I can be incredibly flexible when I’m done being stubborn.

Everyone who knows me knows I am stubborn. Really stubborn. But what makes the title of this post so true is that when I’m finished being stubborn, I am very flexible and really am okay with changing plans and going with the flow. Really.
Here’s an example of some things I’ve been stubborn about, right up [...]

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Things I love about the internets: Part 1

I’m going to start a new series here on Watershed about all the things that make me love the internets so much.
I’ll start it off with some incredibly wonderful youtube videos that someone at work showed me yesterday. I can’t believe that I hadn’t seen these before. I just can’t believe it. I know I [...]

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I want to live in a happy, good news bubble

I haven’t blogged in a while and you should be so very happy and thankful about that. Why? Because you have no idea how close I came to blogging again, for the umpteenth time about [1] writing at the library, or not writing during the weekend (especially when an SVU marathon twarts my plans) and [...]

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flickr meme

Marlena did this great visual meme, and I just had to waste some time playing along.
Interestingly, I ended up with one of Marlena’s photos– of graffiti outside our old high school. And I had forgotten all about that local band of high school guys (Minor Ninth)…
The concept:
a. Type your answer to each of the questions [...]

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very cool: a tunnel from NYC to London

I cleaned up my list of favorite blogs and added one of my favorite new blogs, the New York Public Library Blogs. The blog is like crack for information junkies like me (old photos, old ads, old street maps and random information– what more could I ask for?)!
Yesterday, they posted about a “tunnel” from NYC [...]

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memorial day

Before this year, I never thought twice about memorial day. When I was in high school I was in band and we had to put on our (ugly) uniforms and march in the parade. Other than that, it was nothing more than an extra day off. That is probably because no one in my family [...]

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who knew?

At work today we were trying to figure out what to call an event we’re advertising. For all intents and purposes it is basically a lecture, but who wants to go to a lecture?
We debated between two big buzzwords in academia– “symposium” and “colloquium.”
We first looked up “colloquium” and as we suspected, it usually refers [...]

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random thoughts

Oblion tagged me for this meme of random things I think about– but I didn’t realize she was back to blogging again, so I missed it!
Anyway, I’ve been busy trying to structure my days in a way that helps me get stuff done, so I’ll give you some random thoughts for now…
1. Last weekend I [...]

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lists of eight meme

Flicka Mawa tagged me for this a while ago, and since I am back in Madison and back to the boring day-to-day routine, I thought it was more interesting than anything else I could post right now.
8 passions

trees
photography
traveling
the ocean
snow
reading
books (yes, these are two distinct things)
dark beer

8 things I often say

holy crap!
jeezum freakin’ crow (a Maine [...]

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Privilege Meme

This has been going around some of the more sociological blogs online (e.g. Becoming Dr. Warner and Scatterplot) so I thought I’d play along. It is definitely something I’d do with a class. My “yes” answers are in green and some comments are in brown. My total score is 12 out of 33. I’m not [...]

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seven random things you probably don’t know about me

I love collecting Vintage Pyrex bowls (particularly the “crazy daisy/spring blossom green” pattern– I have a butter dish and salt and petter shakers in that pattern, along with a great set of bowls). Someday I’m going to have a completely retro kitchen for my vintage kitchen table and my pyrex.
I also collect old, abandoned photographs. [...]

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the not-so-magical mystery tour

I went to see the neurologist for my MRI results yesterday. I was pretty nervous about the appointment as the last time I saw him he had decided that “my symptoms most likely pointed to MS.”
I ended up being relieved, but also pissed off at the doctor, and still stumped as to why my face [...]

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exceptions

People make generalizations all the time. I make them too. Maybe they exist just to make it necessary to point out the exceptions.

Someone today at work who I hadn’t seen since returning from NY, insisted on asking me “how those rude New Yorkers” were. And then everyone else in the office decided to tell their [...]

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marwige… marwige…

I played around a lot on facebook in the past few days (and I also got a fair amount of work done too, so I don’t feel so terrible about the goofing off a little). While looking around I found an old friend, R. We were best friends in elementary school, but then drifted apart [...]

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time continues

Well, after years of swearing high and low that I would never wear capris, I just went out and bought 3 pairs. What’s next? Shirts with those 3/4 length sleeves? Please stop me before that happens!
I’m also officially a size 10, after years of being a size 8. I’m sure it’s because of all the [...]

