Home Improvements

The semester is over. Though I have an incomplete and hence one more paper to write, it is now the time of the year for home improvements.

We are going to get a new desk set sometime in the near future (hopefully this week). The papers on the floor are no longer in piles that I can call organized. It’s a wonder I finished my generals paper amidst the chaos.

• The dishwasher is clogged and/or not draining properly. Jay may have fixed it, using suggestions from this blog and this website.
• The bathtub has little scratches and it looks like rust is coming through. I want a new bathtub. One that holds more than 6 inches of water so I can take a proper bath.
• Our kitchen sink is also full of scratches, and we did a crappy caulking job.
• I want a new refrigerator. The Energy Saving kind with French doors and a bottom freezer.
• I’m considering pocket doors.

I doubt our budget will allow for most of these improvements, but I will keep dreaming. The desk set is on the list. If you have any suggestions for the bathtub, please let me know.

Speculations on Year 8?

Goats with GAD

It’s certainly funny, but it looks like Fainting Goats are genetically prone to panic attacks. (Apparently no one in the veterinary psychopharmacology industry has tapped into the Klonopin for Kids market. Shame.) I sympathize with the goats. Replace that threatening umbrella with the word deadline, and you’ve got me:

On the ball

It’s the end of the semester. The house is a mess, I’m putting off work, I haven’t exercised in months. I’m sore and cramped from sitting at a desk all day and driving a lot. I am not on the ball. To counterbalance this, I decided to get on an exercise ball and start to use it as my desk chair. Since I don’t have a desk at the moment, my lap is my desk, and my portable computer, so aptly named, is sitting atop my lap. It’s not as easy as it looks, people. This is going to require building up some strength. Maybe in a few years I’ll be able to say, “yeah, this six pack? Got it from writing my dissertation”.

On the ball

It’s the end of the semester. The house is a mess, I’m putting off work, I haven’t exercised in months. I’m sore and cramped from sitting at a desk all day and driving a lot. I am not on the ball. To counterbalance this, I decided to get on an exercise ball and start to use it as my desk chair. Since I don’t have a desk at the moment, my lap is my desk, and my portable computer, so aptly named, is sitting atop my lap. It’s not as easy as it looks, people. This is going to require building up some strength. Maybe in a few years I’ll be able to say, “yeah, this six pack? Got it from writing my dissertation”.

The wrong week to quit.

Grad students: As another semester and year of graduate school comes to a close, a sudden change in personal habits is not advisable:

Make it fit.

The comics people have spies in our department…

Ah, the delicate balance…

What I did on my summer vacation