First sentence from the first [public] entry of each month:

Jan: Despite getting a massage on Sunday night, my left shoulder is still bothering me.
Feb: I have most of my courses set, and I got into one of the two seminars (Ritual, Gender, and Space in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity).
Mar: I've been bad about posting, and I should catch up. Ok, that's just lame, so the next sentence there is: First of all, from last Saturday, there was the Settlers of Catan cake
Apr: It’s been a while, so an update seems to be a good idea. Gah, another one. What's wrong with me? Last week I was at Penn.
May: So dsKC has years and years of DMing experience.
Jun: So last night I was introduced to the paper game. The title on that entry is quite amusing, "You may have Excalibur, but I have a jaguar!"
Jul: I'm going to DC this weekend for the HRSFA house party.
Aug: I'm reading the 3rd chapter of Eicha/Lamentations which has a different tune from the rest of Eicha.
Sep: So I had my callback today, in the same place where the audition was.
Oct: I ended up getting a small mezzo solo in the middle of "[A Man Come Into] Egypt" this song that they've done in previous semesters, which I now need to learn, and which I only was sight-reading the solo.
Nov: My mom sent me a link to the Providence Journal which has information about the election, and what the ballot will be.
Dec: If you're in the Cambridge area this Sunday night (December 7th) my a cappella group, Techiya, is having our annual fall concert.
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In other news, I've actually managed to get some things done.

( a list, not so interesting to anyone but me )

It's not that scary, but there are 2 papers and a take-home final which is much like a paper. Maybe if I e-mail professor Austin now I can feel less bad about not doing things today. Just did so.

stolen from spacehawk

Your result for The Discover Your Super Power Test...

Control the Elements

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Whee! It's kinda true. When I bring my umbrella somewhere, it usually stops raining.

Stolen from plus_c and marlowe1

To participate, copy and paste the list and bold which ones are true for you (I italicize the ones which are kind of true):

Father went to college
Father finished college
Mother went to college
Mother finished college
Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor
Were the same or higher class than your high school teachers
Had more than 50 books in your childhood home
Had more than 500 books in your childhood home (I think we had over 100, but I'm not sure the current book count.)
Were read children's books by a parent
Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18
Had more than two kinds of lessons before you turned 18
The people in the media who dress and talk like you are portrayed positively
Had a credit card with your name on it before you turned 18
Your parents (or a trust) paid for the majority of your college costs
Your parents (or a trust) paid for all of your college costs
Went to a private high school My second semester senior year was spent in Israel on a program called the Eisendrath international exchange. But the rest of my schooling was public.
Went to summer camp
Had a private tutor before you turned 18
Family vacations involved staying at hotels
Your clothing was bought new before you turned 18
Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them
There was original art in your house when you were a child For a year or so we had a painting which is given to whomever is the president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC) of RI. So we had it for my mom's term. But we didn't own it.
Had a phone in your room before you turned 18
You and your family lived in a single family house
Your parent(s) owned their own house or apartment before you left home
You had your own room as a child
Participated in an SAT/ACT prep course-Only for the SAT II in writing, since I didn't do so well on the PSAT. Though "not doing so well" was a 610 in this case. I got a 710 on the real writing test.
Had your own TV in your room in High School
Owned a mutual fund or IRA in High School or College my college fund is invested, but isn't a mutual fund or IRA
Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16
Went on a cruise with your family
Went on more than one cruise with your family
Your parents took you to museums and/or art galleries as you grew up
You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family (I'm still unaware of how much heating bills are for my family. But I feel like parents usually don't share financial information with their children, so I'm no sure that this is a marker of privilege...)

Wow. I guess I was pretty privileged growing up. Too bad my own kids will not be so fortunate, since I'm going to make very little money in archaeology.

This is stolen from kressel, because it is easy and fun.

I have a lot of people on my friends list. Some of you I know pretty well, some of you I've met IRL once or twice, and some of you I barely know at all. We might have something in common, or perhaps you read my LJ because my life is very different from yours.

So I'd like to know something about you, whether you be a random lurker or someone who I've been friends with since high school or someone who I see every day. It can be anything, such as "I hate the dark and will turn on every light in the room" or "I am fluent in 6 languages" or "I am addicted to chocolate."

So it would be cool if all of you responded.

Keep in mind that this is a public post, so would advise you not to put up anything you wouldn't be comfortable with the world knowing.

Comment on this post. I will choose seven interests from your profile and you will explain what they mean and why you are interested in them. Post your this along with your answers in your own journal so that others can play along.

8-bit theater It's a good webcomic, based on one of the early final fantasies. Basically black mage is evil, bent on taking over the world, fighter is an idiot who likes swords, white mage is female and black mage thinks she's hot, but she hates him. Red mage likes to cross dress. I actually haven't been keeping up with it as of late.

Attempting to cook At this point I actually can cook, but when I put this on my list of interests I was still having many "bakingscapades." Like the oven in 309 Highrise North is named Trogdor because of a bakingscapade of mine sophomore year.

Being a hobbit I is hobbit. I has hobbity skillz. I can has shiny thing? Ok. I have no clue why I broke into lolcats speak, but I am a hobbit. I've been short for my entire life, and I dubbed myself a hobbit freshman year of college. I met my friend cynara_linnaea, and we decided we were both hobbits. Then we found more hobbits and inducted them into our elite squad of hobbit-folk who are going to take over the world hobbity. Unfortunately I don't know any other hobbits in Cambridge. I might write a post about this soon.

Dispatch Dispatch is an awesome band that was really popular while I was in high school, at least in New England. Most people in my youth group would play Dispatch songs on their guitars. I actually performed a song of theirs, "Elias," in a few talent-show type thingies, each with a different group of people. I think I did it 4 times total. Perhaps more. It's mostly A-E-D-Bm chordwise.

Eddie from Ohio (EFO for short) They are an awesome folk group who I got introduced to the summer before senior year of high school. I was one of the few people at my summer camp who played lefty guitar, and I lent my guitar to the head Rabbi's husband for a few hours b/c he played lefty as well and he didn't bring his guitar. When I went over to fetch it, he and some other people were playing the song "Jerusalem" by them. And I thought it was an awesome song. So I asked him who it was by and he said "Eddie from Ohio." So when I got home from camp I downloaded a bunch of their songs (this was back in the day before Napster and Kazaa got sued and downloading was still free) and got a few of their CDs. Then sirena_lupin and I saw them in concert and they were amazing and I got to meet them afterwards since it was a tiny venue. You should check them out.

OCP (what is that?) Actually, as of when you posted the meme I decided to edit my interests a bit. This one is no longer there. But OCP stands for the Orthodox Community at Penn. I was very involved in the OCP during sophomore and junior years of undergrad. Then I became a heretic.

Thinking way too much I guess I actually haven't posted many long rambley introspective posts as of late. But I think too much. It can be a problem sometimes. Too bad I'm never thinking about my readings that I should be doing...

That's it. Though I suppose if other people gave me another 7 interests I could expound on those as well.