- Walking the dark streets of SouthPas w/ a cup of hot tea. Drinking it all in (the trains, the shops, etc). Realizing that, yes, I am happy. #
- Waiting for a friend & I stumble upon a used bookshop & some poetry: http://brizzly.com/pic/421K. #southpasadena #
- How'd you do on your #worksprint I added a new primary source to current chapter & gave it some necessary explanation/context. #
- Ok, folks, here we go! #45min #worksprint Report in at half past the hour! #
- Who's up for a 45min #worksprint at 45 after the hour? #
- Resolution #1 gotta get some party/going out clothes. Wearing my givingpaperataconfoutfit to a social gathering is too dorky even for me. #
- How did your #worksprint go? I wrote a new section for my current chapter. Still going… #
- Ok, folks, #worksprint starts now! Report back in 45min. Ready…Set…Go! #
- Who's in for a 45min #worksprint at the top of the next hour? #thischapterisntgoingtowriteitself π #
- How was your #worksprint I started a new section for a chapter after doing some misc edits. #slowlybutsurely #
- Here we go on the next #worksprint Check in at 45 after the hour and share what you accomplished! Ready….Set…Go! #
- Ok, folks: 45 min #worksprint starting at the top of the hour. #
- Will be doing #worksprints later today. Starting in about 2 hours. Who's in? #
- Yes, Virginia, girls can be geeks, too: http://bit.ly/gHEGGy #
- Heater thermostat on the fritz. (Female) landlord said I'd need to 'find a man' to fix it. Phooey. Fixed it myself π #
- How to know if it's not worth reconciling: http://bit.ly/e9EdR2 (and thanks for bringing a smile to my Monday!) #
- Monday morning fail: forgot my lunch and my reader badge, and forgot to charge my bionic knee. Sigh. Hoping for a productive afternoon. #
- In sushi heaven: http://brizzly.com/pic/41IN. :). #yumyumyum #
- In sushi heaven: #
- Kiddos gave me the sweetest-ever Christmas gift. #happytears #thebestpresentisjustbeingwiththem #
- who wants to come over & help me wrap presents after the kiddos go to bed? π #
- Shaking fist skyward…why isn't _Angle of Repose_ available in Kindle format? Might re-read _Crossing to Safety_ instead… #
- Lazy sunporch morning (yum): http://brizzly.com/pic/416Y #
- RT @mcsweeneys: Jesus Christ Decides He Doesn't Want to Celebrate His Birthday This Year. http://bit.ly/hm9Kx1 // snigger #
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Twitter Weekly Digest for @janaremy, 2010-12-24
- Yay, I get to sleep in tomorrow for the first time in too long! G'nite everyone! #holidaysarethebest #
- Footnotes done π It's Christmas-time. #wootwootwoot #
- Working working working. Rebuilding about 40 footnotes, to put this chapter to bed before Xmas break π #gonnafinish #
- Starting 45-min #worksprint in 4 minutes. Who's in? #
- The cats just ate a mouse under my bed. While I was in said bed. #noiamnotokay #breathing #thosebonessurecrunchloudly #
- RT @publichistorian: Image of Quakers being expelled by Puritans–looks like they're being danced out of town by http://twitpic.com/3ikk27 #
- Dissertating on into the evening. Not sprinting now–am 'strolling' between bites of dinner and time w/kiddos. Goal: Ch. 3 done tonite. #
- Zen teens (in the rain @TheHuntington) http://brizzly.com/pic/40WF #
- I'm on a roll–how about the rest of you? #worksprints #
- Allrightee– #worksprint starting now. Ready…Set…Go. Check in at the top of the hour and let us know what you accomplished! #
- Next #worksprint starting at 15 after the hour. How's everyone doing out there? #
- Ready….Set…Go… #worksprint #
- New 45min #worksprint starting in 5 minutes (at half past the hour). Who's in? #
