You know what kind of sucks?

Feeling (biologically) hungry, but not having any (mental) interest in food. Ugh.

So, y'all, I'm not dead. I moved into a place of my own, and with a very tiny budget, I don't have intarwebs except at work - where I really can't do the EllJay thing. I miss you all!

You know what I'm coming to realize?

I love writing. I just hate the feeling when I have an idea blooming and when I'm writing that the story is stuck up near my throat because I have the big picture behind my eyes but I need to write it down bit by bit.

Feels like I've eaten too much too fast without enough water.

Help! I'm looking for an online comic strip. Its main character (though there is no storyline) is a little pink bunny. Some of the strips I remember: "The bunny was just looking for love"; "for everything there is an Eddie Izzard quote"; "map of the internet circla 1998" (I think?)

Help?

I have decided that white gumballs are Evil. Gross. Nasty. Of the Devil.

Ew.

WHY AM I TOO STUPID TO DO WHAT I NEED TO DO FOR THIS JOB?? It's not that hard; why can't I remember?

Edit: let's just chalk it up to "Courtney is a dumbass"

I'm making (or attempting to make) apple butter, using a modified version of this recipe. However, as I don't want to make 9 pints of apple butter, and I don't want to do any caning (even if I had the supplies, which I don't), I'm only doing a mini batch, in my 1.5-quart slow-cooker, and I'm using Albertson's applesauce (although thankfully it's only apples, water, and ascorbic acid (vitamin C)) since I wasn't about to start from scratch, raw apples, for an experiment.

Because the recipe is more than 4 times the size of the batch I'm making, I had to futz around with the spices - hopefully I didn't screw it up, especially as I don't know how apple butter is actually supposed to taste.

Hopefully it'll turn out all right!

Snagged from auntbijou

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Tags: meme

It's that time of year again. Time for the annual "Have you read the books I read this year?" poll. Under the cut is a list of all the books I read this year - 124 in all, though since there were a few repeats during the year, they are marked with a * and only appear once, thus lowering that number significantly.

( 2007 book poll under here )

Tags: books, meme, poll
How I Feel: awake

( Wuthering Heights )


( Looking for God in Harry Potter )


( Sharpe's Rifles )


( Hard Day's Knight )


( Eragon )

Tags: book reviews

I've decided to cross-post my book reviews, which I will be writing each time I finish a book I have not reviewed before. I already post them to LibraryThing, and have started cross-posting them to Amazon as well. Now I think I'll post them here, too. So far I have written 11 reviews, which I'll post here, and in one or two other posts. All reviews will be under cuts, and posted with the tag "book reviews". If anyone's interested. Now, on to the reviews!

( Uglies )


( From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler )


( Ella Enchanted )


( Mary, Queen of France )


( Beka Cooper: Terrier )

Tags: book reviews

Someone keep reminding me not to slack off on my homework, please? That I can slack when Christmas is here, because that'll mean I've graduated?

In No Particular Order, a List Of Things I Have To Do Before Graduation
...stickyposted on my own LJ for my own use. Sorry it's so long (I wish it were shorter).

Bible

• Job Paper (ch's 15-21)
• Crenshaw, ch's 8-9 - meh, may not do this
• Ecclesiastes paper
• Proverbs paper
• take-home final (only 3 questions of the 6)

Religion in Culture

• Overview of Scientology (10 pts EC)
• Overview of Mormonism (10 pts EC)
• Questions for Mormonism (get them from Shayla?)
• Paper on Mormonism

Far East

• Countries, capitals, & political systems
• book review
• Cultural Revolution (<500 words)
• economic development & effect of social systems (<500 words)
• 5 health issues, history, & how to address
• 10 major cultures & languages, and significance
• current situation of HIV/AIDS
• 10 major geographical features & significance
• current bibliography
  • 10 books, journal articles, or other pub's
  • 10 web-based resources
• Discussion questions (<250 words)
  • "What role does the physical geography of Asia play with regard to human activity and history?"
  • "What should the international response be to development issues in East Asia?"
  • "What are the gender issues in East Asia and how should they best be approached? (at least 3)"
  • "Is Asian traditional medicine useful in public health today Why/why not?"
  • "Explain the relationship of the major "players in East Asia to each other and how this is significant to globalization."

British Romantic Age Lit - Done! OMG  I never have to write an English paper again for the rest of my life! AHAHAHAH!

• Wuthering Heights
  • through pg 100/ch. XII
  • through pg 175/ch. XXI
  • through pg 258/ch. XXXIV
• Close reading paper - explication of "Kubla Khan" (escapism? escapism through eroticism?)
• Comparison paper - Christological figures in "Prometheus Unbound" and "Rime of the Ancient Mariner"

Africa - ZOMG done!

• 5 health issues in Africa
• Special Assignment: Web-planned vacation
• Major cause of the spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa
• Numbers of: (1) Measles infections in Africa yearly, (2) Measles deaths in Africa yearly (3) Measles numbers worldwide
• "What and why would you change to improve the quality of this course?"

Personality Theory - done!

• Presentation on Albert Bandura - YAY IT'S OVER!
  • draw up notes
  • put together PowerPoint slideshow of pictures
  • actually present
• Summaries of theorists
  • Sigmund Freud
  • Carl Jung
  • Alfred Adler
  • Karen Horney
  • Erich Fromm
  • Erik Erickson
  • Fritz Perls
  • John Watson
  • Abraham Maslow
  • Carl Rogers
    
  • B.F. Skinner
  • Salvador Minuchin
  • Raymond Cattell
  • George A. Kelly
• Self-evaluation

Other (not classes/homework)

• schedule an exit interview
• redo my resume
• meet with Sue about a possible job

I got the DVD of the 1970s(?) production of ST, and dear God! I pray the music/singing is better in the movie. So far, the only person I've seen/heard that I don't mind has been Sweeney's sailing companion (I don't know his name...)

Johanna is doing the sterotypical opera soprano thing, and Sweeney isn't very theatric with his singing...it's like he's just singing, and trying to tell the story through the song, but failing miserably.

I'm just glad Johnny Depp can both sing and act.


BUT! I love all the dirty jokes. *grin*

hey everyone!

Go visit p33ner's city, Pacmanistan!

Oh my fucking GOD you have to go and read this fic

( for Matt's eyes only, unless you want to know some TMI about me )


Dammit. Now I need an icon having to do with "hey, roses are nice.. but I like the thorns too" or something (not "screw the roses, bring me thorns", because I like both, tyvm)

Tags: fanfic, harry potter

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