Attack of the Killer Homework!

So just so everybody knows, I'm not actually dead. I just spent the last year reading for massive Ph.D. exams (~1500 years of books in seven languages) and now I'm *utterly fucking incapable* of relaxing or in any way acting like a normal human being, though I'm working on it.

Anyways, between some ennui and exams-related depression, I haven't had much of a summer, but at least it's ending soon and I'll be able to get myself back to work. I'm really looking forward to writing my thesis.

So, I was screwing around today, and found out that the sound card that Dolston gave me ACTUALLY WORKS FINE, now that M-Audio has finally made a proper Vista patch for it. The problem was actually in the cable, of all things.

Sorry Ryan. You're still awesome.

In case anybody wasn't aware, the new series of Doctor Who has started airing in the UK. I'm sure you can find the episodes on your own. ;)

The only thing it's missing is Cthuluhu!

http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2010/03/25/the-most-badass-alphabet-ever/

I just submitted an abstract to the Candian Society of Medievalists meeting at Congress this year at Concordia. Wish me luck!

"Objectivists are people who were born on third base and think they hit a triple."

Awesome!

I just created my first exam. Pray for my students.

Turtles Forever is the most amazing thing I've ever seen. O. M. G.

Don't believe me? here's a clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK0KsUd4iDo

How weird it is to read an undergraduate essay containing a passage of awkward autobiography. Who thinks that's a good idea, honestly?

Attention all: I have just joined the century of the Fruitbat.