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Gnathaleigh

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About Me

Too much coffee. Enormous calves. Can't ride a bike.(Can you imagine how intimidating my calves would be if I could ride a bike?) Hatin' on hippies. Rockin' the geology. German farmer stock: Someday, I'm going to have a pick-up truck, a hound and a horse of my own.

My Interests

Food, mostly. Elasmobranchs. Cephalopods. Cnidarians. Tardigrades. Oceanic trenches. Polar ecosystems. Animals. Dogs. Fjords. Books. Walgreens. Chocolate milk made with whole milk. A&W root beer. Floats made with said root beer. Dark ales. Coffee. Fishing. Headphones.Coffee Harley the bontebuck. Mitchell the bear. Pelagics. Mossy trees. More coffee. Reason. Shoes. Hoodies. Self-assembly furniture. Little Red, the Toyota. Also:

I'd like to meet:

Someone who will teach me the art of fly fishing. Seriously.

Music:

Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: Mysterien Sonaten

Books:

are in a series of boxes in Kansas. Currently reading: "Jitterbug Perfume" by Tom Robbins and "His Dark Materials Book II: The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman. Always buying more books from Powell's because I have no self-control.

Heroes:

Douglas Adams, Richard Dawkins, Mark Twain, Sir David Attenborough, Carl Sagan, Atticus Finch, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Caractacus Potts, Terry Gilliam, Mrs. Kewley, Georges Remi, Martha Stewart, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, Mr. Flickinger, and, well, DUH: the one and only.

My Blog

AAAAAAAH!! AAAAH!!! EWWW! EW! EW!

    So I had my first experiece with roundworms today. I almost lost it. I mean, I had seen samples of them in jars before and what not. Somtimes chunks of them in poo. But this was a h...
Posted by Gnathaleigh on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 02:50:00 PST

I know what I should be doing, but I’m not doing it.

I should be reading for school, not looking at this mustache blog. Wait, school? Did she say school? I did! I'm back in school. Can we get one, gigantic, unanimous "YAAAY!!!!"? Thanks.I'm liking being...
Posted by Gnathaleigh on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 09:28:00 PST

Listen:

I just got back from my first visit to Wichita in a year since I moved. It's a really great feeling, being able to say you've just visited Wichita, being able to call someplace else "home".Going back,...
Posted by Gnathaleigh on Sat, 15 Sep 2007 06:13:00 PST

Snakes on a Plane...

isn't as bad as Anaconda or Battlefield Earth, but it's bad. So bad...I love it.
Posted by Gnathaleigh on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:03:00 PST

Beowulf...oh, Beowulf.

So a couple of months ago, I caught wind that there was a new Beowulf movie in the making and that Neil Gaiman was helping with the screenplay. This was the best news I had heard in a long time. You k...
Posted by Gnathaleigh on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 02:15:00 PST

grumble.

worst week ever. pretty much.i'm so sick of this loan bullshit. the bulk of financial aid i am approved to recieve is in PLUS loan...that is, a loan that isn't actually for me, but for my parents. so ...
Posted by Gnathaleigh on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:54:00 PST

Mother's Day, Shmother's Day Continued

The long awaited conclusion to Mother's Day 2007. But first, a recap:The discount coffee mug:The added bonus:The letter:Sealed for freshness:Ready to go!!After a long journey from Portland, the box ma...
Posted by Gnathaleigh on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 05:04:00 PST

I have an assignment for you.

I want you to read this mini-article and tell me what Mr. Bush seems to have grossly misinterpreted this time. You are also free to point out any irony to which he seems oblivious:MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (...
Posted by Gnathaleigh on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 11:14:00 PST

What a nightmare.

    I'm so full of rage right now...This morning, at 8 a.m., I was SUPPOSED to be able to register for classes online, but the tab that contained the registration steps didn't even exis...
Posted by Gnathaleigh on Wed, 30 May 2007 05:23:00 PST

Portland: Why you gotta be like dat?

As many of you may know, I had been planning on getting a schipperke puppy this fall. It's been a very long time since I've had a dog of my own and it was a long time coming. Well, bad news, folks. No...
Posted by Gnathaleigh on Wed, 23 May 2007 04:28:00 PST