story problems for women

If Susan = 

3 forehead wrinkles
5 crows' feet
10 coarse knuckles
gets drunk at every party 
+
1 devoted partner
1 tolerable job
perfect teeth
very soft hands

and if Nancy = 

2 dark undereye circles
1 vertical frown line
100 gray hairs
flirts a little with her friends' husbands 
+
1 hot lover (no commitment)
2  interesting freelance jobs (no benefits)
glossy thick hair
a really sexy laugh

and if Martha = 

thin lips
crepey eyelids
rough voice
a flat bottom 
+ 
doesn't give a goddam about calculations
except for when she snorts at other women who measure

Solve for the winner

why, yes, I am hungry

I could be a dandelion

I think I want all of these lovely sounding scents. How could I fail to swoon over one called "In the Library"? How lovely does "Russian Caravan Tea" (one of my favorite teas anyway) sound? If I surrender to the desire to possess any, the first on my list will be "Violet Empire."

I still have about 6 ounces of my Prada fragrance. And many vials of blended oil perfumes from Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab (their site is so much fun to browse! and the descriptions are so lovely! and the bottles so pretty!). And scented lotion (my current favorite is Karma Kream - orange blossom and patchouli smell so happy together). I am not experiencing any shortage of fragrance options. Perhaps it is that none of them feel (smell) just quite right. Perhaps they don't evoke just the right feeling, bring to mind any perfect moment. The scents I have, though lovely, are somewhat untethered to memory and so none of them feel necessary.

I should get out more. Do more. Have adventures. Visit more neighborhoods, cities, countries, worlds. Somewhere, in one of those worlds, I will find a scent that smells like home and I'll take a deep breath and move right in.

How not to write a dissertation abstract

Then the author, who could not have been thinking clearly, threw her earrings in the toilet. After a moment's hesitation, fished them out again and decided to be thankful she'd just cleaned the toilet (and the rest of the bathroom)

Apparently I do not want to write this abstract! I will do so, however. I will write it. Maybe even tonight. Even only a draft of an abstract. Just so I have something to show MW Thursday. So I'm not a complete waste of time.

I did just finish my second power-point presentation, and should be in good shape for the workshops tomorrow and Thursday. Ask me anything you want about formatting. Just don't ask me what my dissertation is about ....

Nerdy Record of Fun

Let it not be said that that this budding academic makes no time for fun.
Indeed, all work and no play makes philosophotarian a dull gal! I am holding two formatting workshops later this week and am creating the world's longest powerpoint presentations for them. Guh. Ugh. Blech. For amusement, I distracted myself with this fun new game, in which I can turn any thought, event, memory or fantasy into a library catalog card. What a completely nerdy way for a completely nerdy lady to record completely nerdy fun?