Watching a fight about to break out on 7th st between E and F. [etoile]

http://twitpic.com/17syr4 range rover owner vs bmw owner. I think maybe a slight tap occurred. Funny cuz bmw guy’s iphone is recording aud [etoile]

Walked back past and they had bike cops on scene. People need to chillllllll. [etoile]

I don’t understand why it took so long for the Supremes to bitch about the SotU address. It was weeks ago, wasn’t it? [etoile]

So it turns out buying frozen food before school this morning was a bad idea. Hoping it reconstitutes itself (or something) in the freezer. [etoile]

Where are you supposed to tweet your location? Is it just an API thing? [etoile]

Beautiful statement from Corey Feldman: http://coreyfeldman.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/r-i-p-corey-ian-haim-1971-2009/ [etoile]

RT @DCdebbie: #Stupak has 1,137 Fbook fans, his challenger has 55. Show #prochoice support, be a fan: http://bit.ly/9Rpjr3 [etoile]

When is @trimbleoutdoors going to release Geocache Navigator for Android…*sigh* [etoile]

ARGH I need another half page here. If I get an A on this paper I will be astonished, because it was written in some bizarre fog. [etoile]

Half page written, NOT emailing to professor until I poke it some more. I hate this paper, but I love the word – WORD only – miscegenation. [etoile]

Q:What’s your opinion of Ke$ha? A:I have no idea who that is, but I don’t like the $-as-S. I h… http://formspring.me/meredithp/q/291169694 [etoile]

It’s midnight in Japan. Guess I am waiting another day to hear about the internship. I think he forgot! I need to nag somebody about this. [etoile]

Shit, somebody I liked on the internet died two months ago, and I was told, but I didn’t believe it. And it was true. WTF, world? [etoile]

Must. Not. Be. So. Lax. On. Medication. [etoile]

RT @wilw: Cat: It’s degrading that you Twitter as if I only talk in LOLspeak. Me: I’m sorry. Here, type for yourself. Cat: 384fsdw 1 kFJ … [etoile]

I’m really disappointed in somebody. He’s throwing his future away. He doesn’t know it yet. But it’s his right to fail, I can’t help. [etoile]

I need to rewatch Logan’s Run. It’s such a bad/good film. [etoile]

Picking up fruit salad, lunch, and dinner. Ooooh so many cheeses… (@ Harris teeter Harrison) http://4sq.com/d6xBdK [etoile]

RT @hubbit Whoa. RT @SteveScottWCBS: BREAKING NEWS: Actor Corey Haim dead. – WCBS 880 // true business?! [etoile]

Corey Haim shoulda let his brother bite him. Kiefer, is it too late? #lostboys [etoile]

I knew I was going to get As for all my midterm grades, but it still feels good to see it in Bison. [etoile]

Moof, says Clarus! [etoile]

Is anyone familiar with fuzzy dice laws? I want the $30 companion cube dice from Thinkgeek but I’m not sure if they’re legal in VA. [etoile]

I’m hyper and I want to eat my dinner, but I already spent money on lunch, so I cannot afford to also spend money on dinner. What? [etoile]

RT @SpamSpam: @etoile I’m surprised you don’t want a pair of fuzzy Borg ships hanging from your rear-view mirror. // OH MY GOD I NEED THAT [etoile]

Midterm grades were due from faculty yesterday at noon…why haven’t they been posted yet?! [etoile]

I love dropping the words "penis" and "vagina" in the first paragraph of a take-home test. [etoile]

Seen on the net: "I don’t like tattoos, I don’t care what they’re about. Skin graffiti as far as I’m concerned." Oh, how I laughed. [etoile]

RT @sajego: RT @kaigroner: Turn your cat. over. If there is a zipper, DO NOT OPEN IT. Your cat is an armadillo in a costume. Discard. [etoile]

Wow, "Apple Scruffs" is on the radio. That’s some old-school George Harrison! Loved Carol Bedford’s book as a kid, was so jealous of Scruffs [etoile]

