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Curious Notions » life http://silver-starlight.net/blog the ravings of the questioning Wed, 23 May 2012 05:19:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Class of 2006 http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2006/05/21/class-of-2006/ http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2006/05/21/class-of-2006/#comments Sun, 21 May 2006 10:54:13 +0000 Nicole http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2006/05/21/class-of-2006/ http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2006/05/21/class-of-2006/feed/ 3 Of Sites and Sounds http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2006/01/21/of-sites-and-sounds/ http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2006/01/21/of-sites-and-sounds/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2006 21:24:16 +0000 Nicole http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2006/01/21/of-sites-and-sounds/ as promised, I bring you, the new S-S.N. I encourage you all to take peek. Some points that may be of particular interest:

The bootlegs page, which contains some mp3s of (surprise!) Damien Rice, Glen Hansard, and the Frames as well as links to places where I've found other bootlegs I enjoy. A real highlight there, though, is that I have the entire show that the Frames played in Seattle in October 2005. I'm hoping to put the LA gig up there, too, but we have to see how the bandwidth goes.
Lots of story excerpts. I don't think anyone bothered to wade through them as I posted them here, and I can't blame you because there's around 25,000 words here. But there are some excerpts that are completely new, in the sense that I've never posted them or shown them to anyone before. Among those are scenes from Nandiealmae's, Ilarwyn's, and Jeassinae's childhoods; a scene with Natasja escaping from Arman; and one of my favorite stories from Jeassinae's adolescent years, which, though old, is not something I've shared before. Check them out, and please let me know what you think!

I have survived my first week of classes, which included tensors, NASA talks about exploring Titan, and encouragement (not least in the form of an application fee waiver) to apply to Notre Dame for graduate school. Jessica is gone this weekend while Google courts her; Eric is at Sci-Fi marathon; and Mark and I are enjoying a bit of Fry and Laurie in the form of Jeeves and Wooster, interspersed with more House because one can't go wrong there. I haven't any proper homework yet. It's a good weekend.]]> http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2006/01/21/of-sites-and-sounds/feed/ 4 Where Have You Been? http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2006/01/17/where-have-you-been/ http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2006/01/17/where-have-you-been/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2006 01:51:03 +0000 Nicole http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2006/01/17/where-have-you-been/ main site finished and it's going up a little bit at a time. The first five story excerpts have been posted and more will follow. I thought I'd give everyone's RSS feeds (and eyeballs) a bit of a break. Here's a run-down of my current state-of-affairs:

I am glad beyond belief to be back at school. I really missed this place and everyone in it. Thinking about having only five months left is depressing beyond belief.
Today was the first day of classes, and, aside from having a class moved to 8:30 a.m. and having two other classes (in a row) in the Most Uncomfortable Classroom Ever, things look pretty good.
I bothered professors until letters of recommendation got uploaded. Thank. God.
I have now seen every episode of House. I am thoroughly obsessed, but, on the bright side of things, I've got at least two other suitemates enjoying the show, so there should be no trouble claiming the television in the name of House every Tuesday at 9 p.m. I knew Mark would appreciate misanthropic sarcasm on a whole new scale.
The 250 GB external hard drive my parents gave me for Christmas makes me happy. I still have lots of stuff to transfer off of my laptop's drive (mostly music), but I'm definitely enjoying the freedom to, y'know, save things.
Have finished reading American Gods. I nearly picked up Anansi Boys in the bookstore yesterday because it was 50% off, but I resisted. Considering that I spent almost 0 on books tonight and will be spending an addition 6 tomorrow, this is probably good. Textbooks are quite expensive, but I figured it was about time I start collecting some fluids texts that will be useful in graduate school.

