http://www.lightblog.com/member/premenopaws the life of a "non-traditional" student with a major (academic and otherwise) of undecided Copyright 2008 lightBlog.com Sat, 10 May 2008 09:19:03 -0500 720 Sat, 10 May 2008 09:19:03 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en support@lightblog.com support@lightblog.com http://www.lightblog.com/images/lb_rss_icon.gif http://www.lightblog.com/ 88 31 lightBlog Journal Host http://www.lightblog.com/member/premenopaws?xjMsgID=55895 First tournament started last night. It was also the first game the team has played. Wound up with a 3-3 tie, as the game was called for darkness after six innings. Pre-game warm-up, hitting "soft-toss" balls against the fence. Sat, 10 May 2008 09:19:03 -0500 http://www.lightblog.com/member/premenopaws?xjMsgID=55895 http://www.lightblog.com/member/premenopaws?xjMsgID=55477 Our local friend the three-legged deer stopped by again today. She's been around since we moved here almost two years ago, so I have no idea how long her leg has been that way or how it happened. I'm actually surprised one of the coyotes hasn't gotten her by now, but then again she sure seems to get around just fine. Tue, 06 May 2008 20:50:07 -0500 http://www.lightblog.com/member/premenopaws?xjMsgID=55477 http://www.lightblog.com/member/premenopaws?xjMsgID=55360 Since it will likely be July before anything blooms in this godforsaken state, I've dug up a nice, peaceful, uplifting image from the desert to start off the LAST WEEK OF CLASSES I WILL EVER TAKE FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE. Maybe not technically wild, as these were shot at the arboretum. Mon, 05 May 2008 09:10:15 -0500 http://www.lightblog.com/member/premenopaws?xjMsgID=55360 http://www.lightblog.com/member/premenopaws?xjMsgID=55168 Aaron had three things on the calendar this morning, all with overlapping times: a baseball scrimmage, a training session for summer caddies at a nearby ritzy golf club, and a four-hour optional practice test for the AP Calc exam he is taking later this week. Sat, 03 May 2008 13:59:14 -0500 http://www.lightblog.com/member/premenopaws?xjMsgID=55168 http://www.lightblog.com/member/premenopaws?xjMsgID=55073 There really is no other polite way to say this, so I'll just say it. My neighborhood has turned into a duck brothel. Duck's having sex, everywhere, all the time. I suppose that's one of the hazards of living next to a pond and wetland. Fri, 02 May 2008 00:14:16 -0500 http://www.lightblog.com/member/premenopaws?xjMsgID=55073 http://www.lightblog.com/member/premenopaws?xjMsgID=54994 According to my site stats, the primary reason new readers have clicked through to my blog in recent weeks is the phrase "need to get my shit together." All you people who have accidentally stumbled upon this blog because of those very words may as well leave right now, because despite having written them with the best of intentions, I can tell you right now that I have, in fact, NOT yet gotten my shit together. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:05:03 -0500 http://www.lightblog.com/member/premenopaws?xjMsgID=54994 http://www.lightblog.com/member/premenopaws?xjMsgID=54797 For anyone who has recently had the misfortune of seeing me or having a conversation with me, I apologize for looking and sounding like crap. I am going through my usual end-of-semester crisis, whereby I fear I'll never get everything done on time and will probably fail my finals. Only this time it seems worse because the consequences of failing mean I don't graduate. I know, I always seem to pull it all off at the end, but that is no comfort to me right now so don't bother saying it. Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:09:15 -0500 http://www.lightblog.com/member/premenopaws?xjMsgID=54797 http://www.lightblog.com/member/premenopaws?xjMsgID=54532 I forgot to report that we stumbled upon another geocache during our annual hike up Poston's Butte in Arizona. We actually intended to try to find the same one we found last year while lichen hunting, and instead came across this one first. After much searching and arguing and pointing to various boulders that all looked alike, we finally found the original one again. Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:42:09 -0500 http://www.lightblog.com/member/premenopaws?xjMsgID=54532 http://www.lightblog.com/member/premenopaws?xjMsgID=54425 I tried unsuccessfully all winter to get a shot of the pileated woodpecker that spent days trying turning my neighbor's broken tree into a canoe, but in the end all I got was this little hairy woodpecker climbing around like he owned the place. Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:27:27 -0500 http://www.lightblog.com/member/premenopaws?xjMsgID=54425 http://www.lightblog.com/member/premenopaws?xjMsgID=54118 The good: Having five of your closest friends over, pigging out on pizza, playing some game out in the yard I can't remember the name of that involved much running around and screaming, having unlimited access to tubes of frosting and sprinkles to decorate your own cupcakes with, opening presents, playing DDR for hours on end, going back outside in the dark to run around and squeal some more, playing Truth or Dare, staying up talking and giggling until the birthday girl's mother finally, at 1:15 a.m., threatened to assign each one of them to a separate room for the rest of the night meaning someone was going to have to sleep in the bathtub if they didn't go to sleep right this second, getting up at the buttcrack of dawn and playing more PS2 games and heading outside to climb trees while the birthday girl's charming older brother whips up a batch of homemade chocolate-chip buttermilk pancakes. 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