RT @DCBadger: Chris Pine brought his mother to the oscars!! So nice and attractive! [etoile]

I love how my Twitter stream exploded with "NPH!!" and "Doogie!!" when @ActuallyNPH showed up. He is a cutie, it’s true! [etoile]

So wait, was it an accident that The Breakfast Club was on TV this morning, or was that a John Hughes tribute too? [etoile]

RT @porcheb Worst Use of Sign Language at an Awards Show http://bit.ly/cDsfa2 // I thought John Tracy School was oral? [etoile]

RT @DCBadger Star Trek with the makeup win! #oscars // WAHOOOOOOOOOO [etoile]

Bah, no convenient way to delete accidental retweets. [etoile]

RT @ralvision: RT @Janefonda: And where was Farrah Fawcett? She should have been included #oscars #FAIL // YES I thought the same thing! [etoile]

Can anybody find out for me what year Hughes Gym at Gallaudet was torn down? I can’t seem to find it, just need the year. [etoile]

Twitter is full of people claiming Farrah was only a TV actress. Not at all. She did Myra Breckinridge, Logan’s Run, Cannonball Run, MORE. [etoile]

RT @mena13suvari: If u didn’t see it ’cause the Oscars CUT IT! : 44144 text Dolphin…’The Cove’ // I saw it, they shouldn’t have cut that! [etoile]

HuffPo mentions the Farrah Fawcett oversight (and points out Bea Arthur was skipped too): http://ow.ly/1fpz1 [etoile]

What was going on in that McDonald’s commercial? I saw elements of sign language, but not really…it might have just been gesture? [etoile]

RT @MarleeMatlin: This commercial for McDonalds in sign language is in Mexican Sign Language…I THINK! // Whew thanks, I was confused! [etoile]

Wow, this is Sandra Bullock’s first Oscar nomination? She’s done so much, I assumed she’d been there before. [etoile]

Wait, what? They don’t read the list, just BOOM it’s The Hurt Locker? Katherine Bigelow looked adorably confused. "I go back?!" [etoile]

Honestly I’m glad Avatar didn’t win Best Pic. Being the biggest movie ever is enough, let someone else have the little gold man. [etoile]

RT @ralvision: RT @questlove: so does this mean that we will ACTUALLY see "the hurt locker" and come to grips that we are in a war people? [etoile]

http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_16026/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=3D1PTTFZ – Well crap. HIV can hide in the bone marrow. [etoile]

Getting reports that Hughes Gym was torn down in the 1995-1997 range. So for a 2006 graduate to remember it, he had to have gone to MSSD. [etoile]

Full Body Scans Are a Feminist Issue http://bit.ly/ah3uGa (via @hubbit) // I disagree with this article completely. Your thoughts? [etoile]

Shared I Love DC.

Staying home today because my car doesn’t have a bathroom and driving to school takes too long. Might go to Michael’s though, it’s close. [etoile]

Dammit, I want to hear back from the guy in Japan! What’s the scoop? Argh! [etoile]

RT @wetatvfm: Thank you @alanscottevil & @etoile! For letting us know re two shows that mistakenly aired over wknd w/o captions. Fail. W … [etoile]

Sewing is nice. I like sewing on buttons. In this case it’s snaps, I’m finding it even more calming. [etoile]

Hey wait…I wasn’t paying attention. Turns out Gran Queso is made by Roth Kase in Wisconsin! It’s pretty good, at any rate. [etoile]

SO pleased with the results of giving kitty a bath. $20 well spent. Her fur is so fluffy and clean now! And she’s letting me pet her again. [etoile]

RT @levarburton: "It’s your parents and teachers you should be thanking" // That’s true for how, but you taught us to LOVE reading! [etoile]

Anderson Cooper’s mother is Gloria Vanderbilt. *blink* [etoile]

According to their commercial, Friskies can send your cat on a psychedelic journey with animated turkeys and red carpets. What? [etoile]

