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Friday, January 30th, 2009
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2:07 pm - Time for my six-month check-in...
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So it's the end of January 2009. Ooops. Technically it's my birthday, too, but I'm hiding under a rock for the next week and a half so I'm pretending that my birthday isn't just yet.
I'm also working too hard, not doing enough writing (although Tim McGee visited me the other day, so who knows...) and generally not eating enough chocolate. That should be my new year's resolution.
Also, I haven't disappeared (for those who were wondering), just hiding. Five classes and 20 hrs/wk work is a full load. Hopefully after next week, things will return to something approaching normal, and I will actually get to do a little writing and reading and watching tv for the hell of it.
Fingers crossed.
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| Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
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1:06 pm - Sera
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Sera the gerbil (grey, smart, friendly and wonderful) died yesterday of a heart condition and pneumonia. I miss her.
(sniffly sniffly)
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| Monday, June 9th, 2008
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10:54 am - Survived!
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Made it through the weekend more or less intact (minus the gallon or so of blood that the mosquitos took off with), and I managed not to kill anyone in the process of playing stupid communication and teambuilding exercises... and I didn't even get snippy.
Although honestly, when they make you do something ridiculous and then ask you, "So what did you think of this activity?" what are they expecting to hear? "I feel like my needs have been satisfied by this exercise involving sticky notes - my life is worth living again..." ?!
But I was polite and politic and not even a little bit rude. Mostly.
And there was a lake and it didn't rain, so that's good. I got to leap enthusiastically off a dock several times, so that's good.
Now I just have to survive NEXT weekend - a conference with an organization I'm not sure I support, and all my bosses will be there... fun. And it's in Toronto, so there's no convenient lake at the bottom of the hill to throw myself into (well, there is, but it's a gross lake so no go).
Sigh.
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| Friday, June 6th, 2008
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9:01 am - It's raining...
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...and I'm about to get kidnapped by the student fed for a weekend of cottage bonding. In the rain. All weekend. Straight back to work on Monday. I'm going to need another weekend to get over this one.
Oh, and next weekend? Kidnapped again by the fed for a trip to Toronto: drive for four hours to stay in a student res in Mississauga for three days and have MORE ridiculous meetings.
Why did I think this job would be cool?
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| Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
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5:12 pm - On the way to work this morning...
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...I seriously contemplated kidnapping. Just for a moment, and then it passed, but GUH.
There was this adorable little girl in a stroller with her mom sitting ahead of me, and she was just the most perfect thing ever. You could see how smart she was, and how interested and curious: she was making eye contact with people, and smiling with them, and engaging them, and trying to figure out the zipper on this guy's bag... too, too cute.
I don't even WANT kids. Ever.
And it's not like I'm accidentally going to knock someone up, but if I were ever forced to have a kid, this little girl would be the one I would want.
...this had better not be some variation on a biological clock. Seriously.
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| Saturday, May 10th, 2008
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8:29 pm - ASL
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So I'm taking a summer course at Algonquin in ASL (American Sign Language), and I am LOVING IT. The teacher is hilarious, the class is cool, and the language - god, I don't even know where to start. It's fun, it's fascinating (linguistically) and it's just so COOL.
So it takes eight courses to get the certificate of proficiency, and I'm only taking the first level now (sighhh) BUT I'm already thinking how cool it would be to do graduate work at Gallaudet, in Washington. I mean, I'm thinking of doing an MSc in Speech Language Pathology anyway, and wouldn't it be friggin' awesome to do it at an ASL school? Wouldn't it be AWESOME?!!!!
...okay, back to the real world again...
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| Friday, April 18th, 2008
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9:58 am - The vet says....
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....that Estra is (probably) a female, that Viola is (probably) not pregnant, and that I should put them back in the same cage.
Apparently, little animals sometimes get ovarian cysts and have false pregnancies. This is what we've decided is probably happening, so there may, in fact, be no babies gerbils on the way.