There's something a bit skeezy about writing my update in bullet format. It feels very LiveJournalish, but I think I may need more of that, to be honest. Here's to a new semester.]]> http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2006/01/17/where-have-you-been/feed/ 0 An Introduction… of Sorts http://silver-starlight.net/blog the ravings of the questioning Wed, 23 May 2012 05:19:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Curious Notions » life http://silver-starlight.net/blog the ravings of the questioning Wed, 23 May 2012 05:19:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Class of 2006 http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2006/05/21/class-of-2006/ http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2006/05/21/class-of-2006/#comments Sun, 21 May 2006 10:54:13 +0000 Nicole http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2006/05/21/class-of-2006/ http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2006/05/21/class-of-2006/feed/ 3 Of Sites and Sounds http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2006/01/21/of-sites-and-sounds/ http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2006/01/21/of-sites-and-sounds/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2006 21:24:16 +0000 Nicole http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2006/01/21/of-sites-and-sounds/ as promised, I bring you, the new S-S.N. I encourage you all to take peek. Some points that may be of particular interest:

The bootlegs page, which contains some mp3s of (surprise!) Damien Rice, Glen Hansard, and the Frames as well as links to places where I've found other bootlegs I enjoy. A real highlight there, though, is that I have the entire show that the Frames played in Seattle in October 2005. I'm hoping to put the LA gig up there, too, but we have to see how the bandwidth goes.
Lots of story excerpts. I don't think anyone bothered to wade through them as I posted them here, and I can't blame you because there's around 25,000 words here. But there are some excerpts that are completely new, in the sense that I've never posted them or shown them to anyone before. Among those are scenes from Nandiealmae's, Ilarwyn's, and Jeassinae's childhoods; a scene with Natasja escaping from Arman; and one of my favorite stories from Jeassinae's adolescent years, which, though old, is not something I've shared before. Check them out, and please let me know what you think!

I am glad beyond belief to be back at school. I really missed this place and everyone in it. Thinking about having only five months left is depressing beyond belief.
Today was the first day of classes, and, aside from having a class moved to 8:30 a.m. and having two other classes (in a row) in the Most Uncomfortable Classroom Ever, things look pretty good.
I bothered professors until letters of recommendation got uploaded. Thank. God.
I have now seen every episode of House. I am thoroughly obsessed, but, on the bright side of things, I've got at least two other suitemates enjoying the show, so there should be no trouble claiming the television in the name of House every Tuesday at 9 p.m. I knew Mark would appreciate misanthropic sarcasm on a whole new scale.
The 250 GB external hard drive my parents gave me for Christmas makes me happy. I still have lots of stuff to transfer off of my laptop's drive (mostly music), but I'm definitely enjoying the freedom to, y'know, save things.
Have finished reading American Gods. I nearly picked up Anansi Boys in the bookstore yesterday because it was 50% off, but I resisted. Considering that I spent almost 0 on books tonight and will be spending an addition 6 tomorrow, this is probably good. Textbooks are quite expensive, but I figured it was about time I start collecting some fluids texts that will be useful in graduate school.

There's something a bit skeezy about writing my update in bullet format. It feels very LiveJournalish, but I think I may need more of that, to be honest. Here's to a new semester.]]> http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2006/01/17/where-have-you-been/feed/ 0 An Introduction… of Sorts http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2006/05/21/class-of-2006/ http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2006/05/21/class-of-2006/#comments Sun, 21 May 2006 10:54:13 +0000 Nicole http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2006/05/21/class-of-2006/ http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2006/05/21/class-of-2006/feed/ 3 Curious Notions » life http://silver-starlight.net/blog the ravings of the questioning Wed, 23 May 2012 05:19:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Class of 2006 http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2006/05/21/class-of-2006/ http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2006/05/21/class-of-2006/#comments Sun, 21 May 2006 10:54:13 +0000 Nicole http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2006/05/21/class-of-2006/ http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2006/05/21/class-of-2006/feed/ 3 Of Sites and Sounds http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2006/01/21/of-sites-and-sounds/ http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2006/01/21/of-sites-and-sounds/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2006 21:24:16 +0000 Nicole http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2006/01/21/of-sites-and-sounds/ as promised, I bring you, the new S-S.N. I encourage you all to take peek. Some points that may be of particular interest:

The bootlegs page, which contains some mp3s of (surprise!) Damien Rice, Glen Hansard, and the Frames as well as links to places where I've found other bootlegs I enjoy. A real highlight there, though, is that I have the entire show that the Frames played in Seattle in October 2005. I'm hoping to put the LA gig up there, too, but we have to see how the bandwidth goes.
Lots of story excerpts. I don't think anyone bothered to wade through them as I posted them here, and I can't blame you because there's around 25,000 words here. But there are some excerpts that are completely new, in the sense that I've never posted them or shown them to anyone before. Among those are scenes from Nandiealmae's, Ilarwyn's, and Jeassinae's childhoods; a scene with Natasja escaping from Arman; and one of my favorite stories from Jeassinae's adolescent years, which, though old, is not something I've shared before. Check them out, and please let me know what you think!

