I am so tired.

by meanlouise on May 6, 2012

in true life 2012

Do you know the kind of tired I mean?

The kind of tired that makes toast seem like too much work.

The kind of tired that leads to very bad laundry decisions.

The kind of tired that makes you think, “EVERY kindle should come pre-loaded with a copy of A Prayer for Owen Meany” and if anyone objects to paying extra for that they don’t have to because the rest of us will just subsidize it!” is a GREAT idea.

The kind of tired where you can’t even summon the will to gnaw your foot out of that trap.

Or to ask, “Why is my foot in a trap?”

I’m so tired I don’t even remember what the punchline to this post was going to be, although I’m fairly certain that there was one.

It’s the last week of finals, the last week to install art at artomatic, and this weekend was Maryland Sheep and Wool. It’s all too much. My Tivo, Overlord II, misses me.

I miss you, too, Overlord II. We’ll be together again soon, I promise!

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Squirrel Week 2012 is upon us

by meanlouise on April 7, 2012

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John Kelly's Squirrel Week

John Kelly's Squirrel Week, April 8-14, 2012

Washington Post columnist John Kelly kicks off his Squirrel Week 2012 series with a column about white squirrels.

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Or something like that. The details are a bit hazy, to be honest. Regardless, JunglePete and I’ve been passing this gem back and forth for years and I’m sure I’ve probably posted it before, but I’m too lazy to search. Plus, it’s very special.

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“OMG we built a robot kangaroo!”

by meanlouise April 2, 2012 academia

This is painfully funny, because it’s so very true. Adam Ruben – “How to Write Like a Scientist.” share the love:

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Your tension has been exterminated

by meanlouise March 31, 2012 pop culture

Doctor Who fans will want to try the Daleks Relaxation program. share the love:

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Sometimes, dreams do come true. Sort of.

by meanlouise March 29, 2012 art

Yesterday I blogged about the deeply bizarre dream I had about, among other things, going to San Francisco to collect reliquary items with Shauna Lawhorne in order to please Novie Trump and just hours later I got the Washington Glass School class schedule for summer, which includes a class on reliquaries with Novie & Tim. [...]

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I doubt a completed Underdog coloring book actually counts as a PhD comprehensive exam

by meanlouise March 28, 2012 academia

(edited to move this note to the top & fix some links: The photos in this post are from previous trips to San Francisco. I haven’t yet figured out how to photograph dreams, but wouldn’t that be interesting?) You know those extremely detailed yet generally mundane dreams that stick with you even after you wake [...]

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Love giant prehistoric monster snakes? Sure! Who doesn’t?

by meanlouise March 27, 2012 science!

[embedded video: trailer for Titanoboa] If you don’t get the Smithsonian Channel and you’re in the DC-area, there’s a free screening tomorrow night (Wednesday) at NMNH at 5:30 in Baird Auditorium. The exhibit opens on Friday. No word on when scientists will conduct secret DNA experiments and accidentally resurrect Titanoboa, unleashing deep-fried hell on earth [...]

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Your assistance is requested

by meanlouise March 26, 2012 true life 2012

I’m finally getting around to tagging the most popular posts so that they’ll show in the “reader favorites” column on the front page of this site. I thought it would be fairly easy to just tag the posts that get the most traffic, but I still have to do a lot of sifting because some [...]

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This truly chaps my hide

by meanlouise March 15, 2012 true life 2012

It suddenly got very warm out, so it’s been an inferno on every Metro train I’ve taken this week. A few days ago. I pinned my hair up, as I’m wont to do when it’s very warm. I was reading a book so I put my glasses on. A family of Midwestern tourists goggled at [...]

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