If there is anyone on my flist who is (or knows) a computer science student in the Mpls/St.Paul metro who would be interested in an IMMEDIATE internship opportunity (part time now during school, full time potential later) let me know.

They've just posted a notice at work. Apparently the already submitted apps and resumes are all only interested in summertime internships, and there is an opening right now.

Date:	2007-12-18 15:59
Subject:	Hobbitses, precious!!
Security:	Public
Mood:	jubilant

HOBBIT MOVIE!!!!

Thank you, liadan_m, for this gem!

And God saw that there were 0 errors...

It started off cleverly, and then veered in directions that I couldn't have predicted. The creation story will never be the same for me again. :-)

Was I the only person in the world who didn't know that they're making a live-action movie of Where The Wild Things Are?????

I-35W bridge collapses - coverage on the StarTrib's website

Local folks - I hope you all are safe and unharmed, and so are your friend's and loved ones. Please check in, if you can. *hugs*

(I was home putting groceries away when my mother-in-law from out of state called to ask if we were OK, and were we watching the news. Small world, this.)

ETA: We are both fine.

ETA2: OK - called all the family to let them know we're fine.
liadan_m & thegrinchlyoneare ok.
I'm told that everyone at the Palace is OK, as well. (So, dddragonlady, evilwhitetiger, and pisces3857 that means you!)
swords_and_pens household are all ok, and M had not yet been been paged to come in.
guiliane is fine.
belmikeyis fine, as is Pixel.
ladybirdkiller and rustmon are fine.
ursulagoddess and her family are fine.
katrionans and family are off to Pennsic, so they're fine.
sal_e_peters is fine.
meehesh is safely on her honeymoon.
mr_the_mad, caelfind, and lrdfaelen are all fine, and report that everyone they know in the SCA is fine.
nezhka2486 is fine.
99_fender is fine.
jenaekat is fine, and reports that everyone she knows of is fine.

I'm really hoping that "off to Pennsic" accounts for many of the folks still unaccounted for.

Date:	2006-06-07 12:40
Subject:	A poem to share
Security:	Public
Mood:	satisfied

Lifted, with much love and appreciation, from celli's journal.

"Antilamentation" by Dorianne Laux.

Regret nothing. Not the cruel novels you read
to the end just to find out who killed the cook.
Not the insipid movies that made you cry in the dark,
in spite of your intelligence, your sophistication.
Not the lover you left quivering in a hotel parking lot,
the one you beat to the punchline, the door, or the one
who left you in your red dress and shoes, the ones
that crimped your toes, don't regret those.
Not the nights you called god names and cursed
your mother, sunk like a dog in the livingroom couch,
chewing your nails and crushed by loneliness.
You were meant to inhale those smoky nights
over a bottle of flat beer, to sweep stuck onion rings
across the dirty restaurant floor, to wear the frayed
coat with its loose buttons, its pockets full of struck matches.
You've walked those streets a thousand times and still
you end up here. Regret none of it, not one
of the wasted days you wanted to know nothing,
when the lights from the carnival rides
were the only stars you believed in, loving them
for their uselessness, not wanting to be saved.
You've traveled this far on the back of every mistake,
ridden in dark-eyed and morose but calm as a house
after the TV set has been pitched out the upstairs
window. Harmless as a broken ax. Emptied
of expectation. Relax. Don't bother remembering
any of it. Let's stop here, under the lit sign
on the corner, and watch all the people walk by.

Date:	2006-05-25 13:18
Subject:	Shakespeare meme!
Security:	Public
Mood:	bouncy

Gacked from lenniersd:When you see this on your flist, quote some Shakespeare.

From memory, so do forgive the lack of punctuation and capital letters:

When I consider everything that grows
holds in perfection but a little moment
that this huge stage presenteth naught but shows
whereon the stars in secret influence comment

When I perceive that men as plants increase
cheered and checked e'en by that self same sky
vaunt in their youthful sap, at height increase
and wear their brave state out of memory.

Then the conceit of this inconstant stay
sets you most rich with youth before my sight
where wasteful time debateth with decay
to change you day of youth to sullied night

And all at war with time for love of you
as he takes from you, I ingraft you new.

"short staffed" and "short handed" may be very similar in meaning.

"understaffed" and "underhanded" however, do not.

whoops. :-)

Intelligent Design banned from schools.

I suppose this means that the Flying Spaghetti Monster is banned as well... ;-)

( Saw with my own eyes.... )

Gee. I think I'll have to go see it again, just to make sure... :-D

"One changes from day to day... every few years one becomes a new being"
George Sand

• My hair is 22 inches long from the crown of my head - half an inch longer than my sister's (though her's being straight makes it look longer than my quasi-wavyness


• The usage of a tape measure still cold from the tool shelf in the garage to make said hair comparison made me giggle.


