Here is your horoscope

for Friday, November 30:

Sometimes life gets overwhelming, but you know by now that it's always temporary.


Uh... yeah. It'd better be. Rather than feeling like it's a confirmation, I always get slightly freaked out when my horoscope turns out to be right on the nose.

I decided, or more accurately my adviser and I decided, that I'm going to do my candidacy exam the week of December 17th. Now I'm having kittens. It's been a while since I've had to give a presentation on stuff that I don't know like the back of my hand. This stuff's more like the underside of my nose... Crossman reminded me last night that I always pull it off, so I'm hoping that this is no exception.

But yeah, if I seem stressed out for the next few weeks, you know why.

The first weekend of Nutcracker shows went well (mostly). Aside from a few temper-tantrums, none of which were mine, and sprained ankles, also not mine, nothing interesting happened. We had eight (8) people in the audience Sunday evening. Three more weekends and I'm free (until the next show).

My cats are being fantastic. They're almost curling up in my lap now. They'll jump up or climb on, sit down, and then decide that it's scary and move somewhere nearby. I'm so wearing them down. This time next year I won't be able to sit down without a kitty in my lap :)

Sweet Child of Mine

I just kicked some serious guitar hero ass on that song. I think I'm going to play it a lot until I get it perfect. I had the whole last half of it without messing up once on my first try. Woot.

I'm going to bed now and tomorrow I am going to help Kraig cook all morning (well, I am also going to clean, because that's my job. foo). Then his parents are coming up and we're all going to my parents' house for thanksgiving dinner. My brothers are home and it's going to be a hell of a time. We have so much food in the fridge. I'm so happy. I'm going to eat so much tomorrow :)

Then I promise, I'm going to buckle down for the rest of the semester and work my butt off to get all of my work done and write out my presentation for my candidacy exam. That bitch is going down!

Nutcracker performances start this weekend. Come watch me dance! I think I actually know all 7 parts that I could be in :)

Wishlist

Hi everyone!
I have no idea who reads this, but I'm trying to reach as many people as possible without doing some random mass email (because I have NO idea who's in my contact lists...). So if I actually know you, what I'd like for Christmas/Hanukkah/whatever this year is a picture of you and your sig other/pet(s) that I can put up on my fridge. This means that you should take a photo if you don't already have one, and MAIL it to me. I can print stuff out, but I'd rather have mail trickling in. I'm not posting my mailing address, but if you comment to this or send me a message/email, I will send you my address. I want to have a fridge full of faces that are important to me. You could also accompany it with a letter if I haven't heard from you for a while :)

Thanks!
~Ellen

Hello World

It's almost 11 on a Wednesday and I have yet to do anything productive. This is not unusual. I would like to put away laundry, clean, vacuum, paint the dining room, and maybe try to get some of the layers of cat hair off of everything in my condo. Wishful thinking on my part...

For those of you who don't know me (why the hell are you reading this?) I'm in my third year as a PhD student in math at Tufts University. I'm also dancing with a ballet company and teaching ballet at a local studio. I live with my boyfriend and two cats in a condo that we just bought in April and are now remodeling to suit our picky tastes.

My goal for this blog: to try not to bore you to tears...