- How'd you do on your #worksprint I drafted a new section conclusion, cleaned up and contextualized some references. #
- How'd you do on your #worksprint I drafted a new conclusion, cleaned up and contextualized some references. #
- 45 min #worksprint starting in two minutes. Join the fun! π #
- Who's up for a #dissertationsprint or #worksprint today? #
- This is a perfect day @Thehuntington. (with the kids in the Japanese garden) http://brizzly.com/pic/40V4 #
- RT @samplereality: RT @robdelaney: "Don't look at me; I drive a Prius." – a Prius driver hearing about any problem, anywhere in the world #
- kids are chanting "moar frosting!". #toomuchsugarmethinks π #
- Pondering whether Harry Potter Santa exploits house elf labor with the kids π #
- Fondant Weasleys lounge on mince pie in front of our magic gingerbread house http://brizzly.com/pic/40H2 #
- Gameboy's Dumbledore gingerbread is wearing polkadot pajamas http://brizzly.com/pic/40GM #
- Catgirl's Harry Potter gingerbread boy http://brizzly.com/pic/40GK #
- Ran into 3 other Jack-Mormons at the racquetball courts this (Sunday) morning. π #
- Rain Rain Go Away (just long enough for me to paddle tomorrow). Pretty Please? #
- It's no less beautiful in the rain–the Japanese garden @TheHuntington http://brizzly.com/pic/40AG #
- Why, yes, I am the only researcher at the Huntington early this rainy Saturday morning. #lifeofahistorian #iamsuchageek #
- Excited that my @MHpodcast partner's book is out now from Harvard Press (and I'm listed in the acknowledgments)! http://bit.ly/f1rBKm #
- Eek! There's a mouse in the house! #theresnothinglikeapanicattackb4breakfasttogetthedaystarted #
Twitter Weekly Digest for @janaremy, 2010-12-17
- Sorta hate that sound of the end-of-the-day bell @TheHuntington. Don't they know I'm on a roll? #lifeofahistorian #
- Broken pegleg means no bouldering for me tonite π #hugebummer #
- It's feeding time for the fish in the Chinese garden @TheHuntington http://brizzly.com/pic/3ZS1 #
- My office still needs work (i.e. more art on the walls), but I do think the quilt is a gorgeous touch http://brizzly.com/pic/3ZL8 #
- RT @THATCampSoCal: Just added a countdown timer to the sidebar of the website: http://bit.ly/axYCyh (just one month away!) // can't wait! #
- Time for a 3-D movie (after Gameboy 'splained the physics behind polarized glasses) http://brizzly.com/pic/3ZCO #
- Sun, sand, wind & the three of us #happyhappyhappy http://brizzly.com/pic/3ZBV #
- Reconnecting http://brizzly.com/pic/3ZBT #
- Gorgeous sunset & moon @TheHuntington http://brizzly.com/pic/3Z8N #
- Just told a colleague abt my impending divorce over coffee. My cavalierness abt it shocked him. #maybeimsupposedtocry #
- Many deep sighs from those of us writing/reseaching in the old reading room @TheHuntington on this gorgeous day #oneoftheperilsofsunnysocal #
- RT @ddchamberlain: @janaremy THATCar? ///wow, what a good one, Daniel! #
- Ok, so who's up for a #dissertationsprint at quarter after the hour? #
- Who's got a good name for my new ride? http://brizzly.com/pic/3Z63 #
- My fortune cookie tonite: "Don't be hasty, prosperity will soon knock on your door." #
Twitter Weekly Digest for @janaremy, 2010-12-10
- Woot! Just drove my new-to-me Prius home. I can't believe it! π #
- Haggling #willitneverend #
- About to make an offer on a car #nervousexcited #
- So exciting to live in a city where this happens http://brizzly.com/pic/3YTG #trainstrainstrains #
- Will be mostly off the grid today–no more sprints for awhile, I'm opting for a dissertation marathon π #focused #
- Awesome 1985 pics from an old friend (I'm the one w/the buzz cut): http://brizzly.com/pic/3YNO & http://brizzly.com/pic/3YNP #
