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Special J

About Me

Engineers are often declared a separate species from the rest of the homo sapian race, and as a senior biomedical engineer I have done nothing to dissuade that notion. My greatest love? Dance. Oh yes, and God too. But the two are inseparable to me.
Elring is Elvish for 'star pool', the kind of clear glassy lake that sits atop a mountain peak so that it seems as if there is nothing in it but stars.
Current book: Notes from Underground (Dostoevsky)
Movie to see: The Chronicles of Narnia-- I finished the book!
Movie to rent: City of God

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

You, i suppose. Especially if you play ultimate.

My Blog

Beware-O Penultima

Almost a year after I started seriously playing ultimate, yesterday I reached a milestone: my first real layout score.   December 28 @ the 10th Beware-O hat tourney, in honor of a good ...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 20:08:00 GMT

Flu Season, v.1

I'm burned out.  I'm sick with the flu, I'm staring at another ten page lab report, I have ultimate tryouts this weekend, a luncheon tomorrow...and I'm out of soup.  I've been craving soup s...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Jun 2006 21:01:00 GMT

Props to Edwin!

Since I'm single this Valentine's Day, I thought it would kind of be a sad day because, you know, I'm single.  I got up at 8 to do some work, I heard a knock on the door, went to get it, and foun...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Feb 2006 15:17:00 GMT

Oops.

 I pissed El off today in ballet.  Not good. But maybe I should look like this instead: Oh, wait, haha, NOW i get it: that's a sleep face.  I thought it was a lightning bolt and ...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Feb 2006 16:40:00 GMT

LeStat

LeStat is a new musical based on an Anne Rice character, a bisexual vampire.  I want to see it, but my sister refuted the idea and now I'm hunting for another musical buddy to tag along with me i...
Posted by on Thu, 29 Dec 2005 00:46:00 GMT

something wicked this way comes...!...

Well now, today was rather eventful.  I woke up at 8, slammed my alarm, got up at 10, cleaned up, and left to visit some friends at 11ish in Riverside.  By the time I was done, it was 5:00.&...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Dec 2005 02:04:00 GMT

breathing a little easier

I read about an IED attack this week that killed 10 Marines and wounded 11 others near Fallujah.  My friend, a Marine, is stationed in Fallujah and when I read that I got really worried ...
Posted by on Sat, 03 Dec 2005 21:12:00 GMT

Butting Heads

Elie Wiesell's insights are wonderful, but I'm starting to get irritated with his slightly know-it-all attitude in Messengers of God.  Some of the wording makes him seem almost...arrogent, as if ...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Dec 2005 01:21:00 GMT

Pre Turkey Bowl Digest

In honor of the annual Turkey Bowl tomorrow, here's some thoughts on the latest sports developments. 5) The man-child, Terrell Owens, got what he deserved.  It is too bad, and such a waste of tal...
Posted by on Wed, 23 Nov 2005 23:11:00 GMT

life on a thread

The music of Rent rings true is so many ways, but I love Mimi and Roger's interplay the most in "Another Day".  One is bitter and angry, the other shivering and lonely, both desperate to liv...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Nov 2005 11:53:00 GMT