Daydreams and Wishes

I just re-downloaded the GIMP! Which means I can make graphics again, yay! And of course I tested it out by making a "nearly friends only" banner (after going "Help! How do I do this??" and running to Google). It's adorable, but far too large—and I haven't figured out how to resize it yet. I thought I already *had* as I was working on the picture at 75% of it's original size, but it turns out that just changed the *viewing* size, not the actual size of the image. For those of you who have FO banners, what would you recommend as a good size?

I actually might not use this one, as I have a few other pictures I might want to play with as banners . . . but this one *is* adorable. ^_^

Oh, and I keep meaning to ask all of you this. For my YA Lit class, one of our assignments is to keep a reading journal in which each entry is a book review with a booktalk idea. Our professor has a YA book blog and has said we could write our reading journal in any of several formats: handwritten, typed, or as a blog. I think it would be rather fun to have a book blog. ^_^

My question is this: do any of you have blogs on other platforms than LJ? If so, which do you recommend? I'm tempted to stay with LJ for a few reasons. First of all, I know how it works. Also, a lovely layout entitled "Magic Paper" exists, which would be *perfect* for a book blog (see chiara_suzuka's page—isn't it pretty?). However, it seems a blog on another platform might seem more professional-ish. But are comments easy to do on other platforms? For some reason, I vaguely remember seeing something somewhere that said certain blog places don't automatically have a comments section. At any rate, that blog will be entirely separate from this one‐as in if I end up going with LJ, I won't answer comments with this handle. Of course, you're all welcome to check it out once I finish a book get said blog set up. ^_^

And for those of you who might be interested, I found this while working on a project for my Technology class: Why librarians are awesome.

One more random thing. ::points to music:: I can no longer hear this sound without thinking of the video store scene in The Holiday. I love that movie. ^_^

Also, I love how LJ's spellcheck doesn't accept "blog." ::is amused::

To-day's Savage Chickens offering is a new take on Sonnet 130. Hee!

See the complete Sonnet 130 here.

Why I now have a hard time reading/hearing this sonnet with a straight face: 'Let's all turn to page 53 in our poetry textbooks'. ^_^

~Michelle

I never hardly ever title my posts and I probably should--it makes going back through things (to tag, re-read, &c. much easier).

Anyway, I changed my default icon--Go me! This wouldn't really seem like much of an accomplishment, but if you know me well, you know I don't really like change. I'd had my "The Accolade" icon as my default ever since I made this journal (4 years ago now! Wow.) mainly because I didn't want to change it--and I think it was the first icon I made, as well. Even though I didn't make it (angelfish_icons did), I think it fits me (and the style of my journal) better. ^_^

We have a severe thunderstorm warning now (good thing--we need rain), so I should probably go. I'm planning on making a knitting post later, though--two WIPs and a pattern, yay!

~Michelle

ETA: The knitting!picspam post will have to wait until to-morrow. My overhead light burned out and with our tall ceilings this means my dad has to use the stepladder to change the bulb.

We got at least six inches of snow today (and are meant to get more to-morrow)--due to this, and also because York has the same storm warning, our lab advisors decided we aren't going to be going to the ESA conference to-morrow.

So Erin and I watched Doctor Who. The entire second half of Season 27. Fantastic. ^_^

And now I'm going to bed. The funny thing is (possibly ironic?) that had I still been going to the conference, I would have probably been waking up a little later than right now.

~Michelle

I was just flipping through my Sylvia Plath book to see how many more pages I need to read for tomorrow when I thought I saw a poem entitled "The Arrival of the Blue Box." Naturally, I went back to see whether I had read that wrong. I had. It's really "The Arrival of the Bee Box."

That is all--I just thought I'd share. ^_^

~Lily/Michelle

Frolicking about the Atrium is fun. Especially when one is wearing a shimmery dress with swirly skirts of Awesome. *twirls*

That is all. :)

~Lily/Michelle

A bit of an IM conversation in which my mom and I talk about proteins:

Mom: I think I'll let you go back to your cell biology reading, I know you are itching to start reading....
Me: yay proteins . . .
Mom: proteins are friendly little creatures
Me: but they're not creatures
Mom: little beings...
Me: I suppose they are friendly and little--they are rather helpful
Mom: yes, just give them names, and then you will love them forever...the same as if you have chickens and give them names, you would not be ble to eat them....
Me: hehe

And some quizzes: ( (because they're fun) )

( My VCR hates me :( )

I'm writing a paper for my US History course, so I can't write much, but I just want to write *something* (and that sentence was way too redundant *winces*) . . . I'm listening to The Hours as I'm working on this paper, trying to gain some inspiration . . . sometimes (ok, a lot of times) I wish I could write even a fraction as well as Virginia Woolf could . . . I've got the going-of-on-tangents and rambling part down [hehe, I love "A Mark on the Wall"], though, just read my entries! . . . oh well, I guess I better go back to trying to write this paper (as it's due tomorrow) . . . If I remember, I shall write about Homecoming (which was this past weekend and quite eventful) tomorrow . . .

~Mythy/Lily/Michelle

Who can say where the road goes
Where the day flows
~Only time . . .
And who can say if your love grows
As your heart chose
~Only time . . .

Who can say why your heart sighs
As your love flies
~Only time . . .
And who can say why your heart cries
When your love lies
~Only time . . .

Who can say when the roads meet
That love might be
In your heart
And who can say when the day sleeps
If the night keeps all your heart
Night keeps all your heart

Who can say if your love grows
As your heart chose
~Only time
And who can say where the road goes
Where the day flows
~Only time . . .

Who knows? Only time . . .
Who knows? Only time . . .