I've been hiding

OH the stress of being a grad student.

I have been in hiding lately....so much stuff going on....I am trying to get an article ready for submission. Karen is supposed to give me feedback. I am trying to write chapters for my dissertation....Only two more chapter drafts to go....then I have an entire draft....talk about crazy....Karen and I are trying to write a paper about emotions...I don't know anything about emotions....Of the 5 primary emotions, I am only good at anger...so...you know, that paper is going very slowly...it is due on wednesday, but that isn't happening...oh wait that is tomorrow...it definitely isn't happening...

Oh and my part time job is a major time suck, I have just had to say, oh i don't think so to a bunch of stuff, but that is good, it gives me practice of saying no....which is very important....

but luckily on saturday morning muffin head and I are out of here....we are going somewhere....muffin head is keeping the location secret...we'll be gone until monday with no laptops!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yeah I know....that qualifies as big excitement around here.....

You know you have insomnia when

It is 4am, you have already been up for over 2 hours, and you decide it is fabulous that curling is on tv.....so you decide to watch, hoping it will put you to sleep.....

But no....you stay wide awake through the entire damn thing......

Congrats team USA.....

I must admit, I have kind of followed curling through the olympics....oddly enough it has been the only thing I followed through the olympics..... c'est la vie

I've had my breakfast, I might as well get my ass to the gym....

I've added Frappr

So if you want me to know where you live....you can mark yourself....if not...well then don't....

But the link is on the sidebar...I just thought this was a bit of a fun project....I like maps.....

or you can click here

OK...I am a BAD FRIEND

So, as I am sitting here on my couch being sick, I look over and what to I see....Dana D's (I guess she is now C, but whatever, her name is Dana D) birthday present. OOOOOOOOOOOPS....Sorry darling.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, a day early.....


I will call tomorrow, and send the pressie off tomorrow am....

Love you

Goldbug!

plus....a little happy birthday pic.... courtesy of cuteoverload.com

Joss' Valentine's Picture

Oh yes, she is a cutie!

I have developed a cold. I feel like crap....I think I got it from muffin head. Bad muffin head.....

But I thought this little cutie would cheer some of you up!

Some recent knitting creations

So yup, I knit....it happens....

but I wanted to show off a few of my latest creations....

First Tez's new hat

Second, Muffin head's valentines day scarf (my first attempt at cables)

Charles Barkely king of NBA comedy

As many of you may know, I love Sir Charles. He is completely ridiculous. He had many great comments from last night's All-star extravaganza....

Hey Kevin, let me tell you somethin’. There are subliminal messages, and there are real messages. Like if I hit somebody in the head with a hammer, that’s a real message. When I offer you Altoids…” ***

Kevin Harlan: “Here is Hakim Warrick, playing with the Grizzlies, from Syracuse University.”
Charles: “I gotta call Jim Boeheim, they gotta get a weight room up there.”

***

“I told you, when I saw (Dirk Nowitzki) in Germany before he got to the NBA, I told him, I’ll give you any amount of money you want to go to Auburn.”

***

Reggie Miller: “Gonzaga. That’s my dark horse. Gonzaga.”
Charles: “They ain’t that dark.”

***

“When you play for the Wizards, (Gilbert Arenas) is like Michael Jackson… he’s playin’ with a lot of Tito Jacksons.”

***

Kevin Harlan: “(Andre Iguodala) had 9 dunks, and 4 threes. He was on fire.”
Charles: “He wasn’t on fire, he was just excited he got to shoot in a game.”

***

“One thing (Nate Robinson)’s got goin’ in his favor, he can’t get depressed. He plays for the Knicks. Trust me, nothing’s going to shock him now. His emotions are as low as they can go.”

Courtesy of Deadspin
An excellent place for random sports info and humour....

When the Olympics attack.......

It is my day off from the gym, and I find myself sucked into....catch this...curling....yes....

ok...this isn't that surprising...i watch a lot of random stuff on the tv, but, i found myself intrigued by it....and being actually amazed by some of their stills....yes, I need to get out more.....

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY

Just a little monkey love on V Day....