Tuning in to "Silver Spring: Story of an American Suburb" on WETA. [etoile]

Hey wait, I thought all PBS programs were captioned? What’s up, @wetatvfm? [etoile]

Turns out the "Comet, it makes your mouth turn green" tune is actually called the Colonel Bogey March. #themoreyouknow [etoile]

Going to take a nap. Kitty is curled up with me on the bed. Been a very quiet Sunday…mostly spent reading lostliners.com. [etoile]

Ever notice songs about bands do well? Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Benny and the Jets, Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars… [etoile]

RT @BlindMyths: DEAR SIGHTED PEOPLE: BLIND PEOPLE GO TO MOVIES. LOVE, BLIND PEOPLE. [etoile]

Wish I could watch just the Steve Martin bits of the Oscars. He’s funny. Never thought of Alec Baldwin as much of a comedian. [etoile]

Random fact about me: I can’t listen to Tom Petty without remembering my days working retail for Rand McNally. Co-worker had him on repeat. [etoile]

Speaking of my Rand McNally retail days, if you want a recommendation on travel guide brands, I know the big ones inside and out. [etoile]

Watching everybody enjoying this beautiful day downtown. Going to incorporate some of this into my essay for a popular DC blog. [etoile]

Hey wait…I wasn’t paying attention. Turns out Gran Queso is made by Roth Kase in Wisconsin! It’s pretty good, at any rate. [etoile]

SO pleased with the results of giving kitty a bath. $20 well spent. Her fur is so fluffy and clean now! And she’s letting me pet her again. [etoile]

RT @levarburton: "It’s your parents and teachers you should be thanking" // That’s true for how, but you taught us to LOVE reading! [etoile]

Anderson Cooper’s mother is Gloria Vanderbilt. *blink* [etoile]

According to their commercial, Friskies can send your cat on a psychedelic journey with animated turkeys and red carpets. What? [etoile]

Tuning in to "Silver Spring: Story of an American Suburb" on WETA. [etoile]

Hey wait, I thought all PBS programs were captioned? What’s up, @wetatvfm? [etoile]

Turns out the "Comet, it makes your mouth turn green" tune is actually called the Colonel Bogey March. #themoreyouknow [etoile]

Going to take a nap. Kitty is curled up with me on the bed. Been a very quiet Sunday…mostly spent reading lostliners.com. [etoile]

Ever notice songs about bands do well? Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Benny and the Jets, Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars… [etoile]

RT @BlindMyths: DEAR SIGHTED PEOPLE: BLIND PEOPLE GO TO MOVIES. LOVE, BLIND PEOPLE. [etoile]

Wish I could watch just the Steve Martin bits of the Oscars. He’s funny. Never thought of Alec Baldwin as much of a comedian. [etoile]

Random fact about me: I can’t listen to Tom Petty without remembering my days working retail for Rand McNally. Co-worker had him on repeat. [etoile]

Speaking of my Rand McNally retail days, if you want a recommendation on travel guide brands, I know the big ones inside and out. [etoile]

Watching everybody enjoying this beautiful day downtown. Going to incorporate some of this into my essay for a popular DC blog. [etoile]

"Wesley jumps up from his console and shouts, ‘Wheee! I’m in Starfleet!’ as he skips like a little pixie to the turbolift." BWAHAHAHA [etoile]

Placed an order with 3-day delivery on 3/2. Was shipped "Standard Overnight" today 3/5. Expected to arrive 3/8. I don’t like this at all. [etoile]

Queued Boxing Helena.

