I was wondering why that jellyfish was so beautiful that I want a tattoo of it. Haeckel explains it!

This was fascinating.

There were a few things working against it for me, too: a transit strike in the middle of winter (so I missed a lot of lectures) and the prof's teaching style (when I did go) didn't really vibe with me.

Everyone I've talked to about it loves Middlemarch! I'm going to have to give it another try once my memory of that class is a little more hazy.

My yearly reading usually doesn't consist of new stuff, but this year was an exception thanks to discovering Netgalley.

I had a class in which painstaking, page-by-page analysis killed Middlemarch for me.

Hysteria is no laughing matter!

Aww, we got our family dog around Christmas, too. He ran away on Christmas day and I drew a picture of him on my Magna-Doodle. The neighbors across the street found him, so he made it home safe and sound :)

Two dear friends I've missed a bunch are moving back here in June! Tomorrow is payday! I got a full night's sleep last night!

- Replace my shoddier clothes with nicer vintage reproduction items.
- Yoga every day
- Finish the Shakespearean canon

My Barbies had a lot of adventures at Castle Greyskull!

I went for a walk during my lunch break today! I tend to have painful/uncomfortable periods and that usually compromises my exercise time. But today I said fuck it, and I feel so much better for it.

I was just listening to The Clash and almost cried because I realized that I'll never see them live. This happens approximately every third time I listen to The Clash.

I had a total hankering for poetry before my lunch break, so I hopped over to the bookstore up the road and bought Open Field: 30 Contemporary Canadian Poets. The Anne Carson entries alone made it worth the price.

I've been binge-watching Mad Men and seeing it for the first time ever. I just finished Season Three, and while I initially thought that the accusations of it being a "period piece soap opera" were unfounded, the dual plotlines of Don's affair and Betty's affair seem like a weak point that reinforce that notion. Is…

I think it's just acknowledgement that we don't live in a vacuum. I get sad about every sad news story I read. I don't comment on it, but I might end up talking to a friend or family member about it if it stays with me. Comments like that are a simple way of saying "I acknowledge this situation as the tragedy it is"…

It bothers me that I don't have an immediate answer for this, but it's also made me realize I have a lot of great memories with specific songs, so that's cool.

I really, really hated Sideways and was utterly baffled by the love for it, if it makes you feel any better.

I have a fond memory of dancing around to "Ruby Soho" on Muchmusic with my sister way before I had any notion what punk was and any idea it would end up becoming such a formative thing for me.

I never got super into Arcade Fire, but "Rebellion (Lies)" is a song that always gives me a very specific ineffable feeling, even now and no matter how many times I hear it.