Woo-hoo, last one! Thanks to everyone for reading these, and especially to harrigan and everyone else who left comments and kept me from feeling like I was speaking into the void. I'm pleased to see that a number of other people have taken up this challenge or one like it in the meantime; let's keep LJ alive!

Day 31: a vivid memory

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I want to do the SPN 30 Days meme, but I have to finish this one first. So!

(Also, I had a wonderful trip to England and Scotland last week, including hanging with the lovely and generous akadougal, but those pics and stories will wait for another time.)

For day 29: five songs or pieces of music that speak to you or bring back memories.

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We're getting close to the end! Today's task: write a letter to your readers.


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If I step it up and post every day for the rest of the meme, I can do this "post every day for a month" thing over the course of only two months. \o/ So here we go:

Something someone told you about yourself that you'll never forget (good or bad):

( How about one of each? )

Thirty-One Days will resume in a moment. First, I mentioned a few months ago that one of my grad students was getting married and that I was making a quilt for them. The pics of that one are here. A second student of mine is also getting married this fall, although it turns out that he's going to drop out of the Ph.D. program in order to get a job that makes more money than a TA. Which I can't blame him for, really. Mr. Z joked that now I don't need to give him the quilt, but since it was designed for him and his fiancee, I kind of have to.

( Quilt pics... )

But on with the Thirty-One Days!

Heh. This one is ironic: Things you've learned that school won't teach you.

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Today's task: A list of links to your favorite posts in your archives.

This is one of those items that's better suited to a real blog than an LJ, but I'll give it a shot.

( Z's greatest hits... )

Five of your favorite blogs and what you love about them. "Blogs" is loosely defined here.

( The first one shouldn't surprise you... )

Guess I'm so far behind now I might as well go back to day by day. That's what happens when I start doing RL things instead of being on the computer all day, LOL.

Last weekend I headed up to Chicago to hang out with dugindeep. We spent the usual amount of hours discussing our jobs, geeking out about transportation things (okay, that was mostly me), squeeing over Jensen's face, etc. We also did a mini-marathon of the only three eps of S7 we considered worthy to rewatch: I'll take guesses as to what they were in the comments. ;) The main reason I went up there was for a White Sox game, and not only did they win, but they hit a grand slam. How freakin' awesome is that?

While at the game, we were talking about Pacific Rim (well, I was gushing and dugindeep was listening politely). When she suggested that we go see it that night, even though I'd seen it the weekend before, I was not going to object. (The thing is, I go to maybe one movie in the theater per year. The last one was Avengers. To go twice on consecutive weekends is unheard of for me.) So we did! And she liked it enough to start writing a J2 version which was totally not at all something I was hoping would happen.

Let me just say that I am thrilled that William Gibson cannot stop tweeting about Pacific Rim. To have my favorite science fiction author basically squeeing over a movie that I also love makes me very, very happy. :D

But on with the countdown! Today's post is a favorite picture of myself.

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Today's prompt (or three days' ago, LOL) is to list 10 things that make me really happy.

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This seems like a good day for lurker amnesty...let me know one thing that makes you really happy, especially those of you who haven't commented here before! :)

Today's entry: Sell yourself in 10 words or less.

( I am totally unequipped to do this )