When I first typed that subject line, it came out “licky star” which would be a great name for a band. Someone should get right on that. someone who isn’t me.

Yes, I know I’ve been sucking on the blog front lately, but life is kinda weird right now and I’m easily distracted. Despite all of the insanity, I have to remind myself that I have several things to be thankful for right now:

1. I got a TA!!! for next semester. woo hoo! no student loans!

2. The OM got a TA for next semester! even more no student loans!

3. the OM is almost done with her qualifying review and will be far less cranky/insane.

4. Gwenda and Christopher are in town.

5. The Geography department at UK is exactly right for me and they are here where I am. Of course, I may change my tune next semester when the fur is flying, but right now they are a bunch of Marxist freaks who like the fact that I come from an art/advertising/indie musician background and I write fiction. They also don’t seem phased when I start rambling about string theory, beckenstein’s bound, or evolutionary biology. And they hate the myth of objectivity as much as I do.

6. I have the whole summer to write!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh shit. I have the whole summer to write.