• Being a Good Citizen is exciting - even at 0-dark-thirty. (we helped the Hwy Patrol catch a drunk driver by following him and narrating his actions and location until the officer was able to arrive onscene)


• Some yarns, like velvet, pet better in one direction than another. Thus, the knit better in one direction as well.


• "Don't worry - people make things sqeak at me all day, every day."


• I think I would rather be up for a 7am conf call than a 7-hour conf call.


• I don't really care if C.S. Lewis preferred the Heretical Revisionist Numbering of the CoN - he's wrong. If they were meant to be read that way, they would have been written that way. Harumpf.


• It is easier to control portions when you are dishing something out than when you are eating it.


• Draco Malfoy makes a much cuter ferret than boy-child.


• Morcar's gravy = happy. I'm going through gravy withdrawl. Apparently it is addictive in only one dose. The first and only gravy that I have considered drinking by the shotglass.


• M is very cute when she falls asleep at her own birthday party.


• Do vegetarian zombies ever suffer from gluten-intolerance?


• Why and how did the humble peanut become so potentially deadly?


• Yes, that ballerina is me.


• I am SO glad that I was already scheduled to work from home today. The freezing rain topped with snow would not be fun to drive on. When my sister calls to tell me she's *leaving for work* and to await her call upon her safe arrival - I know the roads are bad.

Date:	2005-11-08 12:36
Subject:	YKYINTSCATLW...
Security:	Public
Mood:	amused

You spot an add for a mega-blocks model of the USS Nimitz in the Sportsman's Guide catalog, and your first thought is "I wonder if it comes with little lego knights on the flight deck, or if I'll have to borrow some from my friend's kids..." and your second thought is "Hmm... guess I'll ask Aubrey!"

Date:	2005-09-19 10:21
Subject:	Big Brother?
Security:	Public
Mood:	cynical
Music:	Rusted Root

Dutch to create cradle-to-grave database

I can see incredible value. I can also see incredible abuse. It it wrong for me to be relieved that some other country is doing this first, and we can watch and see how it works for them?

Your thoughts, anyone?

Date:	2005-09-14 09:55
Subject:	You learn something new every day.
Security:	Public
Mood:	blah

Today's word was not only string related, but had an interesting alternate definition.

skein

Date:	2005-08-23 15:58
Subject:	If you all insist... (memage from many)
Security:	Public
Mood:	curious

I want anyone and EVERYONE who reads this to post in here something they would like to do with me someday.

Then post this in your journal to find out what people want to do with you.

(But only if you want to. :-)

I have a stack of about 20 years worth of Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot, the newsletter of the Handweaver's Guild of America, as well as a small stack of assorted weaving patterns, magazines and pamphlets which need a new home. There is some wonderful stuff in there, but I have limited shelf space and something needs to go.

I'll be at meeting for a short while tonight, and anyone who is interested can take what they wish. My plan is to take none of them back home with me. :-)

x-posted to nordskogen

EDIT: It now looks like I won't be making tonight's meeting. If you're interested, let me know and we'll see what can be arranged. Thanks!

Date:	2005-06-09 10:10
Subject:	Advice needed - Treadle Yard Goods
Security:	Public
Mood:	curious

My sister won a $20 gift certificate to Treadle Yard Goods in a silent auction, and gave it to me. She actually thought it said 'Yarn' instead of 'Yard', but either way, I appreciate the thought! I've only been there once, ages ago, and what I remember is that everything was rather pricey. So...

Any suggestions on how to spend $20 at Treadle Yard Goods? Will $20 go very far?

Thanks!

EDIT: The gift certificate expires on 6/15, so I can't save it for my next big project. Also, is it possible that the store does not have a website? I've found review after review, but no website.

Hi, folks. Just a quick note to reassert my continued existence on this plane of reality.

Life has been weird lately. OK, but weird. And it has been a long time since I've managed to catch up on my flist. I catch random posts here or there, but for the most part have been totally disconnected. I'm even well behind on email. Not sure why - there just seems to be this internal resistance to spending time on the computer when I'm not working.

So, *hugs* to everyone. I'll try to resurface more often.

Date:	2005-04-05 08:09
Subject:	Grammatical amusement
Security:	Public
Mood:	amused

Just had to share this post on craft related word pet peeves from the knitting community.

DYEING! WITH DYE! DYEING, PEOPLE! DYE DYE DYE!

*chuckle*