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"Being a graduate student is like becoming all of the Seven Dwarves. In the beginning you're Dopey and Bashful. In the middle, you are usually sick (Sneezy), tired (Sleepy), and irritable (Grumpy). But at the end, they call you Doc, and then you're Happy."
~Ronald Azuma
Dec. 31st, 2012 @ 12:14 am Yes, I am addicted to Law & Order
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Yes, I am addicted to Law & Order


Clarification: My LiveJournal is friends-only for everything and anything related to my real life. I do post a lot of quotes, essays, quizzes, etc. that are public and anyone can see those.

Clarificationx2: So, I caved and created a dummy account for my real-life friends that want to read all my friends-only entries without getting an LJ account. The username is [info]aprils_friend, if you want the password, you'll have to email or ask me!
Mar. 24th, 2010 @ 05:02 pm Quote of my life! This one I need to remember!
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"The secret of
getting ahead
is getting started."
~Mark Twain~
Jul. 10th, 2009 @ 05:30 pm Texas-bound
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Current Mood: bouncy
In 14 hours I will be on a plane headed home to Texas for a week. I am excited for the break. I'll have some work that I need to get done while there, but for the most part it will just be a busy vacation getting to see a lot of friends and family that I have sorely missed and hopefully some rest and relaxation mixed in too. I know I keep promising a real-life update. I am hoping to making time this week for that too. I sure have a lot to say!
:-)
Jul. 8th, 2009 @ 06:59 am Quote of the day: Have you laughed today?
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Current Mood: awake since 5am, ugh
"Laughter is an instant vacation." -Milton Berle
Jul. 6th, 2009 @ 09:01 pm Academia is a difficult profession
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Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go much further than people with vastly superior talent.

-Sophia Loren
Jul. 6th, 2009 @ 12:40 am Me, recovering from an amazing 4th of July weekend
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Current Mood: exhausted
Do I really have to go to work in the morning??
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Jul. 2nd, 2009 @ 08:45 pm This lolcats dedicated to Noelle, new mom to a healthy baby boy!! Congrats!!
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Jun. 25th, 2009 @ 11:41 pm LIFE
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WHAT IS LIFE?
Life is an Adventure ... Dare it
Life is a Beauty ... Praise it
Life is a Challenge ... Meet it
Life is a Duty ... Perform it
Life is a Love ... Enjoy it
Life is a Tragedy ... Face it
Life is a Struggle ... Fight it
Life is a Promise ... Fulfill it
Life is a Game ... Play it
Life is a Gift ... Accept it
Life is a Journey ... Complete it
Life is a Mystery ... Unfold it
Life is a Goal ... Achieve it
Life is an Opportunity ... Take it
Life is a Puzzle ... Solve it
Life is a Song ... Sing it
Life is a Sorrow ... Overcome it
Life is a Spirit ... Realize it
Jun. 24th, 2009 @ 06:23 pm Thought of the day...something that might help a friend or two to hear
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Current Mood: okay
Don't let yesterday use up too much of today.
-Cherokee Proverb
Jun. 22nd, 2009 @ 08:41 am Quote of the day
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Current Mood: blah
Be careful what you pretend to be because you are what you pretend to be.

-Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night
Jun. 17th, 2009 @ 03:56 pm Thought of the day
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Current Mood: SIENA=stress!
"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit still."
Jun. 14th, 2009 @ 06:21 pm In Kansas
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Current Mood: anxious
Hi Everybody! I made it to Kansas in one piece. Now let's see if I survive a week of Sienna, R, and such! Take care and I promise to post a "real" update sometime soon after I get back!
Jun. 9th, 2009 @ 07:32 pm Quote of the day
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Current Mood: awake
"When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you."
-Lao-Tzu
Jun. 8th, 2009 @ 12:20 pm Thought of the day (a friend posted this as her FB status)
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Current Mood: impressed
Remember what your elders used to say, "Birds of a feather flock together." If you're an eagle, don't hang around chickens. Chickens can't fly. "
Jun. 7th, 2009 @ 06:06 pm Quote of the day
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Current Mood: Not really living inthe moment
"The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly."

-Buddha
Jun. 6th, 2009 @ 01:43 pm Thought of the day
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Current Mood: lazy
"Few things in life are as destructive as the tyranny of the shoulds."
-Regina Leeds, author of The Zen of Organizing
Jun. 4th, 2009 @ 07:00 pm Princess does this every time I buy cat food...
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Current Mood: amused
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Jun. 3rd, 2009 @ 07:26 pm Quote of the day
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Very often when I am introduced to women, I think, "What is she really like behind the disguise which she wears?" And very often I discover that she is pleasant enough, and probably would expand and glow if she received enough affection.

-Robertson Davies, The Diary of Samuel Marchbanks
May. 31st, 2009 @ 09:44 am Quote of the Day
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Current Mood: in need of coffee
Original Quote:
"I'm not really working on trying to find Ms. Right. I'm kind of working on being Mr. Right, and it will happen."
-Mario Lopez


Adjusted for gender:

I'm not really working on trying to find Mr. Right. I'm kind of working on being Ms. Right, and it will happen.

Sounds like a plan to me!
May. 28th, 2009 @ 03:34 pm Quote of the Day
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Current Mood: useless?
"There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge."

-Bertrand Russell