2006 September Archive at Evilsciencechick

Monthly Archive for September, 2006

cabinet madness

Published

ESC

on Saturday, September 16, 2006

in blogging, conversations and weekend warriors

. 8 Comments

GAH! A praying mantis in the living room!

KEV! THERE IS A PRAYING MANTIS IN HERE! I DON’T THINK I WANT TO KILL IT! AHHHHH!!!

Kev: it’s just a praying mantis, don’t worry about it.

praying mantis: I shall fly around all huge like and freak you out some more. And then land on the couch and stare at you.

ESC: ok ok finding something…finding something…TUPPERWARE!

PM is carefully captured and released, free to find a girlfriend and get his head eaten off, thus completing the beautiful circle of life.

ESC: PRAYING MANTIS HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF! No thanks TO YOU! WHAT GOOD ARE YOU???

Kev: geez, it’s just a praying mantis!

ESC: flying around the living room! all big! and landing in places!

Kev: oh…they fly?

ESC: YES THEY FLY! Well, um, at least the males do, apparently.

Kev: sorry, I didn’t know they flew.

Large apparently flying insects notwithstanding, today I felt that the best thing to do before finishing the 3 or 4 home improvement projects left in various states of doneness around here is to start a NEW one. CABINETS! IN THE DINING ROOM! Because seriously, there is no storage here. Large pots, mixing bowls, the microwave - all on a metal rack. Also stacked on the dining room table. And taking up space on my limited counter space. And…on the floor. which, while it does add nicely to that industrial look, does NOT scream BUY ME to potential condo buyers.
We need cabinets. Now. Or cabinet-like furniture pieces. And where do completely broke people go to buy cabinets?

IKEEEEEAAAAA!!!!

So what it boils down to is…we can use some non-cabinet cabinet like things - actually in the office furniture section - which when we add all the pieces up will cost a little over $600. But ready to go. just slap together and put in the room. Or we can buy actual cabinets that will require some assembly and a counter top addition and some chair rail removal but will cost under $400.

So yeah. we’re going with the “more work, less money” option. We don’t actually posses the cabinets yet, maybe sunday. I am nervous about the chair rail removal - MORE WORK! that will involve joint compound and painting, which we haven’t even finished in other rooms.

On the other hand…storage…beautiful storage…

also we saw some plastic dog bowls for 75 cents that would be good for traveling with Sadie.

dude, I love Ikea. Here is some Ikea-related fun for your enjoyment.
In other news, I’m going to be updating my links page soon. If you feel that somehow you have been cheated out of a link, let me know, and I will assess your link-worthiness. Bribery and flattery helps. Also, if you are unhappy with your assigned link-icon and have a better idea for one, let me know.

haven’t done one of these for a while…

Published

ESC

on Saturday, September 16, 2006

in searchables

. 4 Comments

who is finding my blog? google et al will tell me!
science experiments gone wrong - yours too? that sucks. let’s get drunk together

what taking deep breaths will help - telling your parents you’re gay, preparing to swim lap, enjoying fresh mountain air…

poking the scalp - ow! hey!

getting some skank on the hank - I wondered why my hank smelled funny

making yogurt with breast milk - uhhh…I know you probably have some excess…but really, I think you can just dump it. no reason to go all creepy martha stewart on us.

i want my ringlets back - NO!

personal photos of couples engaged in intercourse - OK, I think the word you’re looking for here is “porn.” try searching for that. and get your credit card ready.

they gave me a suppository - hint - it goes in your butt

i was doing the pee pee dance - most unpopular native american dance ever

how dumb are the guys on dateline - like SO TOTALLY!

feeling that you have not finished peeing - you have a bladder infection. buy cranberry juice and go see a doctor

print your own steeler wedding invitations - sir, I would definately check this out with your fiance before you go doing that. why don’t you stick to things like “limo rental” and “check writing”

boobs in bras - that’s where they go

someday it will be alright - *sob* I hope so

korean chicken butt - YOU are!

i hate the salvation army - fucking bell ringers

boobs today - sorry, I let my subscription expire

how to dress like a modern day hippie - step 1: soak your dress in patchouli

14-15 year old chat rooms - please die in a fire

elf condom - size -3

injuries that can happen from not wearing a helmet on a motocycle - dain bramage

if you want to destroy weezer - OH NO WEEZER LOOK OUT!

referrals

Published

ESC

on Friday, September 15, 2006

in aside

. 3 Comments

I’m getting alot, I mean ALOT of hits from the Stumble Upon referral page. I used to use stumble upon way back, but never really got into it. So I have NO idea why I’m all of a sudden getting so many hits from referrals.

If you got here from stumble upon, was it really a referral from them? Or am I linked somewhere on their site that I am not aware of?

Aside amusement: only one person has reviewed my site - I got a thumbs up. And apparently, the “top tag” for my site is “nipples.”

awesome.

ohfridaythankgod

Published

ESC

on Friday, September 15, 2006

in daily, rants and science!

. 3 Comments

Wednesday I gathered my strength, make some last minute tweaks, took a deep breath, and sent the 2nd draft of my paper off to my advisor.

Then I exhaled. I figured I now had a few days to get some WORK DONE! Thursday I got results from two experiments (one interesting, one failed…AGAIN). I decided that I would spend friday mostly at home, setting up my references in Endnote, reading some relavent papers that come out recently, and most importantly get some WEDDING THINGS DONE! But first get a new battery for my cell phone, because it is dead as a doornail and I am a lost puppy without my cellphone.

Then I got an email at the end of the day thursday. From the advisor. She had read the draft and made her comments IN ONE DAY, was fedexing it to me so I would get it friday morning, take a few hours to look things over, and then call her on the phone at 3 to discuss what changes need to be made.

Fuck.

So there went my friday. I am still without cell phone. And without a limo for the wedding. Both of which I will remedy Satuday, I hope.

At least the conversation with advisor went relatively well. She feels the paper is coming together well and that it should be ready to go very soon. Of course, there are plenty of adjustments to make, collaborator data to include, REFERENCES TO ADD.

I had PLANNED ON DOING THAT TODAY!!!

grrrr.

Mexican food for dinner, though. Mmmmm…