Patience is my middle name. Of course, my first name is Im. |
I want a .50 caliber gun mounted on the hood of my car. Or possibly a small nuclear device. I would also accept an Aston Martin DB5 with a flamethrower attached. I was enjoying my drive home last nigh...
Posted by Abby Normal on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:34:00 PST |
I have time to read for fun |
I'm very glad I decided to take the summer off. I spent the last week or so occupying myself with Richard Matheson's I Am Legend. It was so engrossing I almost forgot about my allergies, which a...
Posted by Abby Normal on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:06:00 PST |
Cue ominous B-movie fog |
I wish I'd thought to take pictures of the creepy Plan 9 From Outer Space fog we had on Monday. The buildings on campus are clustered close together, and I couldn't see any of them from University Hal...
Posted by Abby Normal on Sun, 10 Feb 2008 08:21:00 PST |
Just to prove that I need sleep |
Well, it's been a while, hasn't it? The coolest thing that's happened to me lately is an Alice Cooper concert last month in Du Quoin. I was happy to hear him do "Desperado," but I was more excited tha...
Posted by Abby Normal on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 01:04:00 PST |
Did I mention there were moose? |
One more week before spring break! And I get to spend the break writing papers! I'm all a-twitter.In preparation for the nature class Wednesday night, I read all 400-odd pages of Thoreau's The Maine W...
Posted by Abby Normal on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 01:29:00 PST |
Pythonesque |
Joan! Pythonesque is in the OED! Behold:Pythonesque, a. - Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Monty Python's Flying Circus, a popular British television comedy series of the 1970s, noted esp. for ...
Posted by Abby Normal on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 01:40:00 PST |
Commercials make me violent |
An observation: I've just seen a certain insurance commercial too many bloody times. You know, the one where the old woman (outside an antiques store--how cute!) is blathering on about wishing life we...
Posted by Abby Normal on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 01:47:00 PST |
A pain that I'm used to |
So how goes the textbook buying, you ask? Well, pretend you asked. After a not necessarily long but irritating search, I have found a copy of the third edition of David Richter's The Critical Traditio...
Posted by Abby Normal on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 11:08:00 PST |
This is a damn fine cup of coffee |
Just when I thought it had been too long since I'd seen David Duchovny in drag... After all the waiting, the second season of Twin Peaks is being released in April. I've already pre-ordered. *ha...
Posted by Abby Normal on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 12:22:00 PST |
Super freak-ay |
So I have "Superfreak" stuck in my head. Dammit. Dammit. Dammit. But as long as "U Can't Touch This" doesn't end up in there as well, I'll be okay. I think. At least Jeff Buckley quiets for a lit...
Posted by Abby Normal on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 03:31:00 PST |
