realizing that I've been stuck on my writing for a while now...so in anticipation of getting the thesis committee crap out of the way, I'll start taking some drabble/vignette/ficlet requests from people since my muses aren't doing anything w/ challenge topics. Here's my only restrictions: the requests can't be based on my longer WIP --- they are why i'm currently stuck and I need help getting unstuck.

However, if you have an idea you'd like to see done that's novel, suggest it. Additionally, I'll honor requests for missing scenes from my completed stories or vignette followups to any of my vignettes.

Umm, as always, restricted mostly to firefly. I'll give an honest try at The Invisible Man. Can attempt some buffy verse but generally don't feel those characters very well. Also if you have an idea from Farscape through Jeremiah Crighton or The Shield season 1. of course, won't be able to start on these until after march 1 :) So I'll repost this again closer to the date. So feel free to take time to think.
Hopefully this shakes loose some of the cobwebs and gets me writing again .... cause I'm doubting at this point that it's going to happen while I work on my thesis stuff since the muse avalanche didn't immediately accompany the onset of stress.

However, will be betaing for breaks in my work ... haven't forgotten you docmichelle. Just been putting off critically reading anything:)