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ad_exiaWell, the tree is up... and the cats are completely ignoring it in favor of chasing each other around. I suppose I should take this as a good sign? They were somewhat excited about the garland, but have not chewed it to pieces. And I really don’t think they can hurt the ornaments I have, so all is well! Or hopefully will continue to be so.
Umm... so. I realize it has been a bazillion years (plus or minus a bazillion years) since I have updated last. Um. Let's see... lots has happened. I will try to not take forever to tell you what it is.
Mushu went into the vet on the 17th to be neutred. He's what's called a cryptorchid, meaning his testicles never descended, so they had to treat it like a spay and open him up. But apparently they could only find one. WUT. XD They said they'll check him for signs of hormones in a few months, but until then, well, he's fine. XD They had to keep him overnight to keep an eye on him after the operation, but he did just fine and has been ever since. Now I'm just waiting for the patch of fur they shaved off his tummy to grow back in~
Hm... I'm sensing a lot of adventure going on, here. >> Anyhoo, Valerie came the Tuesday before Thanksgiving to stay for a couple of days; we had dinner with Nathan at Red Lobster, spent an afternoon at the Kanapaha Botanical Gardens (pictures to follow, maybe?), then we went to her grandmother's in Jacksonville for Thanksgiving dinner. There were lots of people, all of them nice, and the food was quite delicious. We learned how to play Farkle and got to play with small children. :D; Friday we slept in, and then decided at about 3pm to go to Downtown Disney. XD It was crowded, but not horribly so, at least. We got dinner, did a bit of shopping, and took a bus to the Grand Floridian to watch the Magic Kingdom fireworks... but the clouds were so low that they were shooting the fireworks up into them, and all you could see was the trail of the thing going up, and then colored flashes in the clouds, followed by the occasional rain of sparkles down beneath the clouds. Maybe not your typical show but... it was really kind of cool. Again, I took pictures, perhaps forthcoming. In any case, the Grand Floridian is decked out like gorgeous for the holidays, as is Downtown Disney. In fact, I'm totally excited because Diana and I are going to the Christmas Party this Thursday night, which I have never been to! Yay~
BUT I'm getting a bit ahead of myself. Valerie and I had lunch with Scott on Saturday before she headed out. I shall miss her (<3!) but we have made plans to do our own little writers' retreat sometime in possibly May after I defend. Which will be awesome, and I am very much looking forward to that.
Let's see... Otherwise I've spent quite a bit of time applying for jobs; I still have to write a few research statements for some, as a few jobs want me to propose research, which is scary so I keep putting it off but I really should get it done this week. Thankfully, there's a fancy new galaxy survey out that a lot of postdoc positions are advertising for, and I'm going to take their science goals and kind of wrap that up in my own research for those statements. I plan to spend some time at Starbucks doing that tomorrow.
In other miscellany, I have seen Megamind (cute!) and Tangled (FANTASTIC) and cannot wait for Tron Legacy and Voyage of the Dawn Treader this month. I have also finished SG-1 season 2 and caught up on Big Bang Theory, thanks to Valerie. OH OH ALSO THANKS TO VALERIE. I have now purchased Leckie's autobiography, Lord, What A Family!, which is so very out of print. And is so very fabulous, by the way.And hey I finally know what happened to his brother. Oh, it was so awesome to crack it open, it's got that awesome old book smell. :D; (Yeeeah, this thing was published in 1958. Woo~)
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adamatari stopped by for brunch today on his way to Atlanta for the JPLT. Then there was D&D, which was entertaining as usual. I drank magic lemonade and had my butt groped (not in the same turn). And finally, I have discovered that Tower Prep, the show that seems to have replaced Unnatural History on Cartoon Network, is not only actually good, but is also a product of Morgan & Wong, of the X-Files/Space: Above & Beyond/etc. fame. NICE. XDb
... Well, there. That wasn't so bad, right?
Umm... so. I realize it has been a bazillion years (plus or minus a bazillion years) since I have updated last. Um. Let's see... lots has happened. I will try to not take forever to tell you what it is.
Mushu went into the vet on the 17th to be neutred. He's what's called a cryptorchid, meaning his testicles never descended, so they had to treat it like a spay and open him up. But apparently they could only find one. WUT. XD They said they'll check him for signs of hormones in a few months, but until then, well, he's fine. XD They had to keep him overnight to keep an eye on him after the operation, but he did just fine and has been ever since. Now I'm just waiting for the patch of fur they shaved off his tummy to grow back in~
Hm... I'm sensing a lot of adventure going on, here. >> Anyhoo, Valerie came the Tuesday before Thanksgiving to stay for a couple of days; we had dinner with Nathan at Red Lobster, spent an afternoon at the Kanapaha Botanical Gardens (pictures to follow, maybe?), then we went to her grandmother's in Jacksonville for Thanksgiving dinner. There were lots of people, all of them nice, and the food was quite delicious. We learned how to play Farkle and got to play with small children. :D; Friday we slept in, and then decided at about 3pm to go to Downtown Disney. XD It was crowded, but not horribly so, at least. We got dinner, did a bit of shopping, and took a bus to the Grand Floridian to watch the Magic Kingdom fireworks... but the clouds were so low that they were shooting the fireworks up into them, and all you could see was the trail of the thing going up, and then colored flashes in the clouds, followed by the occasional rain of sparkles down beneath the clouds. Maybe not your typical show but... it was really kind of cool. Again, I took pictures, perhaps forthcoming. In any case, the Grand Floridian is decked out like gorgeous for the holidays, as is Downtown Disney. In fact, I'm totally excited because Diana and I are going to the Christmas Party this Thursday night, which I have never been to! Yay~
BUT I'm getting a bit ahead of myself. Valerie and I had lunch with Scott on Saturday before she headed out. I shall miss her (<3!) but we have made plans to do our own little writers' retreat sometime in possibly May after I defend. Which will be awesome, and I am very much looking forward to that.
Let's see... Otherwise I've spent quite a bit of time applying for jobs; I still have to write a few research statements for some, as a few jobs want me to propose research, which is scary so I keep putting it off but I really should get it done this week. Thankfully, there's a fancy new galaxy survey out that a lot of postdoc positions are advertising for, and I'm going to take their science goals and kind of wrap that up in my own research for those statements. I plan to spend some time at Starbucks doing that tomorrow.
In other miscellany, I have seen Megamind (cute!) and Tangled (FANTASTIC) and cannot wait for Tron Legacy and Voyage of the Dawn Treader this month. I have also finished SG-1 season 2 and caught up on Big Bang Theory, thanks to Valerie. OH OH ALSO THANKS TO VALERIE. I have now purchased Leckie's autobiography, Lord, What A Family!, which is so very out of print. And is so very fabulous, by the way.
adamatari stopped by for brunch today on his way to Atlanta for the JPLT. Then there was D&D, which was entertaining as usual. I drank magic lemonade and had my butt groped (not in the same turn). And finally, I have discovered that Tower Prep, the show that seems to have replaced Unnatural History on Cartoon Network, is not only actually good, but is also a product of Morgan & Wong, of the X-Files/Space: Above & Beyond/etc. fame. NICE. XDb... Well, there. That wasn't so bad, right?
