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American classmate: What is that thing? British classmate: It's for your face. It sprays mist, for when it's hot outside. AC: Th...

A conversation between my cousin Kelly and me on the occasion of StereoNinja taking me to see Arcade Fire, which I was uncomfortable about i...

I've been here long enough now to start hating television commercials, and rather than continuing to throw things at StereoNinja's p...

So here's what I've decided on the dissertation front: I'm going to compare Fifty Shades of Grey with the movie Secretary in the...

"I wish it was my birthday coming up instead of yours," I announced to StereoNinja on Sunday, "because then I could just whin...

I turned in both of my papers yesterday. It was much easier for me this time than it was the last time I had two papers due on the same day,...

Once again I find myself frantically writing two papers at the same time for graduate school and no time to blog. Additionally, I was in Chi...

I've been feeding the next door neighbors' cat all week because they are out of town. I say "neighbors' cat", but it...

Having seen the weather report in our area for last weekend (a month's worth of rain in 48 hours), and having failed to remember to plan...

 I am sitting on the counter in the kitchen. StereoNinja is about to fry some spinach because everything he eats is gross. Me: I guess I s...

Remember when I said the water was receding? Well it's now worse than it was when it crested the last time. Lake Titicacao is indistingu...

Last night was my first Super Bowl in exile, and I have to say, seriously, what the fuck. But let me back up a bit. I had managed to get...

Here's another example of "little differences": Last night, StereoNinja and I went to dinner at a steak restaurant called Catt...

MIXED NEWS, EVERYONE! I have finished and turned in both of my papers (yay!) which I am pretty sure are both complete garbage (boo). But I...

StereoNinja, reviewing my paper on masculinities in boylesque: (reads a passage out loud in a mocking tone of voice) ...hahaha you sound so...

Anonymous said...  Where for art thou Amberance?  10:49 PM  Very good question, anonymous. It's been a rough couple of months. Mov...

Hey. So I know I failed at the last 4 days of NaBloPoMo, which I'm sorry about, but the school stuff has come up again, and the Christma...

I'm reading 50 Shades today. I'm one chapter into the three I was planning to read tonight and I'm already getting very pissed o...

I had the BEST day yesterday you guys. So we've bought a lot of IKEA furniture since moving here, since I sold all of mine (it is chea...