Hello! Just a quick check in--I wanted to get the 51-week picture posted in a timely manner so the last weekly orange chair picture can have its own special post (Arlo's one-year birthday seems like a...

One of the consequences of having coded this site myself instead of using Blogger or something similar is that it's definitely not cutting edge. For instance, I have only just today added an RSS feed ...

Well, it took me over a year, but I have finally redesigned my website to match my new domain name! The previous design (captured below for posterity) served me well for 7 years, but it was long ov...

Catching up, in list form: We have harvested two Crane melons from our garden so far. They're small, but they taste like melons all right! The flavor is similar to a cantaloupe, but with a hi...

The winning photos from Food and Wine's food photography contest are beautiful. My favorite is the picture of cooling pomegranate syrup....

After months of laziness, another honeymoon entry is written: Rome to Montepulciano. I miss Montepulciano!...

I was looking back through my old entries today, and I noticed that in both 2003 and 2004, Patrick played the latest Prince of Persia video game post-Christmas. He kept up the trend this year. I gav...

After way too long, the next installment in my honeymoon summary (second day in Rome) is available. I decided to backdate the honeymoon entries so they're all in one place. At this rate, I may not f...

If I'm ever pregnant and rich (and I am neither at the moment), I'm totally getting one of these diaper bags. So pretty!...

An exciting new site, link courtesy of styro...Etsy! Crafty people can sell their handmade items, and everybody else can buy cool stuff. I especially like the name. Etsy. It's cute! It reminds me...

Maggie of Mighty Girl is cool. She's the one whose wedding dress I mentioned a while ago (it's tea-length--my favorite!), and she writes funny articles over at The Morning News. Like this one, which...

I spent a good chunk of time last night reading through Chocolate and Zucchini's archives. I'd glanced over the site before, but it just sucked me in last night. Clotilde is about my age, and she li...

Today I found out that Poppy Z. Brite has a journal. Most people would be interested to read her journal because she writes novels (none of which I've read yet, tsk tsk). Instead, I find her journ...

I'm afraid I don't have much to say today. Except that the last paragraph of this entry makes me want to have a baby (someday)! And so does Baby Stuff-Item 4 of this one, while I'm at it. But right...

In case I hadn't mentioned it, I've been making good progress on my research recently. My results are still kind of wacky, but at least I have results! It's a good feeling...And I've been working wi...

I have spent far too much time today reading about food online. But hey, it's Friday, and I've worked hard since I got back from California, and my advisor is out of town. Anyway, The Daily Bread ha...

Mmm...I just made two good recipes off of epicurious (you guys were right--the recipes on epicurious seem way more reliable than those on allrecipes). I still have tomato mushroom bisque leftover, of...

As of today, I have my very own LiveJournal right here. Of course, I ended up spending a few hours setting it up while at work. But I also did a lot of work today, so I don't feel too bad. My lab...

One of the things I don't like very much about myself is how self-conscious I can be. I try to tell myself that nobody really cares how I look on a given day except for me. But I still walked around...

I bought some Macoun apples to make pie with. They were on sale, but I had to buy a 5 lb. bag of them, so I'll have lots leftover. I think I'll make applesauce with the extra ones! Plus I found som...

The sausage race story just makes me giggle every time I hear about it. I'm glad the girl in the sausage suit didn't get hurt. Patrick said that ESPN did a piece on it last night, speculating about ...

My photo album now has thumbnails for easier navigation! It took me most of Saturday night to make all those thumbnails in Photoshop, but I'm happy with the results. Maybe I should add captions or so...

Ha! As of right now, my website is the only one that comes up when you google 'gorgonzola smarminess' (the matching journal entries are first and second on this page). I don't know why anybody would...

We just finished making and eating pork chops, cornbread, and sweet potatoes. It tired us out because there was a lot of clean-up involved after the fact. The meal didn't turn out perfect either, bu...

I dragged myself through work once again today. A pattern is emerging--in the morning, I actually have some energy and drive, but after I finish with lunch (same thing every day: sandwich, Juicy Juic...

