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Day’s Verse:
The curves of your hips are like jewels, the work of the hands of an artist.
Your navel is like a round goblet which never lacks mixed wine;
Your belly is like a heap of wheat fenced about with lilies.
Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle.
Your neck is like a tower of ivory…
Song of Solomon 7:1-3
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My MQP content is finished, according to John Trimbur, my advisor. He told me he doesn’t want to see the project again until it’s the final copy – which is due October 13^th. Now I have to edit, edit, and edit. My standard editors (mom! dad!) are too busy to commit to looking at it – which I understand, considering the thing is a rather monstrous 130 pages. I’ve written longer documents, but never had to edit them with a fine-toothed comb like I will for this one. But I feel motivated enough that it should finish well enough. I’ll be so glad to finish the whole project! Continue Reading >>

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Day’s Verse:
I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine,
He who pastures his flock among the lilies.
Song of Solomon 6:3
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If I tell you facts about myself, do you know me better? Let us try it and see.

I am between 5’5” and 5’3” tall. My blood pressure is 110/60. I weigh 112.25 lbs fully clothed and shod. My brown hair brushes my shoulders when I let it down and glasses intercede between me and the world. My GPA at WPI is 3.9. I only use fountain pens. I lean on my left elbow while typing. I bake various types of chocolate-chip related cookies often. I walk fast. I wear zipper pants and T-shirts most of the time. I carry a very thin black leather wallet containing no cash. A digital camera accompanies me most places. I know very little HTML. I do not speak any other languages. I have traveled a bit. I carry a black WPI three-ring notebook to class. I take notes diligently except in Social Imps, where I doze diligently. I wear mismatched slippers. I sometimes do sit-ups and push-ups. I read lots of books in my spare time. I belong to four environmental protection groups. I listen to a wide variety of non-rap music. I scrub the toilet with castille soap and baking soda. I am 21 years old and have been married for two years. My home is Washington state. My major is Technical, Scientific, and Professional Communications, and you can take that however you like. This quote from Baumeister & Leary’s 1995 article meant something to me: Continue Reading >>

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Day’s Verse:
I opened to my beloved, but my beloved had turned away and had gone!
My hear went out to him as he spoke. I searched for him but he did not answer me.
Song of Solomon 5:6
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Have you ever been mad at somebody there’s honestly no use in being mad at? That person is so implacable, so steady, so consistent in patiently waiting for you – and loving you during your whole angry fit – that the sulk is totally ruined. Railing against some people is about as effective as throwing yourself across train-tracks to stop a speeding locomotive. Let me tell you, feeling exactly as if you’ve been squished by that zooming train, flattened and left behind to wonder that you’re still here all in one piece is an experience you want to go out of your way to avoid. Continue Reading >>

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Day’s Verse:
I sought him whom my soul loves;
I sought him but did not find him.
Song of Solomon 3:1
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My Social Imps class is currently discussing privacy. My assignment, which I chose to accept:

Write a reflection paper on your thoughts about automated government surveillance of Web sites, chat rooms, and so forth.

The question, of course, is whether it’s morally acceptible to have web-bots constantly searching for suspicious online activity. The question goes on to suggest that allowing automated webpage surveillance somehow violates our rights. What kind of privacy should we expect online? What rights do we have, really? Continue Reading >>

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Day’s Verse:
How beautiful you are, my darling, how beautiful you are!
Your eyes are like doves behind your veil;
Your hair is like a flock of goats that have decended from Mount Gilead.
Song of Solomon 4:1 – 2
(Rest of the chapter highly recommended reading)
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I have been studying oh-so-diligently for a Social Psychology exam. It seems that I just took one; in fact, only last Thursday did we receive our first exams back. And now here another 57 daunting social psychology terms loom before me! The theories themselves are actually quite interesting, but when you have to memorize things like Continue Reading >>

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Day’s Verse:
Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest,
So is my beloved among the young men.
Song of Solomon 2:3
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First off, I’d like to point out that I finished reading Mark in my Bible Study and have moved on to the Song of Solomon, sometimes called the Song of Songs. This is one of my favorite books of the Bible because it contains material you would never expect to make it into God’s Word. Turns out God’s all about sex, and that’s what Song of Solomon is about. Now, two stories: Continue Reading >>

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Day’s Verse:
We will rejoice in you and be glad;
We will extol your love more than wine.
Rightly do they love you.
Song of Solomon 1:4
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They say all women turn into their mothers over time. I, for one, was determined to avoid that fate: I would be my own unique individual! Lingering momisms would not vanquish me! Then one morning I woke up and told Ian, “You’re a peach.” I made chocolate pudding with lots of peanutbutter. I fell in love with Fried Green Tomatoes (Ian and I accidentally own two copies now). I offer people a strike-anywhere match whey they do something “brilliant.” Continue Reading >>