New Pics of the Niece

She is getting fatter, which means she is getting cuter!!!!!!!!!!! Because babies, like puppies should be a little pudgy....

She is a cutie

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!!!!!!!

So I realized I missed many friends' birthdays....sorry about that...my head is firmly in the basement, where I spend most of my days.

A happy belated/early birthday ---we know I won't remember in a few days....this is coming from a woman who at the moment can't match her shoes.....

Brandy
Marisa
Sonya
Michelle
Laura

Marx, Darwin, DuBois, Stanford (the monkey) and I wish you all the best! Sometimes I get bored in the lab....oops.

Scrubs....

So....I was watching scrubs and the mandy moore character does the same thing this super annoying girl in my department does.....when ever I say something funny...she doesn't laugh, she just says ..."you're so funny". It drives me fucking nuts! I mean who doesn't laugh at the crazy stuff I say....that is just strange.

A funny thing happened while writing my dissertation

So I was headed to get a latte with Tahu, when I realized half-way to the coffee shop, that I was wearing two different flip flops....the worst part was, they were totally different types of flip flops, one was a thong type, and the other one just has a band across the foot.

yes...these are the things that happen when you spend most of your day in a windowless office writing about exoteric forms of exchange. oh what a life...but it was pretty funny!

pictures from guadeloupe

So...if you want to see my photos....you can check them out here.....

guadeloupe

it rocks! I highly recommend it,

a word of warning, if you don't like random flora and fauna pictures....don't go to the link!

JACK BAUER ROCKS

So I know this is a total rip off of Chuck Norris, but it is much better when it is written about my TV boyfriend Jack (Sorry MuffinHead, but you know I love him)

jack bauer rocks!

If you watch 24 this will make you giggle

It is way past my bedtime

and i can't sleep, so I am watching touching evil on tivo, definitely a show to give you nightmares....

Today I finished the first sketch of my first results chapter from my dissertation....so far, not so bad....it wasn't due until tuesday.

I am so sore due to the new exercise regime led by the lovely and charming terri, who I am pretty convinced is trying to kill me so he can have my tivo and tahu can have all of my shoes and handbags.....but it is good for me, b/c dissertations can make you get very out of shape....so I head back to the gym tomorrow after a day off.

Although Wednesday I had a run in at the gym with a fellow duke alumnus. He was class of '97, I knew his brother who was my year. Let's just say this guy is a big improvement. Odd I never knew there was an older fusco brother when I was there.....oh the funny things that happen.....

In other news...I am hosting a West Indian dinner (meaning the Caribbean not a part of India) on Saturday night. It should be a good crowd. I think it should be a lot of fun.....or I hope so...thank goodness I finished up this very first draft so I can cook on saturday....

The laptop is finally back

I am now back with my old friend my laptop. It was so strange without it. But I am all productive again. Soon I'll be posting pictures from my vacation and some interesting tales of my adventures.

Like two minutes ago, some stranger walked into my lab, and was just looking around for something. I was like um, this is an experimental laboratory, what do you think you are doing? He was looking for an extention cord....so totally bizarre.

Well look forward to more random postings from me.

Baby Joss Pics....

So my mom went to Wellesley to see the baby this weekend....and here is a link to her photos.

I think she is pretty cute....I like it when her hair sticks up......

http://drralphie.blogspot.com/2006/01/baby-jocelyn-collage.html

Updates soon to come

So my laptop's motherboard was fried, so I am in the midst of getting it repaired, plus getting a bunch of papers sent off. One should be almost done, and the other is due wednesday at noon, so then nothing to do with those until we get feedback. I am just busy catching up. The trip was fantastic, and I am kind of sad to be back, but the daily grind is what makes vacations so fabulous.

So hopefully next week I'll have a bit more time......

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

I'm back

I am home safe and sound and returned to a bunch of emails and a lot of work....if you are expecting a post card from me...well...it might be on its way tomorrow....

Guadeloupe is great...Muffinhead and I had a fabulous time....but now back to the grind...if only my laptop wasn't still in the shop....i hate it right now.....