Some guy sent me an email this morning suggesting that I'm self-centered and boring. It hurt my feelings, of course, but he's right--I am pretty self-centered. But you know, I'm 22, and I'm trying t...

This article from Fast Company makes me want to read Po Bronson's book, What Should I Do With My Life?. But I doubt it would help me actually figure out what I want to do. The subject matter is just...

Another day of mind-numbing studying, so I don't have any exciting stories to tell. But last night, I was reading old journal entries by one of the women on the knitting webring. She met her boyfrie...

I should've waited until today to tell you about Erin and Tree's new journals because now I have nothing exciting to say! I'm still going for the daily posts now that Patrick isn't here to keep me fr...

This deserves its own entry! Two of my favorite ex-Mudd women have brand new journals. I'm not sure if they've totally finished setting up, but I can't wait any longer. Go visit Erin and Tree (whos...

A while ago, my ex-roommate, Erin, shared some special Aveda jasmine tea with me, and it was really good! Nice and sweet, while I'd always thought of tea as being bitter. So since then, I've kept an...

Two things making me happy right now: my stripy socks and my new pajama pants. For more stripy Old Navy socks, visit jenandtonic. I just ate too many rolls at Bertucci's (an Italian restaurant...

I was going to change that title up there to "kiss your shadow" so that people who visit here from my Mudd URL would know how to get here once the Mudd forwarding stopped working, but I'm going to pac...

Patrick's server isn't working right, so I moved the CNF photo album over to this server. For those of you not in the know, I spent last summer doing research at the Cornell Nanofabrication Facility ...

No fair! Google is hiring and I'm not cool enough to work there. Actually, I don't really want to (and I'm certainly not qualified), it just looks like a fun place to work. Maybe Patrick could work...

I've been reading random websites tonight and came across Book Crossing. People register a book and label it with the website and book ID, then "set it free"...leave it on an airplane, give it to a f...

I have comments now! Yup, I spent the first three waking hours of my day off coding. Better than watching TV, I think. Maybe not better than sleeping longer, but I feel plenty rested. I don't real...

I finally found out what the trees are that are all over the Inland Empire (wow, awkward sentence!). They're jacarandas, and they have pretty purple flowers that fall down in the summer and make ever...

While looking for inspiration regarding my new grey mohair yarn, I visited fluffa (via Chicknits, of course). Oh my god, I am so in love with the pink stripey sweater she is making. I want it! I wa...

Woo! As Jessica so kindly pointed out in my guestbook, I got an honorable mention in Drew's contest. Good thing Domo Kun's head is so big! I'll add more to this entry later (or maybe I'll make an e...

I took advantage of my free time today and updated my site a little. I replaced the chemistry link with a crafts page, having been inspired by Chicknits and Not Martha, among others. The chemistry p...

Drew is having a contest on his website. The prizes include art by him (which is way cool) and a Kompressor CD. I knit a hat as my entry. It was based on these two patterns. I like the colors (and...

Done, finally, sewing the bags. Now it will be the spectre of unfinished i-cord that will haunt me for the next two weeks. And other stuff, of course. But I can cross one more thing off my door! ...

Today in my Gender and SciFi class, it was pointed out that the birds of paradise plants in front of the Humanities building had googly eyes. Succinct, but amusing (I think). Here's a picture: ...

Wow--I am so impressed by Halcyon Yarn! I ordered some yarn from them on Tuesday, and it got here today, even though they were shipping from Maine! Unfortunately, I picked the wrong color (it's a li...

I want this necklace: Unfortunately, it costs $56. It was made by a cool independent female artist (for more of these, see another girl at play, daughter site of girl at play), so I understand...

I finally got all the family pictures up that I scanned over break. I had almost 100 total, but I only put a select few up since only people in my family would care to see that many family pictu...

Wow...I don't have anything original to say about the World Trade Center/Pentagon attacks, but this is unreal. I think the most disturbing thing is that they used our own planes to crash into our bui...

Well, this is the first entry in whatever you want to call this (most would call it a blog, but I don't think I will). Don't expect any huge revelations of self, since most of the people who visit th...