Thursday, May 12, 2011

shock of the century

Friends,

I usually travel on Air Canada, but today I'm traveling via American Airlines.  I'm waiting for the plane to board @ Boston Logan.  And SHOCK: the american airlines concourse is SO MUCH NICER than the air canada concourse. Who'd have thunk?  Except for maybe all of you.

peace
mittens

huge news

Friends,

Yet another reason why scientists should have groupies.
They're awesome.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13362927

-mittens

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Good bye!

Friends,

I'm going on a plane tomorrow, and since I have an irrational fear of flying even though, rationally, I should be more afraid of the bus that I'm taking to get to the plane - though that's why they call it an 'irrational' fear - I wanted to take the opportunity to say that you're all awesome, wonderful people.  I'm not being morbid (though if I die, that would be sort of weird), but I just want to have all my affairs in order.  I love you all: my littles were a surprise and a half; my friends made my birthday as good as it could be under the circumstances; Paulson, you're wonderful; I'll blog when I get back from Michigan!

Feel free to email me while I'm away...I don't know what my schedule will be, but I know that I'll miss you all tremendously.


xoxoxo
mittens

so much to do

and yet I'm blogging.

Oh, the irony.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

happy birthday to me

I've been in the library so long that I thought I saw a pigeon committing suicide by jumping off the roof of the next-door building.  Alas, pigeons have wings, as Adams thoughtfully reminded me when I shrieked and pointed to it.

Monday, May 9, 2011

my international friends and/or stalkers

Friends,

This is what you look like!  (I have a count of page visits, but I don't want to embarrass anyone...)

eek! Summer Planz

Friendz,

My father sent me my plane tickets today, meaning that my planz are finalized.  If you're near to any or all of these places, come find me so that we can chill before I skip across the pond and North America loses me foreverrrr...or at least until September :-)

June 12: Graduation with all of you!
June 13: homeless (for realz....can I stay with one of you?)
June 14-20: Chicago/Peoria/Chicago with the parental
June 20-25: Ottawa with Spam!
June 25-28: Montreal with the BFG
June 28: A plane with some strangers. 
June 29: London with Paulson

If I don't know you, please don't use this information to stalk me kthx. 

mittens

I'm surrounded!

Help!  I'm surrounded by...ghosts from the middle ages! 

Gotcha.  I bet you thought I was surrounded by assassins or ninjas.

It's just 21 books, all of which I have currently checked out under my name.

(Sort of makes me think that tomorrow I should check out one more book for a grand total of 22)

-mittens

Saturday, May 7, 2011

beautiful sunset!

And the 5th floor of the stacks is the perfect place to see it.

-mittens

UPDATE:  my favourite thing is when there are streams of light that flow through a low ceiling of interrupted clouds.  And when those same clouds have vibrant golden edges, and the rolling hills beneath them are etched in royal purples.  Seriously.  Just look outside.

procrastination is fun

Friends,

How AWESOME is this?


and, on a related note, THIS?




as one comment aptly points out, cats are starting to evolve!  Run for your lives!

cats for now,
mittens

general life advice

Friends,

I've recently discovered the freedom in letting go of anger.  Yes, injustices hurt.  Yes, you might not think you deserve the pain that someone delivers to you, inadvertently or otherwise.  But I think I might just have begun to understand the power of forgiveness. 

Maybe...

lighthearted for now,
mittens

Friday, May 6, 2011

Thank you!

Friends,

My semi-surprise birthday party was wonderful :-)  mmmmmmmmmmmmpizza.

Best friends ever,

mittens

Thursday, May 5, 2011

funny AND die

Friends,

Funny or die is so last week. 

I'm a big kid now

Friends,

Since I'm all grown up, I decided to send the Egyptian a well-deserved apology.  Just because I don't like him anymore, doesn't mean I should send him awful rants that are full of hatred.

Am I apprehensive about his response?  Yes, but it was the right thing to do, so I'm just going to have to deal with the consequences.

Maturity for now,
mittens

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

If you don't know me

Strangers,

I appreciate that you've googled something (maybe with the word graduation in it?  Who knows) and have clicked on this link out of curiosity.  But if you don't live in the USA, Canada, or the UK, then I don't know you and you shouldn't bother reading this page.

I'm looking at you, random people from Germany, Singapore, and Russia.

mittens