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[icepixie]

Sigh. I again seem to have had a communication problem with the person who cut my hair. I don't think my three inches is equivalent to everyone else's three inches. Or possibly they don't realize that my hair is really quite curly and thus is about two inches longer when it's wet than when it's dry. This is even shorter than that debacle in November, which, coincidentally, was the last time I had my hair cut. It accentuates everything I hate about my face and neck, thus making me look like Professor Umbridge as a teenager. (Yes, and it takes away the years added by the new glasses frames, so I'm back to looking twelve. Grrr, I look like a freaking baby doll.)

Gah! Note to self: improve communication with hair-cutters. Or alternately, learn to cut hair.

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Amusing quote from Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi:

"Whoo-oop! I'm the old original iron-jawed, brass-mounted, copper-bellied corpse-maker from the wilds of Arkansaw!--Look at me! I'm the man they call Sudden Death and General Desolation! Sired by a hurricane; dam'd by an earthquake, half-brother to the cholera; nearly related to the small-pox on the mother's side! Look at me!"

I think Sudden Death and General Desolation would be an excellent name for a band.

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[gamesiplay.livejournal.com]

Glad to meet you, too! And it's somehow comforting to know I won't be the only weirdo on campus. :)

I ought to get to bed, so I don't have much time to read your journal in-depth tonight, but I have to say that I loved the entry just before this one. I don't know Collins as well as I should (something I mean to remedy, and soon, especially after the poems you posted), but I definitely know the feeling. I've made my fair share of poetry-love posts, too.

[icepixie]

And it's somehow comforting to know I won't be the only weirdo on campus. :)

Hee! I think English majors by nature have an easier time getting obsessive about a fandom, and Kenyon is certainly crawling with us. It helps that, because we can't get cable in our rooms, you have to congregate in the lounges in order to watch SF TV, and of course you naturally run into likeminded folks. (Speaking of which, I see you have Stargate listed as an interest...I need to introduce you to my roommmate from last year, who's actually going to be on campus this year. Upperclass Wellness, where I lived last year, was composed entirely of geeks, and we had great fun in the lounge on Stargate nights. :))

I loved the entry just before this one.

Thanks!

I don't know Collins as well as I should (something I mean to remedy, and soon, especially after the poems you posted), but I definitely know the feeling.

It seems like every year or two I discover another poet who just pushes all the right buttons for me. Last time it was Edna St. Vincent Millay, but Collins hit me even harder. Maybe it's that I like free verse more, I dunno.

I've made my fair share of poetry-love posts, too.

It's fun being a lit geek, isn't it? ;)

[gamesiplay.livejournal.com]

Oh, good. That's something I've been worried about -- how to be fannish when I have limited TV access and the like. :) I haven't been watching Stargate as much recently, because it seems to have gone downhill somewhat, but if it's something that gets watched on my hall, I'll probably get back into it.

It's fun being a lit geek, isn't it?

Sure is!

[icepixie]

That's something I've been worried about -- how to be fannish when I have limited TV access and the like. :)

Yeah, that worried me a bit as well before I got to school, but the great thing about college (or Kenyon, anyway) is that nobody except the truly dedicated watch TV. There's none of this sitting in front of the TV when you have nothing to do; it's only on when someone is a fan of a series and makes a weekly committment to it, at least in my experience. Popular shows like The West Wing or Friends or whatever usually have several people watching them in a lot of lounges, but most of the time they're completely empty. Also, you can reserve lounge TVs by taking to your RA, which is exceptionally useful, and if for some reason your lounge is already reserved, you can usually find one somewhere that isn't being used.