Laura’s Neighborhood

...has always felt like the choice here in Boston. But I miss my bike! I am not a particularly graceful bike rider, or a competitive one, or even a very successful one, but I love it. I learned how to put one together, and when it broke on a rainy night in Portland, how to fix it myself. I have been known to slam my fist on the back of a few cars who cut me off (thanks to Chris for teaching me that one in SF) and ride to the beach, music in my ears and feet balancing on the pedals, flying around a corner in SF. I want Dodai's bike.

Boston has always intimidated me on a bike, though - the streets here are so intensely ass-backwards that I have a hard time even driving around here. Not to mention how many times I've nearly been clipped just walking across the street. The Boston ethos of traffic seems to be "don't look, just go". I haven't had a bike the whole time I've lived here, and I miss it. I really, really want to ride. But where? and why? and how?

Does anyone in Boston who is not a crazy fixie bike messenger type (although I love you all) ride here? What is the strategy? How is it done? Should I just shut up and stop being a pussy, or what?

I often post photos of Beth and Kathleen on my blog, but I've never had the pleasure of posting photos of my mum. <3 She is the reason for my being and is the source of all my creativity. She has taught me and pushed me in amazing new directions...

I took this photo of my mom this last weekend. She wanted some pretty photos taken of her around the house with all of her beautiful flowers and trees to give away to some special family members. (She's a fantastic and talented gardener.) I was happy to help her with this project, and I especially loved editing all of the photos. I'll try to post those at a later time. 

Mom, I'm sure you'll see this since you read my blog every now and then. When you do, just know that I love you!

I think I just met my next academic/intellectual crush - Sherrie Inness. This is my shit, people! I'm so pumped! I'll surely be reading one of her books this summer (if not several), but just check out these awesomely nerdy and right-up-my-alley interests that she has:

Teaching Interests

• Nineteenth– and twentieth–century American literature and culture
• Composition, gender studies
• United States popular culture
• Children’s literature and culture
• Gender and food culture

Research Interests

• Nineteenth– and twentieth–century American literature and culture
• Gender studies
• United States popular culture
• Children’s literature and culture
• Girl’s studies
• Food culture

Whaaaat. Awesome. I know. Right? Anyone else in?

Now I have to think about what life in Ohio, in a Literature department would be like. At least I have several years to drive myself crazy with this stuff.

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But there's way too much machinery to get a good shot of the tunnel itself.

Lots of tunnel progress

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From the NYT, it looks like there is a new Capricorn sharing my birthday (January 9th), Supernova 2008D.  Apparently its the first supernova that has been caught at birth.

SUPERNOVA600b

I plan on combining our birthday next year.  I would like some carrot cupcakes and 2008D would like several trillion tons of interstellar gas.

• 02:34 Just fucking called 911 on the people that have been yelling outside my hotel room for the last half hour or so. So much for good sleep. #
• 15:28 New photo on Flickr: Lunch time tinyurl.com/6k8po5 #
• 16:08 I'm at Six Apart (548 4th St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA) - bkite.com/00fDc #
• 18:21 I am so tired. Traveling four or five days after lithotripsy may have been overreaching. #
• 20:04 *sigh* I love talking to him. #
• 22:04 My phone speaker isn't working. So annoying! #
• 22:34 At dinner with the team. Waiting on my pina colada. #
• 23:51 At the Tunnel Top with Brenna. #
• 00:55 "We had a riding lawn mower, but it used to foam up my beer." #

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