So points for me for correctly sexing Estra the first time!
(the vet did, however, admit that sometimes it's hard to tell, and that hermaphrodites do happen... oy)
So the saga is suspended again. Will keep you updated as things progress.
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| Sunday, April 13th, 2008
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4:46 pm - Oh Christ...
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For those who have been following the gerbil saga(s), here's a doozy: I'm 98% certain that Estra - sweet, innocent Estra who I rescued from a life of solitude in the pet store and put in with Vicky and Vi - is a male.
I say this because I'm 98% certain that Vi is within a couple days of giving birth, and that Vicky's not that far behind - maybe a week, or so? God. Vi's got a hell of a bulge, and she has prominent nipples, which she has never had before.
I didn't WANT to have baby gerbils! (I mean, they're utterly adorable, but but but - dammit, I don't WANT to have baby gerbils right now!) And I've got potentially two litters about to sneak up on me! Grrrrrr.
Anyway. I've moved Estra out (I know, I know, the barn door's closing after the horses are fled and all that lovely stuff) into her (his, I guess) own cage, because males mate again within HOURS of the female giving birth. It's NOT GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN.
We've taken as close a look at Estra's gonads as we can, and we think that maybe we see where there are two tiny testicles hiding. But you really have to be looking (and be willing to get nibbled in irritation) to see them - and kinda squint - so I don't feel entirely responsible for thinking he was female when I bought him.
Phoooey.
Anyone want to stake a claim on some gerbils? Please?
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10:07 am - Tee hee
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So I'm lounging in bed, eating Conversation Hearts - you know, those kind of chalky sugar bombs with silly platitudes written on them?
Well, I've found my absolute favouritest one ever: "Hope less". I strongly suspect it's supposed to say "hopeless" as in "hopelessly devoted to you", but no. It says "hope less", and that makes me inordinately happy.
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| Friday, April 11th, 2008
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11:42 pm - Fic: Fences
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Title: Fences
Fandom: Jericho
Author: Evan Nicholas
Pairing: Jake/Hawkins
Summary: There are some conversations that Jake isn’t looking forward to.
Warnings: Nothing in particular.
Disclaimer: Oh, if only it were mine… for one thing, we wouldn’t be fighting to bring it back next year. Deep sigh…
A/n:
(1) Follows very shortly after A Safer Kind of Danger. That said, you can probably don’t have to have read it beforehand to get what’s going on here.
(2) Cheers to everyone who feedbacked (fed-back?) on SKD – y’all sure know how to make a Canadian boy feel right at home here in Jericho.
( Jake isn’t sure which would be worse. )
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| Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
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11:13 am - FIC: A Safer Kind of Danger (2/2)
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Title: A Safer Kind of Danger (2/2)
Fandom: Jericho
Author: Evan Nicholas
Pairing: Jake/Hawkins
Summary: The world – all of it, everything – is hanging in the balance.
Warnings: Takes place during (and after) 2x07, Patriots and Tyrants. You may recognize some of the dialogue.
Disclaimer: Oh, if only it were mine… for one thing, we wouldn’t be fighting to bring it back next year. Deep sigh…
A/n:
(1) This has been poking at me since I saw the season (I refuse to concede series) finale, and saw the looks, the simmering eye action between these two, and my throat went dry. I need another fandom like I need a hole in the head, I know, and yet. And yet, and yet.
(2) I sincerely hope that ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) micehell doesn’t mind that I’ve borrowed her Texan hospital room. Imitation as flattery, and all that…
( He ignores most of the city they pass through. )
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11:08 am - FIC: A Safer Kind of Danger (1/2)
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Title: A Safer Kind of Danger (1/2)
Fandom: Jericho
Author: Evan Nicholas
Pairing: Jake/Hawkins
Summary: The world – all of it, everything – is hanging in the balance.
Warnings: Takes place during (and after) 2x07, Patriots and Tyrants. You may recognize some of the dialogue.
