Asides

Qual update

Hi kids. Just thought I would let you know (if you’re curious and don’t know yet) what happened with my big oral qualifying exam. Yeah, I failed. But the blow is eased a little by knowing that I was (apparently) pretty close to passing, and my advisor thought I did a good job. So at least the person whose opinion counts approved.

I’ll be trying again in about six months. Hopefully I will not be so stressed out the next time around.

I am a nerd

Ok, show of hands. Who here can say that the first thing that enters their mind upon hearing the sentence “Oh be a fine girl; kiss me” is the classification of stars based on spectral lines?

What? Only me?

Church

How about how I have more friends at my roommates’ churches than I do at the church I’ve been attending for 2 1/2 years? Weird.

Why the hell not?

Too bad I’m not Texan. If I was, I sure would vote Kinky Friedman for Governor 2006.

“Thankee!”
“You’re welcome, Kinky.”

Site design

So this thing currently looks almost exactly like the default settings for WordPress. I would change it, but I have no sense of design. I mean, it looks pretty classy right now, but also kind of boring. Hey, you guys got any cool ideas for making this site look better?