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Oh Jstor. Beautiful, sparkling Jstor, searchable database of online academic journals. How I've missed you, my love, my own, my constant companion as I wrote my thesis.

I've just discovered that the company I work for has access to several academic/scientific research databases online, including Jstor, EBSCO, LexisNexis, and...

...wait for it...

...the Oxford English Dictionary Online.

JACKPOT. It's like, it's like an academic's harem on my work computer.

I DON'T KNOW ALL THE WORDS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, BUT I KNOW SOMEONE WHO DOES! :D

Pococurantism! Foible! Duodenum! Apotropaic!

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The death knell of my youth has sounded.

I went out at lunch today to try and get some shoes, and I ended up picking up some new sneakers instead of new work shoes (I can't fucking win). These turned out to be the sneakers of despair.

One: I had exactly seven minutes to purchase these shoes and I was third in line behind two women. The first was buying a $20 pair of shoes with dimes. The second one was buying two pairs of shoes but wanted one of them unboxed so she could, randomly, put two small plants in the box and pack it with tissue paper from the toes of the shoes. Where did the plants come from? God alone knows!

Two: Just as I was getting over the sensation of being on a really boring drug trip, or possibly watching some lost episode of The Prisoner, the woman behind me said to me, "Oh! Those are nice shoes. Those are the shoes [some sports or possibly cinema star I've never heard of] promotes!"

"Ah," I said, willing the cashier to ring up my shoes faster. "I'm afraid I don't know who that is."

"Well!" and at this point she laid a motherly hand on my arm, which, personal space oh god personal bubble stop touching me.

And then she killed my youth.

"You'll just have to tell your young friends and have them explain it to you!"

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*ties incredibly fashionable shoes to the backs of everyone's cars*

Ah, l'amour. There's nothing nicer than a wedding in May, especially if it annoys the fundies.

California has repealed the ban on gay marriages. Go get hitched, you crazy kids, or go get drunk if you already got hitched. GOOD LUCK AND ENJOY YOUR CIVIL RIGHTS! God knows you've earned them.

Video of the steps outside the CA Supreme Court as the decision was announced: here and video of Mayor Gavin Newsom's press conference here. (Thanks eruthros!)

*shoves Ianto towards the DJ table*

Grab someone and dance!