Disclaimer: Oh, if only it were mine… for one thing, we wouldn’t be fighting to bring it back next year. Deep sigh…
A/n:
(1) This has been poking at me since I saw the season (I refuse to concede series) finale, and saw the looks, the simmering eye action between these two, and my throat went dry. I need another fandom like I need a hole in the head, I know, and yet. And yet, and yet.
(2) I sincerely hope that micehell doesn’t mind that I’ve borrowed her Texan hospital room. Imitation as flattery, and all that…
( The soldiers are distracted, tired, restless. )
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| Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
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9:12 pm - CSI OH MY GOD
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| Monday, March 31st, 2008
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1:49 pm - Dear Professors:
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There are less than two weeks left of class before exams start. Please stop giving assignments and tests.
Evan
(on behalf of all of us in Sabourin's SLA class)
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| Saturday, March 29th, 2008
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9:29 am - Eight and a half months later...
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...he's back. (cough cough)
Wish I had something interesting to report for the past gestational period, but alas, I don't. A year of school, homework, work-work, volunteering, poorly-timed exams, etc etc... no new writing.
BUT! Come and play in Evan’s archive!
It's new, exciting, fantastic, wonderful, etc etc... mad props to twospots who did all the hard work getting it finished, and I invite everyone to come and investigate. Fun fun fun!
...and nag me shamelessly into finishing the things I said I was going to finish, and then never did. Guilt is a powerful motivator as far as I'm concerned, and I'm all about power!
Ciao,
Evan xxxx
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| Thursday, July 5th, 2007
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4:43 pm - Day late, dollar short
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Yesterday was an odd day. But I meant to post:
Happy Independence Day! for all of my American friends. So if we could just sort of pretend that I actually got around to it, and I'm not a pathetic excuse for a person, then I would be hip-hop-happy.
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| Sunday, July 1st, 2007
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12:21 pm - Happy Canada Day!
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Everyone: it's July 1st and that means it's Canada Day!
Canadians, I know you're already out there having a blast, so keep at it.
Non-Canadians, have a beer or some maple syrup or something and toast Canada.
Woohoo! (cough cough)
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| Thursday, June 21st, 2007
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11:29 am - A call for clichés
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I'm on the hunt for high-concent clichés - clichés that convey a simplified version of a complicated idea. To whit:
On Chaos theory: "A butterfly flaps its wings in the Amazon and a storm rages across Europe."
and, to a lesser extent,
On the cyclic nature of human idiocy: "Those who cannot remember history are condemned to repeat it."
What I don't need is pithy aphorisms such as "a stitch in time saves nine" since there isn't really any big IDEA behind it, you know?
So - can anyone else think of others? I'll love you forever....
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| Monday, June 11th, 2007
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8:14 pm - Woohoo!
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Franky is alive!
...not, um, Franky the LJ goat, but rather Franky The Awesome Woman In Scotland Who Is Awesome And Wonderful And Awesome, and who I have (guiltily) not been writing to lately.
It was very sad but then it got a lot less sad because FRANKY EMAILED ME!
WOOHOOOOOO!!!!
(apparently Kinky Carrot wrote her a letter... pesky vegetable)
Franky lives, Franky lives... this is very exciting.
And not only does she live and email still, she likes MfU and NCIS - even more awesome! This is the Franky who held my hand (which is impressive as she lives in Scotland) while I got into fandom. This is the Franky of CSI fame. FRANKY!
...okay, that's it. I'm done. Franky babe, if you read this, hope you like the fics in my memories.
(Franky emailed me, Franky emailed me... woohoo!)
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| Tuesday, June 5th, 2007
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11:19 am - It beggars the imagination...
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Just swept the living room.
How is it that, in JUNE, I am still finding synthetic needles from the artificial Christmas tree? Seriously. That should not be possible. I sweep regularly and I've vacuumed intermittently. Must be some quantum dimensional thing. Must email Physics-genius brother.
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