http://www.researchgirl.com/parse Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:37:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It is entirely possible to experience nosebleeds and develop a sore throat from over-exposure to dust during cleaning (I'm allergic to dust already, but there's always more - and there are tons when you move desks and shelves and things away from the wall). I am living proof today. I'm ... http://www.researchgirl.com/parse/archives/1200 This next one has a very "Eye of Sauron" kind of vibe going for it: The one below reminds me of dandelion fluff: And here's what the camera caught as a firetruck raced by during the fireworks: http://www.researchgirl.com/parse/archives/1190 Go, pay the money, see Wall-E. Just do that for yourself. It's as good as "they" say it is. It's as good as I say it is. I laughed and my friend was laughing so hard she snorted. I didn't notice if she was crying, but I was damn close - ... http://www.researchgirl.com/parse/archives/1187 (Note: I wrote this post Tuesday night and then forgot to hit publish. Was tired.) Driving to the movies tonight, I spent a good 20 minutes driving in a sunshower... it was hot, the A/C was cranked, the sun visor was down because I was being blinded, and the windshield wipers ... http://www.researchgirl.com/parse/archives/1186 Last night, I printed up four of my favorite photos (from the photos I've been posting these last few weeks) on my inkjet photo printer. I cropped them to square dimensions, just because I like that look. Today, I took down all the craziness I used to have hanging above my ... http://www.researchgirl.com/parse/archives/1184 I started watching "Away from Her" and I just have to pause it and pick this up tomorrow or some other night when I'm not feeling all emotional and weird already. It's quite lovely, though -- just incredibly sad and emotionally penetrating. Julie Christie is such a beautiful woman... she was lovely ... http://www.researchgirl.com/parse/archives/1183 ... would be Six Flags. Though, in New Jersey, we don't call it Six Flags. It's Great Adventure. The official name is Six Flags Great Adventure, so you're not wrong either way. I am far too tired right now to do much writing, but I must note that I'm pretty jazzed ... http://www.researchgirl.com/parse/archives/1180 Photoshop has done this for me lately: On the left, the original untouched photo. On the right, the same photo with some increased saturation and a fun multi-layer effect consisting of Gaussian blur on one layer, the "multiply" effect applied to the other layer and the brightness increased on the total ... http://www.researchgirl.com/parse/archives/1179 There was climbing tonight to round out my many hours of awake time. Now I'm really tired. And there will be a large bruise on my shin tomorrow, surrounding the split in my skin where my leg smashed into an arete (outside corner). But, on a positive note, no new blisters since ... http://www.researchgirl.com/parse/archives/1177 I don't find it boring, actually. I'm just tired because I've been up since 5 a.m. That was almost 2.5 hours earlier than I normally get up. Hear me when I say, "I AM TIRED." Still, I got home, ate some soup, took some photos, refilled the windshield washer fluid receptacle ... http://www.researchgirl.com/parse/archives/1175