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bedlamsbard) wrote2011-10-12 05:25 pm
bedlamsbard) wrote2011-10-12 05:25 pm
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Oooh, this is cool: The Smoothie Flowchart. Usually when I make a smoothie I throw in some frozen mixed berries, some Greek yogurt, a banana, a spoonful of jam or preserves, and some pineapple-orange juice (this is what I drink, so it's what I have on hand); I did mixed berries with yoghurt and milk once and it was wonderful and creamy. There's no jam on the flowchart, but it adds some nice sweetness and flavor. I've never thought about putting peanut butter in, though! I wonder how that would taste? I'll try it the next time I make a smoothie, since my mother's worried I'm not getting enough protein. (She's sending me protein powder and wheat germ.) I've got a bunch of frozen kale in the freezer, but I haven't tried it in a smoothie yet.
So, fall break! Which mostly just means that I have a four-day weekend in which I am going to, I'm serious this time, start in on research for my thesis. And also read some books for fun. Shockingly, I have read three in the past four days, which is kind of mind-boggling. (For the record: Lady of the Forest by Jennifer Roberson, Ode to a Banker by Lindsey Davis, and Mark of the Horse Lord by Rosemary Sutcliff.) I am also going to start putting together my graduate school applications, because, uh, I need to start on that. (Looking at UK classics department admissions requirements for postgrad makes me feel so prepared: I have taken Latin! And Greek! I will have a degree in Classical Studies! But then I look at U.S. classics admissions requirements and that knocks me back down to, "You suck so hard, why are you so unprepared? What makes you think you can do this?" You'd think it would be the other way around, considering the way that Americans usually think about the UK.)
I am tentatively thinking of applying for classics at Bristol, Leicester, and Oxford, and medieval history at St. Andrews, Cambridge, and maybe Edinburgh? And I'll probably apply in the U.S. to Washington and Ohio State, but I'm just sort of eh when it comes to doing the master's in the U.S. That is probably too many schools, though -- I'd like to get in one or two applications before November, so I can stop freaking the fuck out about what I'm going to do with my life next year. I don't think I'm that picky about where I go, since I am mostly aiming for England! (or Scotland!) and not America! Somewhere very different. SOMEWHERE WHERE THEY SERVE TEA IN POTS AND SCONES GLORIOUS SCONES. *cough*
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Switching topics entirely: I am rewatching BSG, and I have come to the midpoint of S2, which is the Pegasus plotline which I hate hate hate, so I'm debating whether to watch it or just skip it. Huh, I'm checking my notes from the first time I watched and -- I thought the Pegasus plotline was around for more than three episodes. Hmm, maybe I'll just power through it with something else open in another window. (Actually, according to my notes, I really liked it, which is funny: thinking about it now makes me wince, but I watched it, what, three years ago? Something like that.)
I really wish this show devoted more time to Helo and Sharon's EPIC ROMANCE, which is my favorite part of the entire thing. Am resisting the urge to write fic. (Lemme guess: if Sharon was a man, fandom would have been all over it like white on rice.)
So, fall break! Which mostly just means that I have a four-day weekend in which I am going to, I'm serious this time, start in on research for my thesis. And also read some books for fun. Shockingly, I have read three in the past four days, which is kind of mind-boggling. (For the record: Lady of the Forest by Jennifer Roberson, Ode to a Banker by Lindsey Davis, and Mark of the Horse Lord by Rosemary Sutcliff.) I am also going to start putting together my graduate school applications, because, uh, I need to start on that. (Looking at UK classics department admissions requirements for postgrad makes me feel so prepared: I have taken Latin! And Greek! I will have a degree in Classical Studies! But then I look at U.S. classics admissions requirements and that knocks me back down to, "You suck so hard, why are you so unprepared? What makes you think you can do this?" You'd think it would be the other way around, considering the way that Americans usually think about the UK.)
I am tentatively thinking of applying for classics at Bristol, Leicester, and Oxford, and medieval history at St. Andrews, Cambridge, and maybe Edinburgh? And I'll probably apply in the U.S. to Washington and Ohio State, but I'm just sort of eh when it comes to doing the master's in the U.S. That is probably too many schools, though -- I'd like to get in one or two applications before November, so I can stop freaking the fuck out about what I'm going to do with my life next year. I don't think I'm that picky about where I go, since I am mostly aiming for England! (or Scotland!) and not America! Somewhere very different. SOMEWHERE WHERE THEY SERVE TEA IN POTS AND SCONES GLORIOUS SCONES. *cough*
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Switching topics entirely: I am rewatching BSG, and I have come to the midpoint of S2, which is the Pegasus plotline which I hate hate hate, so I'm debating whether to watch it or just skip it. Huh, I'm checking my notes from the first time I watched and -- I thought the Pegasus plotline was around for more than three episodes. Hmm, maybe I'll just power through it with something else open in another window. (Actually, according to my notes, I really liked it, which is funny: thinking about it now makes me wince, but I watched it, what, three years ago? Something like that.)
I really wish this show devoted more time to Helo and Sharon's EPIC ROMANCE, which is my favorite part of the entire thing. Am resisting the urge to write fic. (Lemme guess: if Sharon was a man, fandom would have been all over it like white on rice.)