I am glad beyond belief to be back at school. I really missed this place and everyone in it. Thinking about having only five months left is depressing beyond belief.
Today was the first day of classes, and, aside from having a class moved to 8:30 a.m. and having two other classes (in a row) in the Most Uncomfortable Classroom Ever, things look pretty good.
I bothered professors until letters of recommendation got uploaded. Thank. God.
I have now seen every episode of House. I am thoroughly obsessed, but, on the bright side of things, I've got at least two other suitemates enjoying the show, so there should be no trouble claiming the television in the name of House every Tuesday at 9 p.m. I knew Mark would appreciate misanthropic sarcasm on a whole new scale.
The 250 GB external hard drive my parents gave me for Christmas makes me happy. I still have lots of stuff to transfer off of my laptop's drive (mostly music), but I'm definitely enjoying the freedom to, y'know, save things.
Have finished reading American Gods. I nearly picked up Anansi Boys in the bookstore yesterday because it was 50% off, but I resisted. Considering that I spent almost 0 on books tonight and will be spending an addition 6 tomorrow, this is probably good. Textbooks are quite expensive, but I figured it was about time I start collecting some fluids texts that will be useful in graduate school.

The bootlegs page, which contains some mp3s of (surprise!) Damien Rice, Glen Hansard, and the Frames as well as links to places where I've found other bootlegs I enjoy. A real highlight there, though, is that I have the entire show that the Frames played in Seattle in October 2005. I'm hoping to put the LA gig up there, too, but we have to see how the bandwidth goes.
Lots of story excerpts. I don't think anyone bothered to wade through them as I posted them here, and I can't blame you because there's around 25,000 words here. But there are some excerpts that are completely new, in the sense that I've never posted them or shown them to anyone before. Among those are scenes from Nandiealmae's, Ilarwyn's, and Jeassinae's childhoods; a scene with Natasja escaping from Arman; and one of my favorite stories from Jeassinae's adolescent years, which, though old, is not something I've shared before. Check them out, and please let me know what you think!

I have survived my first week of classes, which included tensors, NASA talks about exploring Titan, and encouragement (not least in the form of an application fee waiver) to apply to Notre Dame for graduate school. Jessica is gone this weekend while Google courts her; Eric is at Sci-Fi marathon; and Mark and I are enjoying a bit of Fry and Laurie in the form of Jeeves and Wooster, interspersed with more House because one can't go wrong there. I haven't any proper homework yet. It's a good weekend.]]> http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2006/01/21/of-sites-and-sounds/feed/ 4 Curious Notions » life http://silver-starlight.net/blog the ravings of the questioning Wed, 23 May 2012 05:19:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Class of 2006 http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2006/05/21/class-of-2006/ http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2006/05/21/class-of-2006/#comments Sun, 21 May 2006 10:54:13 +0000 Nicole http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2006/05/21/class-of-2006/ http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2006/05/21/class-of-2006/feed/ 3 Of Sites and Sounds http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2006/01/21/of-sites-and-sounds/ http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2006/01/21/of-sites-and-sounds/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2006 21:24:16 +0000 Nicole http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2006/01/21/of-sites-and-sounds/ as promised, I bring you, the new S-S.N. I encourage you all to take peek. Some points that may be of particular interest:

The bootlegs page, which contains some mp3s of (surprise!) Damien Rice, Glen Hansard, and the Frames as well as links to places where I've found other bootlegs I enjoy. A real highlight there, though, is that I have the entire show that the Frames played in Seattle in October 2005. I'm hoping to put the LA gig up there, too, but we have to see how the bandwidth goes.
Lots of story excerpts. I don't think anyone bothered to wade through them as I posted them here, and I can't blame you because there's around 25,000 words here. But there are some excerpts that are completely new, in the sense that I've never posted them or shown them to anyone before. Among those are scenes from Nandiealmae's, Ilarwyn's, and Jeassinae's childhoods; a scene with Natasja escaping from Arman; and one of my favorite stories from Jeassinae's adolescent years, which, though old, is not something I've shared before. Check them out, and please let me know what you think!