Kindle subscription to Newsweek just went up to $3/mo but as an existing subscriber I keep the $1.50/mo price for 6 months. Cool. [etoile]

WSJ.com – Supership Faces Scrap-Heap Threat http://on.wsj.com/boHbHQ // NCL is taking scrappers’ bids for the SS United States [etoile]

The brats in the house behind ours are setting off fireworks – the skyward kind and the low kind. CHARMING. [etoile]

Very interesting information about how the animal action in Beverly Hills Chihuahua was created: http://ow.ly/1f1R9 [etoile]

Wow…people wear some very INTERESTING clothes to the thrift store. Expensive skull-embroidered blazer on a guy, a Studio 54 outfit on girl [etoile]

Taking the cat for a bath. Will let you know if my arms/clothes get shredded. (@ Vienna Pet Spaw) http://4sq.com/aF7fPN [etoile]

Waiting for them to get the small bath ready. All the dogs are like hey, cool! A bath! The cat is going to absolutely DIE. [etoile]

RT @NekoMich: Lab won’t take too long to do, shall tackle it after lunch [etoile]

The cat is clean, and my skin is intact. Couldn’t ask for more! [etoile]

http://twitpic.com/170uwm – kitty gets a bath [etoile]

Cheese and wine with my dearest friend. A good night. [etoile]

RT @WilliamShatner: You are now the FIRST to hear of the new social network for aspiring filmmakers, design and game artists: MYOUTERSPA … [etoile]

Reflux woke me up. Sitting up to let things adjust. Sleepy. [etoile]

I wonder if I should save up for a new computer before graduation so I can take advantage of the Dell University discounts. [etoile]

Shared Pretty kitty [Flickr].

Shared Pretty kitty [Flickr].

Pretty kitty http://flic.kr/p/7HwiwF [etoile]

Shared Pretty kitty [Flickr].

Does anybody have full text access to http://doi.org/10.1017/S0963180109990272 ? My university’s database only has the abstract. [etoile]

Ask me something, I’m procrastinating! http://formspring.me/meredithp [etoile]

Purple numbers: "Its purpose is simple: produce HTML documents that can be addressed at the paragraph level." http://ow.ly/1eBsx [etoile]

Okay, so the Buff & Blue is now a blog instead of a newspaper. Fine. I hope they figure out basic principles of blog design ASAP. [etoile]

Surprisingly disturbing gender mashup Photoshop contest: http://www.freakingnews.com/Partial-Gender-Transplants-Pictures–1668-0.asp [etoile]

I’m sorry, but nail tip jewelry looks like it is nothing but obnoxious: http://www.bodyjewelry.com/stsinatipje.html [etoile]

Wow, apparently Chinese researchers are trying to develop cochlear implants that will be more sensitive to their tonal language needs. COOL. [etoile]

Leaving the computer upstairs so I can get some of this reading done. Bad student, no cookie. [etoile]

RT @UberDorkGirlie: RT @GeekTom Ready to feel REALLY old?? Jake Lloyd aka 9 yr old Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars Episode I is 21 today. [etoile]

Twitter is freaking out again – anybody else seeing tweets from people they don’t follow? I’ve got at least 2 strangers in my timeline. [etoile]

Uh…I think it might just be me. Changing my password. CREEPY. [etoile]

Shared 4 photos.

Are any of my friends using the Sidekick Twitter client? [etoile]

RT @SpamSpam DC @foursquare users: "Earn Your Badge" Party at @TheTownTavern 3/13, get 2 free beers & swarm badge! http://ow.ly/1dR9L [etoile]

RT @JewelStaite: Got offered a lovely role on Warehouse 13. Wish I could tell you more. All I can say is, you Browncoats are gonna freak. [etoile]

RT @BFAS Need an introduction to BFAS? Take a look at this video and see what we do: http://bit.ly/cMtBKV // everybody must watch this! [etoile]

The paperback and Kindle versions of Michael Pollan’s "Food Rules" are both $5. Logic has gone out the window. [etoile]

"…the female juror’s hearing impairment ‘directly affected her ability to perceive and evaluate that evidence..’." http://ow.ly/1dXN2 [etoile]

Star Trek fans MUST read Memories of the Future, Part 1 by @wilw – seriously funny stuff. It’s everything a geek ever wanted. I’m loving it. [etoile]

Why let me hand-carry my PT report to the orthopedist if I can’t look at it? Just say it has to be faxed. [etoile]

