Woke up this morning with Selene curled up on my chest and Leo curled up mixed in with my legs and blankets. I guess it could have been better, but I'm hard pressed to ask for more than that. Particularly because when I got up and hopped in the shower and came back, Selene was lazily grooming in a sunbeam, and I ended up just sitting and watching her for ten minutes while Leo sat on my lap. I don't know what I would do without cats.
My next reading assignment that I haven't done yet --- barring things that get sent out last-minute, as I expect two to do --- is due on April 6th. By Tuesday I would like that to be April 13th, but that's probably unrealistic. Regardless, I am back to "ahead of where I absolutely have to be," which gives me leeway to put lots of effort into the books I most care about and/or get work done ahead of time on my final projects. This is very important to me, particularly because my girlfriend and her wife will be in town the weekend before one of my final paper drafts is due, and so I really want to have free time then, but also just because RACHELS LOVE WORK.
Related to this, I haven't finished the main plot of Pokemon Black yet, because I keep doing homework instead. I'm pretty sure this is a good thing, but it means I keep not being able to read my friends' posts about it, which is frustrating. If you are curious where I am: I've done at least half of Victory Road, but I've only been playing on the bus and such and so every time I start up again I've forgotten the &^%*^%*& map. I don't think it's online yet, either, so I can't just be like "spoilers whatever moving _on_." I really like my team, which is super arbitrary and based on what I thought was fun or cute. They're all around level 45, and include some types I have not used in previous games. There's a Krookodile, a Samurott, a Galvantula, an Unfezant, a Musharna, and a Simisear. I trained them all myself from... rather early. I reluctantly put Galvantula in place of Zebstrika when it became clear that getting a bug/special move would be better than another Fire move, and Galvantula is awesome, even though I miss my Zecora♥. (Yes, the name of all of my self-trained pokemon ends in a ♥. I AM ALLOWED.)
I'll be in San Francisco next weekend, doing Fisher-Price My First Fieldwork (tm). Relatedly, if you can think of anyone in the Bay Area, particularly who I don't know, who is into animal costuming and role-playing and might be interested in talking to me about it for 15-60 minutes, please drop me an email so I can send an official form to you [to send to them] to see if they are interested. I'll have somewhat limited time and mobility, but I have no problem spending hours on public transit to get data. DELICIOUS DATA. Also I have to fill out IRB forms to continue my research after the semester is over how did I end up doing fieldwork already I wasn't even going to do fieldwork this is so very what. (And awesome.)
I don't think very much else is going on. (Well, there's that conference.) Other than I think I might have a new friend, who is really good at Scrabble. I might have to start learning the two-letter words. :) And even though it's still cold out, the sun is here and it's really pretty and there are birds. So I guess a bunch of things are going on, but I am choosing my narrative to be about these things, because I need to get grading done now.
I mean, Zorua is adorable and I could have had one, but I wanted to try something unusual? My second playthrough will be all cute things, I am sure. :P
She's significantly better than me, anyway. I doubt she would hold a candle to pro-Scrabble folks. I would be happy to try to get her to play you if you were down here! I dunno if she plays online; she does not seem to be a major user of the Internet, like, at all.
I don't really know good places to play pure scrabble online anywho. I managed to get banned from one before, but that was for being a jerk to people for being dumb in chat.
Oh god, I'm not that good! I am generally able to beat people at Scrabble who have had limited study. Serious players will almost alway beat me. :) ...also my set is missing tiles ^^;; Which I need to fix. But I'd love to play!
I HAVE NO IDEAA professor offered to help me get it set up and thought it would be useful for my paper, and it fits with a panel a couple of friends and I are hoping to shop to a conference.
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More O/T (well moderately more O/T b/c you talk about Pokemon in this entry): this person makes Pokemon-themed makeup (as well as other themes)
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Bring 'em on. *knuckle-crack*
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you would be.
we should play sometime, maybe.
i dunno if i'm good enough though.
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But I would totes be down for scrabble whenever. After bagels? Or y'know, when you have time.
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and yeah, after this week sounds good ... i guess. schedules, they are complicated! i assume i'll see you at postposttranssexual?
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Adorable! How did you wind up doing fieldwork (already)?
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