http://enigmata.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ "Kind of sucks, but that's just how it is." en Vox Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:36:09 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://enigmata.vox.com/library/post/my-week-as-a-carnie.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Alice) http://enigmata.vox.com/library/post/my-week-as-a-carnie.html?_c=feed-rss http://enigmata.vox.com/library/post/my-week-as-a-carnie.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:36:09 -0700 Was an interesting experience. They were hiring basically anyone on the spot, so needless to say, I got a job. Fortunately, I got one as a ticket seller, rather than someone running the games, rides, or concessions. Training took 45 minutes, bec... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://enigmata.vox.com/library/post/my-week-as-a-carnie.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141a0b60685e0100a7eaef86000e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> work http://enigmata.vox.com/library/post/job-searching-sucks-assuming-you-didnt-know.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Alice) http://enigmata.vox.com/library/post/job-searching-sucks-assuming-you-didnt-know.html?_c=feed-rss http://enigmata.vox.com/library/post/job-searching-sucks-assuming-you-didnt-know.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:11:28 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://enigmata.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4141a0b60685e00fa9687c2320003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d4141a0b60685e00fa9687c2320003-50si" alt="Pu-lynx chews on me" /></a> <a href="http://enigmata.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4141a0b60685e00fa9687c2300003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d4141a0b60685e00fa9687c2300003-50si" alt="Pu-lynx lounging" /></a> <a href="http://enigmata.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4141a0b60685e0100a7e820d9000e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d4141a0b60685e0100a7e820d9000e-50si" alt="Pu-lynx close up" /></a> <a href="http://enigmata.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4141a0b60685e00fad69957020005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d4141a0b60685e00fad69957020005-50si" alt="Fierce serval" /></a> <a href="http://enigmata.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4141a0b60685e00fa9687c22b0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00d4141a0b60685e00fa9687c22b0003-50si" alt="Bobcat, on a barrel" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I haven't yet found a job for the summer. Although, I haven't been trying super-hard until recently because I've been back and forth from Vancouver, unsure of when I'd actually be in town for an interview or to start work. The Lakefair is this w... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://enigmata.vox.com/library/post/job-searching-sucks-assuming-you-didnt-know.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141a0b60685e00fad69958d10005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> work cats felids http://enigmata.vox.com/library/post/this-week-in-cats.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Alice) http://enigmata.vox.com/library/post/this-week-in-cats.html?_c=feed-rss http://enigmata.vox.com/library/post/this-week-in-cats.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:46:56 -0700 When I went into the Wild Felids Advocacy Center on Monday, I met their new baby lynx. DAMN IS IT CUTE. His name is Pu-lynx (Well, officially I guess it's P'uch'ub) and he's quite a character. My camera just broke, so I haven't got any good pi... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://enigmata.vox.com/library/post/this-week-in-cats.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141a0b60685e00fad693f8800005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> cats pets felids http://enigmata.vox.com/library/post/to-south-africa-and-brazil.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Alice) http://enigmata.vox.com/library/post/to-south-africa-and-brazil.html?_c=feed-rss http://enigmata.vox.com/library/post/to-south-africa-and-brazil.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:03:01 -0700 So the other day I sent off my Wildlands application and short essay. I wish I'd had the drive to sit down and write the essay as soon as I got the application in the mail and send it off that very day, but instead I took a few days, since I was ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://enigmata.vox.com/library/post/to-south-africa-and-brazil.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141a0b60685e00fad6926cc10005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> college south africa brazil monty python http://enigmata.vox.com/library/post/summer.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Alice) http://enigmata.vox.com/library/post/summer.html?_c=feed-rss http://enigmata.vox.com/library/post/summer.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:45:38 -0700 Spring quarter ended well. Holy shit am I glad to be done with another year. And the next year looks like it'll be pretty fun, if everything works out and Wildlands Studies accepts my application. Ideally, I will be participating in the South A... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://enigmata.vox.com/library/post/summer.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141a0b60685e00fa967f9c8b0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> birthday college axolotls http://enigmata.vox.com/library/post/the-end-is-nigh.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Alice) http://enigmata.vox.com/library/post/the-end-is-nigh.html?_c=feed-rss http://enigmata.vox.com/library/post/the-end-is-nigh.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 01 Jun 2008 12:46:15 -0700 ...Of Spring quarter, that is. YES. I still haven't quite figured out my contract for Summer, but I've decided not to worry about it until Tuesday evening, when all of my stuff for the current quarter is finished. I will be taking a class about... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://enigmata.vox.com/library/post/the-end-is-nigh.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141a0b60685e00fa967b07dc0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> college wii http://enigmata.vox.com/library/post/hating-school-registration.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Alice) http://enigmata.vox.com/library/post/hating-school-registration.html?_c=feed-rss http://enigmata.vox.com/library/post/hating-school-registration.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 19 May 2008 23:01:07 -0700 I have not been getting into the programs I want and NEED in order to graduate. Even with registration priority. Last quarter, registration fucked me over. For next year, my senior year, my last chance, I was not selected to be in the class tha... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://enigmata.vox.com/library/post/hating-school-registration.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141a0b60685e00fa96767c8e0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> college http://enigmata.vox.com/library/post/the-glamor-continues.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Alice) http://enigmata.vox.com/library/post/the-glamor-continues.html?_c=feed-rss http://enigmata.vox.com/library/post/the-glamor-continues.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 11 May 2008 23:18:25 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://enigmata.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4141a0b60685e00e398f864ef0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00d4141a0b60685e00e398f864ef0005-50si" alt="Rialto beach 2" /></a> <a href="http://enigmata.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4141a0b60685e00f48cf730310002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d4141a0b60685e00f48cf730310002-50si" alt="I can haz fossil" /></a> <a href="http://enigmata.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4141a0b60685e00e398f8c31e0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00d4141a0b60685e00e398f8c31e0004-50si" alt="Ready to snorkel!" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I will begin my entry by first apologizing to the probably hundreds of barnacles, snails, and other invertebrates that I likely killed by stepping on last week. Invertebrate life in the tide pools is so abundant that there is hardly any area as l... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://enigmata.vox.com/library/post/the-glamor-continues.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141a0b60685e00e398f8d63b0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> beach college snorkeling camping adventure invertebrates tide pools washington coast http://enigmata.vox.com/library/post/no-spine-more-sexy.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Alice) http://enigmata.vox.com/library/post/no-spine-more-sexy.html?_c=feed-rss http://enigmata.vox.com/library/post/no-spine-more-sexy.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:39:07 -0700 The program I'm taking in school is focusing on invertebrates. It's pretty cool, actually. I expected to be disappointed -- but then again, I always do, which makes it all the more wonderful when I am pleasantly surprised instead. (And if I do ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://enigmata.vox.com/library/post/no-spine-more-sexy.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141a0b60685e00f48cf1f3860002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> college invertebrates http://enigmata.vox.com/library/post/shift.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Alice) http://enigmata.vox.com/library/post/shift.html?_c=feed-rss http://enigmata.vox.com/library/post/shift.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:11:32 -0700 Phew. Time for an update on my life, I suppose. A couple weeks ago I moved into a new house. It was a huge pain in the ass, but well worth it to get out of that shitty apartment and into a big house with a YARD. I have four other roommates, o... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://enigmata.vox.com/library/post/shift.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141a0b60685e00f48ced74560003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> college relationships