Rain, please.

In a sense, springtime lasts five or six months in western Oregon, and this week two of my pollen nemeses have kicked things off: filberts and alder. Alder peaks in March, so I don't know what this portends. At least hay fever doesn't make my nose run, though I'm sufficiently uncomfortable and unfocused, really. No rain in the forecast for at least five days.

The new AARP commercial features the Buzzcocks. What's the world coming to? Does this mean in 20 years, they'll be advertising retirement benefits with the dulcet tones of Nirvana? "Come, as you are, as you were, as I want you to be..."

Three more main sections for the proposal: the measures, the lit review, and the busywork. Today I'm thinking about the measures.

Tonight I'm making broccoli-romano risotto. Mmm.

Frittering away the afternoon...

I sure procrastinated with LJ a lot today! I made two posts instead of one, met two or three nice new people, posted comments all over the place, and even tinkered with the second paragraph of my profile (acknowledging, alas, that grad school is pushing other interests temporarily aside). I thought about fiddling with my interests list, too, but it's already plenty long.

However, I still haven't made time for the Procrastination Assessment. I did achieve two out of three goals for the day, as well, with plenty of time left this evening for the third. I feel more confident about my workload than I did at this point last week.

Oh, and since I know there are Mary Russell fans reading this, I found today a lovely piece of fan fiction.