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hiphiphooray commented on the post, Driving in the Snow 7 years ago
As I live somewhere where a snow day just means a day where it snows (in feet, usually), my solution was to buy a Subaru with high clearance a couple weeks ago. I don’t know why I didn’t buy a 4wd/AWD car earlier.
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hiphiphooray commented on the post, This Weekend Open Thread is Really, Really Cold 8 years ago
My mom said the TV weatherman joked that it was colder at their home than it is where I live–in Alaska. It’s not warm here but at least we are above freezing (for now!). I’m sure it will get back to 0 because I said that.
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hiphiphooray commented on the post, Lunchtime Poll: How About That Local Sports Team? 8 years ago
I do for this Super Bowl, as I went to class with the 49ers QB, and the sad truth of the matter is the more successful he is, the more my degrees are worth. It’s just good publicity.
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hiphiphooray commented on the post, That’s Not My Name: Difficult Spelling and Pronunciation 8 years, 2 months ago
My last name is a sure Austrian 10-letter holy moly of a last name. It is spelled just like it sounds, but people add syllables and change letters and that good stuff. It’s rare so I would rather not share, and I […]
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hiphiphooray commented on the post, Eating the Weeds: Wood Sorrel 8 years, 3 months ago
This was introduced to me by my dad as “coocoo’s clover”. I had no idea it had a real name, for whatever reason. I will have to keep an eye out now that I’ve moved to a wetter climate that allows things to grow!
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hiphiphooray commented on the post, Lunchtime Poll: Coffee (or Tea) 8 years, 3 months ago
I’ll take both, but coffee is a big tradition in my family. I grew up with my parents drinking it 2-3 times a day, but I usually just have it in the morning so I don’t stain my teeth to kingdom come. Thankfully, I […]
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Dormouse and
hiphiphooray are now friends 8 years, 3 months ago
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hiphiphooray commented on the post, Birthday Giveaway: Evil Eye Charm 8 years, 3 months ago
My mom bought me a necklace of the eyes in Turkey, since I was going through a rough time at that point in my life. I love the concept and it always sparks good travel conversation.
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hiphiphooray commented on the post, Coca-Cola Cake 8 years, 3 months ago
My mom made coca cola cakes from my grandmother’s recipe, which was no doubt from a magazine or something. They are great birthday standbys, but I haven’t had one in years!
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hiphiphooray commented on the post, Persephone Lounge is Open for Business: Open Thread for 10/4/12 8 years, 3 months ago
I’m going into my first winter in Alaska, and I am experiencing the same thing in terms of SAD and depression. No work meltdowns, yet, but I did break down and cry when I saw my the listing for my home. I have […]
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hiphiphooray commented on the post, This Open Thread is for Monday 8 years, 4 months ago
Good luck!! Just getting in the game is important.
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hiphiphooray commented on the post, This Open Thread is for Monday 8 years, 4 months ago
My kitties made it safely to the great white north! Only 1,750 probably agonizing miles of flight with 4 stops along the way. Start my new, in my field job next week and my fiancé comes up as well. Just waiting […]
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hiphiphooray commented on the post, Persephone Lounge is Open For Business: Open Thread for 8/30/12 8 years, 5 months ago
Today I found out my fiancé got a job up here and can finally move up and that I have an interview next week, in addition to one tomorrow. I am so excited after having absolutely no leads back in Nevada.
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hiphiphooray commented on the post, We Try It: CrossFit 8 years, 5 months ago
I did it for 3 months (I had a semester gym pass for $70) and it was okay. I gained 10lbs of muscle and my clothes didn’t fit anymore, but I am not one of those people that gets a high off of that sort of workout. […]
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redpensplease and
hiphiphooray are now friends 8 years, 6 months ago
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hiphiphooray commented on the post, Women in Academia: Should I Go to Grad School? 8 years, 6 months ago
Perhaps it’s my field, but we have all been urged to wait a few years and go into the workforce before pursuing a Ph.D. I went straight from UG to my masters and I felt it kept me motivated because I had resigned […]
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hiphiphooray commented on the post, There Are Cookies and Milk in This Open Thread 8 years, 6 months ago
Bought my ferry ticket up to Alaska for three weeks from now, I am so happy to get out of here, even if I don’t have a job lined up yet. I am even more excited to go up through the inside passage on something that […]
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hiphiphooray commented on the post, Persephone Lounge is Open for Business: OT for 7/5/12 8 years, 6 months ago
Congrats!! The thesis defense is probably the most frightening part.
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hiphiphooray commented on the post, Persephone Lounge is Open for Business: OT for 7/5/12 8 years, 6 months ago
Tomorrow marks my first week of unemployment and non-student status ever. I have knitted and/or blocked three projects, cleaned the entire house, done every piece of laundry possible, and conducted faux clinical […]
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hiphiphooray commented on the post, Fire! Wild Fire! 8 years, 7 months ago
My good friend was evacuated for almost a week because of the Colorado Springs fire, and currently speaking we have one going right now across town. As someone who almost lost their house from a wildfire by a […]
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