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Quick fly-by-post. Jon Stewart is freakin' awesome for those of you who haven't noticed.

On Sarah Palin...



On Bristol Palin...



Enjoy!

When it's this quiet in Penn State on a Friday night, you KNOW it's the day before the campus closes for the year. :)

Finished my last two exams this morning. Biology was at 8:00 am. Some of the questions were a bit detail-oriented considering the huge amount of information that was covered in the class. I think the average might be low enough to give a curve in that class (which can never hurt!). Physics was at 10:00 and I finished that in about fifteen minutes -- the professor must be even lazier than I thought. About a third of the questions were straight off the practice exams, so hopefully that will work out.

And I'm DONE! Halfway through undergraduate...kinda scary, but I'm definitely ready to go home. Dad will be coming up tomorrow morning to load up the car and take me home; I can't wait to see the family and the PETS! Yes, I will most definitely cry when I see my dogs. :D They're just THAT cute.

Watched SG-1 and BSG as I packed. It's hard to believe that there are only a couple of new Stargate episodes left. I'm really going to miss it, especially since this season is waaay better than last year (I actually LIKE Vala now). Might need me a box o'tissues for the finale. ;)

Anyway, I think I'm going to turn in early and enjoy the quiet of the dorms. Goodnight and major hugs to all of the f-list!!!

Meme time! Because time-wasting is awesome. :)

you are aquamarine #7FFFD4

Your dominant hues are cyan and green. Although you definately strive to be logical you care about people and know there's a time and place for thinking emotionally. Your head rules most things but your heart rules others, and getting them to meet in the middle takes a lot of your energy some days. Your saturation level is medium - You're not the most decisive go-getter, but you can get a job done when it's required of you. You probably don't think the world can change for you and don't want to spend too much effort trying to force it. Your outlook on life is very bright. You are sunny and optimistic about life and others find it very encouraging, but remember to tone it down if you sense irritation.

the spacefem.com html color quiz

Jesus. What happened at Virginia Tech is terrifying.

Hmmm...I shouldn't be wasting time like this considering the upcoming week. Mini-checklist includes:

*Boxing crap up to send home in advance
*Mom and sister coming up Saturday afternoon and leaving Sunday -- weekend is effectively shot
*Next organic chemistry lab report due Thursday
*Finish spectral unknown lab report
*Ghostwritten political speech -- Cindy Sheehan -- due Tuesday
*Physics exam Tuesday night
*Figure out what the heck I'm doing in physics before that
*Biology exam Wednesday afternoon
*Organic chemistry exam Wednesday night
*Governor's School paperwork meeting Thursday night
*Try to get double-major consent forms signed
*Submit agricultural scholarship application
*Contact veterinarian from home to figure out my choppy work schedule for the summer
*Submit internship application for Elmwood Park Zoo
*...sleep? Maybe?

Blah. I cannot waaait until this semester is over.

And of course, instead of getting started on all this stuff I went ahead and snurched a meme from tjh102. Oh, and Camy! I know I owe you an e-mail, and I'm way sorry that it's about a week overdue -- I've been swamped. I will try to send you one tonight or tomorrow morning.

( Procrastination is key... )

Because everyone else is doing it...


Create your own Friend Test here

So BSG...craaaazy. Got a few thoughts down on virtual paper (because I have NO life like that), so here goes...

( I am NOT a Cylon...or maybe I am. )

Snoooooow Day! So, it started snowing here at State College at around 11:00 yesterday morning, and it finally is stopping at 8:00 tonight. I loooove it. We ended up getting more than a foot, and school was cancelled for the day -- I felt like a little kid, waking up early to see if I could go back to bed. Good stuff. Got some work done as well including the better half of two lab reports and a speech on genetically modified organisms. Yay.

And I will now post the other half of the "Firefly" icons100 claim. :) Take whatever you'd like, of course. Much love and hugs to the f-list in the spirit of Valentine's Day. :D <3

Teasers:

Screencaps from: "Can't Take the Sky", http://still-flying.net/

( The whole point of cursin' is that it ain't appropriate! )

I've had these done since Christmas break, but just got my claim over at icons100 approved. These are the first fifty icons for my "Firefly" set, and I'm too tired to post the other half right now -- maybe in the next couple of days. Take whatever you'd like -- they were made to be snurched. :)

Teasers:

( It's my very favorite gun... )

It's been a very busy day (8 to 5 really hurts), but a very good night. :) Levar Burton came to speak at our school today, and some of my friends and I got there early enough to get VIP seating. So yeah, third row, listening to Levar "Geordi" Burton speak for an hour. Loooovely. He's a really great speaker, too. His voice is so soothing and calm -- you could listen to it for hours. It was a great motivational speech. He told us about his belief that all things happen to us for a reason, that we all have a defining purpose in life that we are here to achieve. It's up to us to find that purpose and work toward it, no matter what happens. He also talked about his belief in the power of literature and media and the absolutely essential nature of human imagination -- one of the things that he most loved in science-fiction and "Star Trek". It was just a really lovely hour. He had a pretty entertaining question-and-answer session, and one very brave young boy got up and asked him if he knew what the blast radius of a warp core collapse of a Constellation Class Starship was. :D That was definitely the highlight question of the night.