- I heart the @TheHuntington Japanese garden so much: http://brizzly.com/pic/3YMG #
- Decided that I'm not stopping now (just got all warmed up). Who's with me until 5 PST (the top of the next hour)? #dissertationsprints #
- ok, how does a #dissertationsprint sound? Starting at half past the hour? Anyone wanna join in? #
- A canvas of green @TheHuntington http://brizzly.com/pic/3YEN #
- Ok, first #dissertationsprint of the the day starting now. Ready…Set…Go. Pencils down at 15 after the hour. π #
- Catgirl & Alana tuning and playing the ukelele http://brizzly.com/pic/3Y9O #suchmusicalfriends #
- Tim's Whistler-esque painting of Gameboy is evolving nicely: http://brizzly.com/pic/3Y9N #suchcreativefriends #
- I stand corrected: a *pulsar*, not plasma star (oops) #
- My Anglophile children DIY'd our treetopper (a mashup of a plasma star & British imperialism?). http://brizzly.com/pic/3Y7W #
- Catgirl adds some ornaments http://brizzly.com/pic/3Y7S #
- Gameboy trimming the tree http://brizzly.com/pic/3Y7R #hesastallasthetreenow #
- Hey all you folks doing #dissertationsprints don't forget to backup. And then do it again. #bettersafethansorry #
- And, in 30 minutes, my draft of Ch. 1 will be on its way to my adviser. Woot! #oneweekonedissertation #
- Whew! That was quite a sprint! How'd you do? (me: I added half a paragraph and two longish footnoted quotations. #dissertationsprints #
- Ack, collegial luncheon went longer than I expected. Now, back up for #dissertationsprints Who's on for starting at 15 after the hour? #
- FYI, I expect to file my dissertation, finalize my divorce, and turn 40 all within a few weeks of each other. #mynewawesomelife #
- Ha! A friend just sent me this piece abt being 40, divorced, & moving on w/life: http://huff.to/hI60nW #
- RT @MHpodcast: Event: Past Tense with Tara Numeddal on Dec 6 @TheHuntington http://bit.ly/eF7GQY /// Hope to see you there! #
- Next writing sprint at 10:45PST (in a little less than an hour). #disssertationsprints #wecandothis! #
- Am thinking of changing my name to Jana Remy Bowie when we divorce. To claim some small piece of the awesome: http://bit.ly/duibSL #
- Whew! How'd you do? I re-worked a conclusion and cleaned up a messy transition. And added 2 new references. #dissertationsprints #
- Allrightee….I'm cheating a getting a 3 min headstart. Ready…Set…Go! #dissertationsprints #
- Next 45 min writing sprint, top of the hour. Who's in? #dissertationsprints #
- Just told my adviser about my #OneWeek | OneDissertation plan (i.e. one chapter per week till the end of the year). #iwilldothis #
- And…more sprints coming later this afternoon (let's regroup at 2PST) #dissertationsprints #
- Woot! 3 paragraphs and some significant editing. How'd you do? #dissertationsprints #
- Ready. Set. Go. Check back at the top of the hour. #dissertationsprints #
- Who's up for a 45-minute writing sprint at 15 after the hour? #
Twitter Weekly Digest for @janaremy, 2010-12-03
- Seeing @brookewill's picture of me at Cape Cod a few years ago, makes me ache to go back there again: http://bit.ly/ghNpfW #greatmemories #
- Blue skies @TheHuntington today http://brizzly.com/pic/3XQ4 #
- starting sprint a wee bit late–had a collegial distraction on my way back from lunch. So….Ready. Set. Go. #dissertationsprint #
- .@earthtomeryl @missoularedhead Next 45-min writing sprint on one hour. π Gotta get some lunch now… #
- Anyone up for a 45-min writing sprint at the top of the next hour? #
- And yes, I will lick the foam out of the edges of my cup #yum #
- Latte in the morning sun, next to the train tracks #littlepieceofheaven #