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time time time what has become of me?

Today I bought a (vintage?) Nintendo system at a yardsale, complete with such great games as Tetris and Super Mario 3. All for $30. I felt like I was 11 and it was Christmas again– I was so excited I could hardly get home and play! I also spent a good deal of time fondly [...]

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moving right along

There have been some actual measures of progress in my grad student world lately. Today I am mailing out my first submission to a journal! And I got an email yesterday from a well known person in my field asking me to review a journal article. In the email she said I had “expertise” on [...]

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playing along…

I think I’ll take a break from the flurry of work that is this week (and put off that paper due tomorrow for just a few more minutes) but taking part in Marlena’s meme! It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these…
7 Random Facts:

I sleep on my side only. And I can only [...]

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flip flopping

There is so much going on this week– deadlines, etc. that blogging about something as mundane as my hatred for flip flops seems the best thing to do. And I need to get this off my chest.
Well now that it is above 50 degrees in Madison, flip flops are back. No matter if it is [...]

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I’m in a ____ state of mind

Well, now that all the excitement of my trip to Finland and my 30th birthday are over, let’s get back to some mundane blogging– to the internets!
I was googling around yesterday looking for a particular t-shirt for Jo (one with robots on it, if you must know). I stumbled onto to a website selling state [...]

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the week in review

Movie Reviews:

The Lady in the Water: Given my great dislike for the director, I shouldn’t have even bothered watching this movie. It was terrible. Really, really terrible. Actually, if I didn’t know how full of himself the director is, I would think it was intensionally hilarious. If it wasn’t so hard to sit through, I’d [...]

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how times flies

Although spring break is just beginning, it feels awfully close to the end of the semester for me. And as a result, I feel the pressure to get some serious work done. I am dogsitting this weekend, and plan on tackling a stack of articles and a pile of books while I’m here. Some heavy [...]

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how do folks get to my blog 4

The 4th installment in a long series (don’t forget 1, 2, and 3!)

my jaw hurts after drinking coffee: Okay… that’s very strange…
september 2006 train wreck spain: I’m totally stumped.
dissertations done on squash: People write dissertations about squash? Wow, can I do that?
headache nose running eating salad: Okay, let me see if I can make sense [...]

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irritations by proxy

Yesterday was the first day of classes. I certainly hope the day doesn’t set the tone for the entire semester, because I spent the day mostly irritated by various things and people. Since I can’t write specifically about these real irritations without exposing myself/other people/situations etc., I’ll write instead about some other things that irritate [...]

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earrings, make-up and heels, oh my

Lately I started wearing earrings. I hadn’t worn them in 5+ years but I used to wear them all the time (I even had that weird 2nd hole pierced in only one ear when that was popular in 8th grade- why was that cool again?). It started when I got pair as a gift a [...]

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I really am too nice

Jo and I have already done a million things this morning and it is only 10am. We’re cleaning, straightening up the kitchen and getting ready for thanksgiving day #2 this afternoon.
While Jo was busy vacuuming the bedroom, I heard a knock at the door. Despite seeing the women holding bibles outside, I actually answered it. [...]

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reason #281: why I love my ipod

Overheard on my walk down Bascom Hill yesterday:
“I just don’t think people on welfare should be allowed to have babies.”
“yeah, I agree, they should have their tubes tied or something”
“Some people might think that it is draconian [yes she actually used that word] to think so, but if they messed up so bad to be [...]

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coincidences

I’ve seen my share of coincidences. Like the time I was eating in a random restaurant in midtown Manhattan, and an entire family I had grown up with just walked in. We all just starred at each other. Or, the time I was riding the D train from Penn Station to the Village and saw [...]

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one more thing…

I need to add one more thing to my previously posted list of things I used to like and don’t anymore. Perhaps at the time it was too obvious to add.
Talking on the phone.
I used to love talking on the phone. I would spend hours at a time on the phone with my best friends [...]

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weighing in…

I’m back in the Midwest from my trip to Maine, *sigh*. Landing in Detroit and realizing I was back in the midwest was less than thrilling. The last couple days I’ve been repacking and working, still needing to begin on some of my own work (but after a nice lunch today, at least I have [...]

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