My fiancé and I deliberately crossed Texas off the list of places to apply, even though several excellent job openings were available for him, because it's medically contra-indicated for me to have children. It won't kill me, but it would physically incapacitate me to the point of possibly needing 24/7 care. While…

More goth club stuff. This entire row, actually. I guess goth is in again?

This outfit looks like every generic straight male goth/industrial generic club outfit ever. Relatively sure my ex-husband had a billion variations of this.

This model is stunning.

Yep, I'll take this entire outfit, please.

Yep. I'm in Philly, too. Are you in Philly proper or one of the other counties? In Philly proper:

Yeah, small talk and networking for myself is not my strong suit. But I'm great at networking other people together. :/

Oh yeah, each trip is a minimum 24hrs flight time. Add in layovers (typically at least 4hrs - last night's 55 minutes between flights was cutting it WAY too close and we're having words about that bad choice the next time it comes to book), time spent in security, and waiting for customs and then luggage, and it's…

Maybe it was my subspecialty of philosophy. Maybe it's just philosophy. (Neither would surprise me.)

I had an advisor who told me that the only reason to go to academic conferences was the extra-marital sex. I had a department head call me to his hotel room to get material for the lecture hall and answer the door in his underwear. And then watching people pair up and stumble back to hotel rooms, when you know their…

See, I'm apparently basically magic (so dubbed after I just got Amtrak to answer several questions in a row on Twitter): I've absolutely never had a problem in Philly. I always zip through security, never have an issue with bags, never been delayed more than a reasonable amount of time (less than 30 minutes), nothing.…

Trust me, you REALLY don't want to know.

I felt SO bad at the Philly airport last night. We've flown so much this last year (the miles between Philly and Australia add up fast) that The Import is at Premier status. Which meant walking past LONG lines of people who'd been there for hours, to agents who cheerfully greeted us by name, said things like Sir and…

It's going to that place where I make up long, rambling stories about inanimate objects and you guys wonder what the hell exactly is wrong with me.

Mine too, but I spend way too much time looking for confused head-tilting gifs, so. ;-)

I spend WAY too long looking for confused head tilt gifs on the internet. :D

Pabu from the Legend of Korra, I believe?

Ok, I took everyone's feedback through this entire thread, and "fixed" Dunham's dress.