- Just said good-bye to my old life. Hitting the road. #icandothis #
- And just to add a bit to my earlier tweet, it's kinda weird to be coordinating a divorce and child custody arrangements via googledocs. #
- I'm in the midst of re-imagining the soundtrack of my life. Would appreciate new music recs &/or mix CDs. #
- Catgirl, me, and our missmatched socks π http://brizzly.com/pic/3X6K #keepingcozyandwarm #
- Our kids have just arrived home from their wintry snow adventure. Feeling such joy to have them close again π #
- It's hard to look all badass at the gym pumping iron, while wearing pink cons. Just sayin' #shouldvegonewithblackisuppose #
- Confirmed to myself today that I am not cut out to be a boxer. But it was interesting to try anyways: http://brizzly.com/pic/3WQG π #
Twitter Weekly Digest for @janaremy, 2010-11-26
- My home smells so yum right now π #
- Done so many new things the past few days…am now grateful for the familiarity of holiday cooking: rotkohl, pumpkin pie, turkey, etc #
- Cuppa & cupcake powering my afternoon (thanks Doug & Anna!) http://brizzly.com/pic/3WB8 #
- Just passed my belay-certification class & test at the #UCI ARC. Woot! #
- Such pretty flowers! #ihavethebestestfriends #
- Feeling humbled by my beautiful and generous friends. Thank you so much. #
- Another view of the @TheHuntington rose garden, in the rain http://plixi.com/p/58386350 #
- RT @johnremy: Family dinner at Taco Mesa: http://twitpic.com/38p8b9 #
- Roses in the rain @TheHuntington http://plixi.com/p/58131088 #
Twitter Weekly Digest for @janaremy, 2010-11-19
- Am going off the social media radar for a few days. See you on the other side. #
Twitter Weekly Digest for @janaremy, 2010-11-12
- Gonna head home after long work day & have some birthday cupcakes. Then I'll go and lift heavy things at the gym. #itsallgood #
- RT check out @miriamkp's research on historical lobotomy photos. So compelling! On NPR's @sciarts website: http://bit.ly/cCGLp7 #histsci #
- Just wooped @taojunky at arm wrestling #thesebicepsaregoodforsomething #hewenteasyonme #
- Looks like my launch of ePortfolios 2.0 (an online platform for promotion & tenure dossiers, built on #wordpress is ready for #ChapmanU #
- Catgirl's birthday is today! She never ceases to amaze me w/ her strength, wit & creativity. And it just gets better as she gets older… #
- My "Saturday Sprint" post is referenced in the latest ProfHacker post at The Chronicle: http://bit.ly/bhe6dm #lifeofahistorian #
- Does anyone local have an IDE to USB cable that I can borrow for a few days? If so, DM me π #
- WIll be 48 degrees at 6am tomorrow. Maybe too cold for paddling?? #outrigger #
- My kiddos in our garden, 5 years ago: http://bit.ly/cWOIEF & http://bit.ly/aqmTCd #veranogarden #
- 1st & last time I'll ever leave my garden gate open when I leave http://brizzly.com/pic/3TOC #goodbye #
- I think every plant on my porch has thorns #roses #blackberries #dwarfcitrus #
- Dreamt of bulldozers tearing down our trees: orange, lime, lemon, pear, peach, plum, apple, pomegranate #veranogarden #whyohwhy #
- Ok, gonna take a hot bath now, with fancy smelly bubbly stuff. π #itsbeenalongday #
- Plants dug out of garden: 38+; times I fell into holes: 3; new pots purchased: 10; friends who helped: 4; shovels broken: 1 #veranogarden #
- We found Ned the garden elephant! #veranogarden #
- Bought more pots, now back to digging! #veranogarden #
- Tuberous roots #veranogarden http://brizzly.com/pic/3TFS #
- 3 more roses & lots of heavy lifting #veranogarden #sogladihavebicepsasbigasmyhead #
- He's wishing this could be more of a win-win situation for everyone #veranogarden #