I am glad beyond belief to be back at school. I really missed this place and everyone in it. Thinking about having only five months left is depressing beyond belief.
Today was the first day of classes, and, aside from having a class moved to 8:30 a.m. and having two other classes (in a row) in the Most Uncomfortable Classroom Ever, things look pretty good.
I bothered professors until letters of recommendation got uploaded. Thank. God.
I have now seen every episode of House. I am thoroughly obsessed, but, on the bright side of things, I've got at least two other suitemates enjoying the show, so there should be no trouble claiming the television in the name of House every Tuesday at 9 p.m. I knew Mark would appreciate misanthropic sarcasm on a whole new scale.
The 250 GB external hard drive my parents gave me for Christmas makes me happy. I still have lots of stuff to transfer off of my laptop's drive (mostly music), but I'm definitely enjoying the freedom to, y'know, save things.
Have finished reading American Gods. I nearly picked up Anansi Boys in the bookstore yesterday because it was 50% off, but I resisted. Considering that I spent almost 0 on books tonight and will be spending an addition 6 tomorrow, this is probably good. Textbooks are quite expensive, but I figured it was about time I start collecting some fluids texts that will be useful in graduate school.

I am glad beyond belief to be back at school. I really missed this place and everyone in it. Thinking about having only five months left is depressing beyond belief.
Today was the first day of classes, and, aside from having a class moved to 8:30 a.m. and having two other classes (in a row) in the Most Uncomfortable Classroom Ever, things look pretty good.
I bothered professors until letters of recommendation got uploaded. Thank. God.
I have now seen every episode of House. I am thoroughly obsessed, but, on the bright side of things, I've got at least two other suitemates enjoying the show, so there should be no trouble claiming the television in the name of House every Tuesday at 9 p.m. I knew Mark would appreciate misanthropic sarcasm on a whole new scale.
The 250 GB external hard drive my parents gave me for Christmas makes me happy. I still have lots of stuff to transfer off of my laptop's drive (mostly music), but I'm definitely enjoying the freedom to, y'know, save things.
Have finished reading American Gods. I nearly picked up Anansi Boys in the bookstore yesterday because it was 50% off, but I resisted. Considering that I spent almost $300 on books tonight and will be spending an addition $126 tomorrow, this is probably good. Textbooks are quite expensive, but I figured it was about time I start collecting some fluids texts that will be useful in graduate school.

There's something a bit skeezy about writing my update in bullet format. It feels very LiveJournalish, but I think I may need more of that, to be honest. Here's to a new semester.]]> http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2006/01/17/where-have-you-been/feed/ 0 Curious Notions » life http://silver-starlight.net/blog the ravings of the questioning Wed, 23 May 2012 05:19:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Class of 2006 http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2006/05/21/class-of-2006/ http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2006/05/21/class-of-2006/#comments Sun, 21 May 2006 10:54:13 +0000 Nicole http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2006/05/21/class-of-2006/ http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2006/05/21/class-of-2006/feed/ 3 Of Sites and Sounds http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2006/01/21/of-sites-and-sounds/ http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2006/01/21/of-sites-and-sounds/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2006 21:24:16 +0000 Nicole http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2006/01/21/of-sites-and-sounds/ as promised, I bring you, the new S-S.N. I encourage you all to take peek. Some points that may be of particular interest:

The bootlegs page, which contains some mp3s of (surprise!) Damien Rice, Glen Hansard, and the Frames as well as links to places where I've found other bootlegs I enjoy. A real highlight there, though, is that I have the entire show that the Frames played in Seattle in October 2005. I'm hoping to put the LA gig up there, too, but we have to see how the bandwidth goes.
Lots of story excerpts. I don't think anyone bothered to wade through them as I posted them here, and I can't blame you because there's around 25,000 words here. But there are some excerpts that are completely new, in the sense that I've never posted them or shown them to anyone before. Among those are scenes from Nandiealmae's, Ilarwyn's, and Jeassinae's childhoods; a scene with Natasja escaping from Arman; and one of my favorite stories from Jeassinae's adolescent years, which, though old, is not something I've shared before. Check them out, and please let me know what you think!