He had some cute stories about Trek -- he talked about the difficulties of working with the VISOR for seven years and how much he had to work to express himself without relying on his eyes. He also talked about how uncomfortable the costumes were (Spandex!) and how instantly he took on the role of Geordi when he found out that Gene Roddenbury was still going to be producing it. It was really apparent from his talk that sci-fi really does have a special place in his heart because it gave him, a young black man growing up in the sixties and seventies, hope and confidence that there would be a place for him in the future. It was really touching to hear him put into words just what Trek stood for and how inspirational the series can be -- Nichelle Nichols on the bridge of the Enterprise was a big image of his childhood. A really, really good talk.

I didn't get to meet him because he was ushered upstairs to a reception, but my friend managed to party-crash and get us both autographs. Pretty sweet! :) Definitely can't say enough good things about him.

If only I didn't have organic chemistry lab tomorrow...ew.

A few "Firefly" 5-Things fics, done for the firefly5things community.

( Five Things the Crew Never Knew About Jayne )

( Five Animals the Crew Should Have Smuggled Instead of Cattle )

( Five Times Simon Couldn't Save Someone )

Just got back from seeing the Vienna Choir Boys in concert.

Completely speechless. The single most amazing, incredible, beautiful thing I have ever seen. There are no words to describe how fantastic these kids were -- my friend and I actually started crying at one point.

That is all.

I be so proud. :)

Downloading "Irresponsible" but I'll likely wait until tomorrow to watch it...too much crap to get done right now. I'm hoping to get to the post office tomorrow and get airmail stamps and all that good stuff to send out my Christmas cards. I looooove the holidays -- except when I'm way broke. :P

Now that I'm back at school I'm going to have to get to work on Christmas cards (to avoid doing my other work, of course). I have a few people on my list from my last general roundup of names and addresses -- fugacious_love, carpenyx, astropoet, major_zoidberg, and jeyla4ever (oh, and wannatee_1984, who I snagged from sis). I'd like to write some more of you folks, so if you're comfortable enough to leave me your address, let me know if you'd like a little letter from Penn State for the holidays. :)

ALL comments are screened, so no one will be able to see them but me. Thanks!

In other news -- my Kaylee costume is pretty well finished. Just goes to show what you can accomplish when you put off all your other work for an entire weekend. ;)

Finished my piece for the Sheppard/Teyla ficathon! It's a sort of episode tag to the first season episode "Poisoning the Well", is very Beckett-centric, and features friendship between Sheppard and Teyla -- you definitely don't need to ship these two to read it. ;) The recipient is kribby and fugacious_love was kind enough to beta this one -- all remaining mistakes are my own. Feedback is love, and I hope you enjoy!

( The pill bottle was still on the desk, tucked out of sight behind a stack of paperwork... )

Snagged from just about everyone. ;)

What stereotype do you belong to? Your Result: No stereotype not preppy yet not a complete loser. has good friends and doesn't revolve life around their looks or social status. All around good person. usually liked by everyone
geek/nerd
Jock
Loner
Preppy
Emo
Punk
Gamer
What stereotype do you belong to?

Pretty true, I guess. I did like to drift between circles in high school -- I wasn't really pinned down to a single "group", although the drama kids and I were tight. ;)

Hmmmm...not much else going on, as usual. Biology test in two hours that is either going to be way less difficult than I'm imagining or it's going to rip my soul out and serve it on a platter...we'll see. Organic chemistry is next Monday, and I'm soooooo (times infinity) behind on that it's not even funny. Good news is that I'm getting up at 4:00 AM this Friday to go HOME for the weekend -- Fall Play and high school and family and puppies and looooots of sitting in my old room and on my old couch studying chemistry. Yay. Off to study some more, but take care! :D

So since the holidays are rolling around it's time for gifts and cards and all that stuff. I'd really like to send out some things to people, so if you'd like a Christmas card from me (with maybe some little Penn State doodads in there as well), comment with your name and address on this post. All comments will be screened, of course, and I promise (mostly) not to hop on a plane and stalk any of you. ;) And if there's anything in particular you'd like in your letter, feel free to add that in too.

OMG! Bill Nye is on "NUMB3RS" tonight! :D I am realizing just how much I miss seeing that guy everyday after school.