- Just talked w/the contractor in charge of demolition. He's sad to be razing #veranogarden but glad to have work for his team [+] #
- Rose #2 is such a beauty http://brizzly.com/pic/3TEX #dontworryiwonttweeteveryrose #veranogarden #
- Rosebush #1 in a pot. Only 24 more to go… http://brizzly.com/pic/3TEU #veranogarden #
- MISSING: Ned the garden elephant is missing from our garden plot. Plz return ASAP! http://bit.ly/dhDTqr #
- A #ChapmanU PSA: watch the American Celebration via live webcast this year! http://bit.ly/9PKIz5 #
- Starting 3-day countdown until my community garden plot (and all of Verano Gardens) are bulldozed. For more hi-rise #UCI campus housing. #
Twitter Weekly Digest for @janaremy, 2010-11-05
- sunscreen, sunscreen, sunscreen #tweetyour16yearoldself (h/t @grannybike) #
- When you write that letter to your future husband in YW, know that every line of it will come to pass… #tweetyour16yearoldself #
- Do not let your brothers take the Mustang #tweetyour16yearoldself (sigh) #
- Just found a leftie climb shoe through @EVOLVclimbing & it even has xtra space for my long 2nd toe. Awesome! #lifeofanamputee #
- Got some #THATCamp posters on my office door: http://brizzly.com/pic/3T2M #THATCampLA #
- The morning light via my office window (related note: it'll be 90 degrees here today) http://brizzly.com/pic/3T0Q #
- Loving the taiko concert outside my window tonite! #drumsdrumsdrums #
- Tobykitty can now store 3 pills in the back of her throat for up to 5mins & then spit them out behind the couch. #catskillz #herewegoagain #
- If a reality show offered to "re-do" your wedding, would you go for it? #ithinkitsoundsfunbuthaveneverwatchedrealityTV #
- My Tobykitty just keeps breaking my heart. So sweet, hanging in there despite not eating now. Just wanting love from her family… #
- RT @MHpodcast Listen to a podcast interview with Amanda French about #THATCamp http://bit.ly/ay6biT #thatcampsocal #
- RT @alyankovic: Donβt forget to vote today. Unless youβre a complete idiot. In which case, really, feel free not to. #
- "I remember" http://bit.ly/d4aCX5 via @ebertchicago #
- So excited about the Daniel Richter seminar tomorrow–his history writing has had the greatest influence on my own:http://bit.ly/aVT1Ix #
- GameBoy is a monk from the Argent Dawn http://brizzly.com/pic/3SAF #
- Catgirl is a mad scientist! http://brizzly.com/pic/3S9H #
- Do you think Ikea sells cabinets for spare-leg storage? #lifeofanamputee #
- Didn't watch all of the #rally4sanity but what I did see was reminiscent of "Exit Through the Gift Shop" #meh #
- All cyborgs/robots aren't scary #rallytorestoresanity π #
- Danielle reads Billy Collins http://brizzly.com/pic/3RU3 #
- Isaac reading the gnome poem http://brizzly.com/pic/3RU1 #
- David reads his gnome poem http://brizzly.com/pic/3RTZ #
- John gets an ovation! #rigoramortis #
- Moses reading from The Book of John: http://brizzly.com/pic/3RTY #rigoramortis #
- Basking in the afterglow of having read The Apetizer from @johnremy's story http://brizzly.com/pic/3RTX #
- Tim's reading from #rigoramortis http://brizzly.com/pic/3RTW #
- Carolyn is sending people to walk the plank http://brizzly.com/pic/3RTG #
- Ann is a deviled egg! http://brizzly.com/pic/3RTE #
- And @benjaminlind is packing some heat! http://brizzly.com/pic/3RTC #
- Sharine is tofu (not Lady Gaga, but Lady Peta) http://brizzly.com/pic/3RTA #
- It's Elwood! http://brizzly.com/pic/3RT4 #
- Vampire! http://brizzly.com/pic/3RT2 #
- Lumberjacks! http://brizzly.com/pic/3RT1 #
- We're going to do a dramatic reading of @johnremy's zombie story! Woot! #
- Ginger is at my party! http://brizzly.com/pic/3RSV #
- Ginger is at my party! #