I am glad beyond belief to be back at school. I really missed this place and everyone in it. Thinking about having only five months left is depressing beyond belief.
Today was the first day of classes, and, aside from having a class moved to 8:30 a.m. and having two other classes (in a row) in the Most Uncomfortable Classroom Ever, things look pretty good.
I bothered professors until letters of recommendation got uploaded. Thank. God.
I have now seen every episode of House. I am thoroughly obsessed, but, on the bright side of things, I've got at least two other suitemates enjoying the show, so there should be no trouble claiming the television in the name of House every Tuesday at 9 p.m. I knew Mark would appreciate misanthropic sarcasm on a whole new scale.
The 250 GB external hard drive my parents gave me for Christmas makes me happy. I still have lots of stuff to transfer off of my laptop's drive (mostly music), but I'm definitely enjoying the freedom to, y'know, save things.
Have finished reading American Gods. I nearly picked up Anansi Boys in the bookstore yesterday because it was 50% off, but I resisted. Considering that I spent almost 0 on books tonight and will be spending an addition 6 tomorrow, this is probably good. Textbooks are quite expensive, but I figured it was about time I start collecting some fluids texts that will be useful in graduate school.

I am young for all I've done. I've lived in two countries and four (soon to be five) states; visited fourteen other countries; attended three primary schools, two middle schools, a junior high, and two high schools; attended one university, lived at two, and worked at an additional one; earned two diplomas with two degrees on the way and plans for earning two more; this and much else I have done without yet reaching legal drinking age in my home country. In fact, I'll be a graduate student before I'm allowed to drink here.

I am a writer. Or, at least, I fancy myself to be one. My first novel was written at 14, though it's currently being rewritten from the ground-up. Two other novels are plotted out, and I wouldn't be at all surprised to find a fourth one lurking in the loose-leaf pages that are strewn about my room.

Despite what the MPAA has to say about college students and piracy, I own more than 50 DVDs and am a regular at my university's Film Society.

I am a fanatic when it comes to The Frames. Well over a gigabyte of my harddrive is dedicated to them, and I don't regret it the least bit.

Other fanaticisms worth mentioning: Mozilla Firefox, {whisperback}, Discover magazine, Google, and poking my friends.

All but two of the photos in the blog's banners were taken by me. Of the two I didn't take, both were taken by my parents.

My school district tried to force me out of kindergarten. It didn't work. However, during the first week of class, I received a warning and did not receive a smiley face sticker when I left. I informed my mother when I got home from school that I was quitting school and joining the circus as a trapeze artist.

That was also the week my little sister was born. Coincidence? I think not.

When I stood at the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro, I waved so that the assistant principle of the secondary school where I'd been teaching would see me from the top of the dining hall.

After eight years as a Girl Scout, I can only remember how to tie one knot. I find this shameful.

Although I share my religious denomination with President George W. Bush, we hardly agree on what it means to be Christian. Actually, there seems to be very little area where we agree on anything. We have both agreed that this country is called the United States of America, though he sometimes lapses into the habit of referring to it as 'Texas'.

When I'm in the South, I'm accused of being a Yankee. When I'm in the North, I'm accused of being a Southerner. When asked "Where are you from?", I answer: "The U.S."

I think Shakespeare's Hamlet is just as funny as it is tragic. If not more funny.

I have enough complete strangers talking about me at my university that I may as well let a few complete strangers on the Internet join the fun.

Pull up a chair, enjoy a mug of wassail on me (because my ideal web-home is air-conditioned, even when my actual living space is not), and tell me something about yourself.]]> http://silver-starlight.net/blog/2005/06/13/an-introduction-of-sorts/feed/ 8