September 12, 2008
This means that for the past year I have been making do with a crappy, old, MDF computer desk that has pull out shelves and no drawers that I managed to scavenge and 2 tiny borrowed bookshelves. You sense a theme, here. Yep. No drawers. So I have been living out of boxes. My tiny desk is a mess, all cluttered with students' papers, office supplies, my computer, phone, and calendar.
A lot of people come to my office or pass my office. And it is a frigging MESS. It's despicable. And I am SOOOO tired of it.
Unfortunately, there's just no money for office redo's. However, my grant is ending and there's a small sum left in the supply budget. So if the Dean approves, I am getting a REAL desk and a hutch. WITH DRAWERS. And CABINETS. So I can put things away for the first time in over a year!!!!!
Pray for me and my office, folks, I need it fixed for my SANITY.
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September 11, 2008
1. My uncle once: handed me his fishing pole and told me to watch it. And I caught the biggest fish of the day! (ok, not my uncle, cousin actually, but I always called him uncle. Still do!)
2. Never in my life: would I have imagined all the things I have been able to do and all the people I have met
3. When I was five: I started Kindergarten for the second time
4. High school was: my intellectual playground
5. I will never forget: how I felt the moment I knew I was in love with my DH
6. Once I met: Stephen Hawking on the Olive walk at Caltech
7. There's this girl I know: who has a license plate frame on her car that says "My other car is a Zamboni"
8. Once, at a bar: my dog nearly had beer spilled all over her
9. By noon, I'm usually: pissed off at work
10. Last night: I went to bed early
11. If only I had: enough money to be secure and pay the bills, then I'd take time off
12. Next time I go to church: it will likely be because someone got married or died or had a kid
13. What worries me most: is being alone
14. When I turn my head left I see: my Princess (the older one) and the back yard through the window
15. When I turn my head right I see: the doorway, and through that the hallway and the bathroom door
16. You know I'm lying when: trust me, you won't.
17. What I miss most about the Eighties is: time to play with my Barbies
18. If I were a character in Shakespeare I'd be: Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing
19. By this time next year: I would like to be healthier
20. A better name for me would be: The F***ing Bitch. Ask my husband. I have also been known as "Miss Einstein"
21. I have a hard time understanding: Liberals. Seriously. Did most of you swallow your brains?
22. If I ever go back to school: it will be tomorrow. For work.
23. You know I like you if: I keep talking to you, or more usually, if I cook for you.
24. If I ever won an award, the first person I would thank would be: My husband, then my parents.
25. Take my advice: don't waste your time doing a job you hate
26. My ideal breakfast is: Two words: Ba. Con.
27. A song I love but do not have is: there MUST be something from the 80s
28. If you visit my hometown, I suggest you: visit the Fresno State Farm Market and buy some wine!
29. Why won't people: get a frigging clue
30. If you spend a night at my house: be prepared to have dogs sleep in your bed or stand guard at the door
31. I'd stop my wedding so: all the late people could be seated. Armenian Standard time and all.
32. The world could do without: Idiots
33. I'd rather lick the belly of a cockroach than: be late
34. My favourite blonde(s) : my husband and my mother, both childhood blondes
35. Paper clips are more useful than: dirt
36. If I do anything well it's: listen to other people's problems
37. I can't help but: get pissed at idiots. Especially DRIVING idiots
38. I usually cry: when I am really pissed off
39. My advice to my child/nephew/niece: learn from your mistakes and let others do the same
40. And by the way: You are born with millions more neurons than you will ever use, your brain is bigger at 40 weeks gestation than at any other point in your life! I guess it really is all downhill from there.....
Feel free to jump in and try it as well!
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