Jen – Page 21 – Snark on the Side

No more 9-5s

Apparently, the result of graduate school is that my new best working hours are 8-12 (omne die). This could be a long summer.

I spent the morning doing final proofreading of my thesis in preparation for submitting it to the library. Given my current level of over-saturation with the contents of said thesis, I wasn’t looking forward to it. However, just a fifteen minute drive away, the entire process was salvaged by the beauty of a certain smallContinue reading “Small Towns, Quiet Thursdays”

My Least Favorite Word

You know how some people have these little habits that just get you down? Like Bernie… Well, sort of like Bernie. You know how some people have those little words that just get them down? I’m one of those people. There are a few words that really make me cringe every time I hear them.Continue reading “My Least Favorite Word”

The Epitome of Cuteness

This morning, I woke up with the urge to weed my back “garden”: a much-needed task, but a pretty mundane one. Then I saw what I thought was the chipmunk that haunts our house in hopes of finding something edible — like green peppers, basil, carrots, flowers, etc. But it wasn’t! Cue tiny bunny adorablenessContinue reading “The Epitome of Cuteness”

In the (Language) of Caesar

…scrīpsī, defendī, vīcī: gaudeō! — dormiam.

The Defense Rap

What do you do when you’re preparing for a master’s thesis defense? I’ll tell you – you write a rap about it. Does it matter that you listen to musicals instead of rap, your voice is better suited to Disney princess songs than to Eminem, and you prefer waltzing to hip-hop? Not a whit. Enjoy.Continue reading “The Defense Rap”

It Became Spring!

(while I was inside writing my thesis.) But it’s beautiful. Baby Marigolds!!!

Dear Orlando

Dear Orlando, You’ve grown so much in the time that I’ve known you. It’s hard to believe that it’s going on four months now. But now that I’m seeing the full picture of who you are, we need to talk. See, wanting to spend time together is one thing. Needing to spend time together, that’sContinue reading “Dear Orlando”

Considering a New Topic

Orlando – this is what will become of you if you do not begin to cooperate. Consider yourself warned. Tonight. It’s all going down tonight. I said that yesterday. And the yesterday before that. Well… This time I really mean it. The power of jellybeans will accomplish this.

Oh, Hobbes

“I say not this, as disapproving the use of Universities: but because I am to speak hereafter of their office in a Common-wealth, I must let you see on all occasions by the way, what things would be amended in them; amongst which the frequency of insignificant Speech is one” (Leviathan, A2v).