- Maybe it's a good thing that I left my regular Mac laptop at home today #computeroverload http://brizzly.com/pic/3RQ5 #
- Just talked to car sales person. he kept asking me what color I want. Am I weird that color is one of the least impt purchase factors?? #
- Gonna need to replace my car ASAP. Looking for car-choosing & buying resources–haven't done this in over a decade! (help!) #
- Today I'm talking "pretty" at the Exponent Blog: "Pretty" – http://bit.ly/9yX4Ib #
Twitter Weekly Digest for @janaremy, 2010-10-29
- Thank you all for your condolences. It's so comforting to have a community of support when things are hard…. #
- Paddled in glassy waters under a sky full of stars. So quiet & dark. So much bigger than me. Now: sunrise. #
- Just told Catgirl abt Madge's death: "she had an epic charm bracelet–it made me want to have one." #memories #
- Great-aunt (whe was like a grandma to me) just passed away. She just barely made it to age 90, which was her goal… #
- One more pic from my new @MHpodcast collaboration with @TheHuntington: http://brizzly.com/pic/3RAP #
- RT @MHpodcast: The first Past Tense-Huntington episode of the Making History Podcast!: http://brizzly.com/pic/3RAN http://bit.ly/cCukZT #
- How to prevent firesheep hacks: http://yhoo.it/ciOq2K #
- .@benjaminlind he logged into my Fb, hosted wordpress blog, gmail and flickr acct. Wasn't able to get into my twitter or yahoo mail. in reply to benjaminlind #
- Sitting on wireless in a coffee shop and having @taojunky hack all my accounts via firesheep. Scary, indeed. #
- RT @pamelaezell: Coming to the end of New Employee Orientation. My top takeaway: I need an iPad a la @ATchapman, my seatmate. //indeed! #
- Fingers crossed for some good sleep tonite, got the week off to a bad start today–so grumpy & under the weather… π #
- My @johnremy's been planning his #wfc wardrobe for weeks. When I travel to confs I feel lucky if I end up w/ tops & bottoms that match. #
- Last piece for costume arrived. It's the 1st yr in a very long time that I had a costume plan b4hand & actually followed through #
- In an otherwise empty mall, the Fahion Island Apple store is hoppin' tonite (& they have my RAM in stock–yay!) #
- Never fails: I start to record a podcast and I'm a cat magnet. You can hear my girls' collar bells in most of the @MHpodcast episodes #
- The desk in my bedroom imploded a few days ago (fell apart at the seams and crashed into a heap). Cleaning up & clearing out now. #
- Love is: Lying on the mats w/@johnremy in the bouldering cave & planning routes together. #
- Just decided: my next career will be drummer for a rock band (clip of Brian Viglione, my hero): http://bit.ly/asPlMb #
- Swam 40 laps under the full moon. #justwhatineeded #
- Just saw @johnremy's zombie walk costume. He rocks it, even if it's not my favorite look on him. #
- My Quaker Meeting is holding an Open House this afternoon. Drop by if you'd like: http://bit.ly/9MjAPb #
- These #blizzcon guys are only slightly geekier-looking than the folks I'd see at a DH event. #butwherearethewomen #
- Just got my projector setup so GameBoy can watch #Blizzcon on a wall of the LR. He's sewing the tabard for his costume while watching #
- Wondering if y'all have any good DH-themed Halloween costume ideas? My plan to dress as @zotero hasn't worked out. #
- Funniest HASTAC comment on "Openness" from @samplereality: http://brizzly.com/pic/3QFP http://bit.ly/bCWklL #
- RT @PennamitePLR: @janaremy: is the craft cabin at #thatcampla going to need a smoothie bar? // YES, Indeed! #DHdayofsmoothies #
- Had a high-protein choco-banana smoothie for breakfast. #DHDayofSmoothies #