Dammit, no time for breakfast. Straight from PT to class, which ends at lunchtime. Hungry this morning. [etoile]

RT @rmcconnell: RT @deafsource The end of Purple Communications? SEC filings show that a total of $18,459,064.47 is to be repaid to FCC … [etoile]

If you lost a limb, and it couldn’t be reattached, is it immoral to ask to cook and eat it? Assume it is clean, and it must be your OWN limb [etoile]

My in-laws come back tomorrow. They were gone over a month. I liked it. It’ll be okay, though. (Remember, I live with them.) [etoile]

Just once, I would like to get something other than shitty parking on campus. [etoile]

Class is so boring this morning that I’m recalling entire scenes from Star Trek Nemesis in my head. Now that is BORING. [etoile]

"Well, working class and middle class, those are the same thing to me." *headdesk* [etoile]

Got sushi for lunch. Normally hate the stuff, but if I’m going to Japan, I better get used to it! Inside-out avocado cream cheese rolls. [etoile]

I still don’t get why a vivisected fish was on America’s Funniest Home Videos $100k contest. Seriously, that’s gross, not funny. At all. [etoile]

Why does Beyonce endorse single ladies getting into loveless marriages, anyway? [etoile]

Mmm nice fresh hot fries at @nielsenscustard – thanks guys! [etoile]

Seriously folks, @wilw is the most awesome human being ever. [etoile]

You know what? I’m at home (finally) and have a couple hours of downtime (finally). I am going to NAP for one of them. Aw yeah. [etoile]

RT @SpamSpam: RT @TechCrunch: YouTube Launches Auto-Captions For All Videos – http://tcrn.ch/b1TdIq // YAY! captioned cute kitties ahoy! [etoile]

With the Day of Action across the UC system, I feel a little bit relieved that Gallaudet is not the only university that has protests. [etoile]

Ha! 8-Bit Wedding invitation… http://bit.ly/b6DsnC [etoile]

My 1st reaction to "Held at Gunpoint" was that I’d act crazy. Do it by getting naked. Then I remembered men rape women. http://ow.ly/1eo2C [etoile]

Heading back downtown. I must be some kind of dedicated to this College Bowl thing. (Not to mention the whole "flying back from Japan" bit.) [etoile]

If I go to Japan, I am totally refurbishing my wardrobe and wearing only nonsensical Engrish "what the love for always brown apples" shirts. [etoile]

There is a person I thought was my friend but isn’t, who I still want to be my friend. How do you move on from that? [etoile]

Calorie free noodles. What? http://www.miraclenoodle.com [etoile]

No, the answer is NOT "Two Gentlemen of Veronica." #collegebowl [etoile]

http://twitpic.com/16b3pg – scuba diving in the gallaudet pool – makes me sad I’ll never be one of them [etoile]

"How do you pronounce that?" "Jawarhalal." "Oh." #collegebowl [etoile]

It’s 10:00 and I’m still in the city. I’d skip class tomorrow morning, but I have a midterm. Ugh. [etoile]

"WANT WANT WANT Portal Weighted Companion Cube "( http://twitthis.com/c9wikg ) [etoile]

Also, I must fire up the ol’ Portal game so it can download the patch with all the new fun stuff. http://ow.ly/1dwqV [etoile]

I love you, bed. [etoile]

Whoo, @foursquare is getting time on NPR – along with PleaseRobMe.com, heh. [etoile]

Damn, the Ancestry.com membership the campus library has is for research only, not person use. [etoile]

I don’t like when people add pets to family trees. Genealogy is serious research to me, and pets are not serious. [etoile]

I feel like a real historian. An hour of squinting at digitized old newspapers netted me a little tidbit of very useful information. [etoile]

Taking a break from looking at old newspapers – I swear you need good eyesight to be a research historian. [etoile]

Laughing at: "And I Just Used To Eat Crayons"( http://twitthis.com/vmut3c ) [etoile]

What’s with the "mg" favicon and sadly broken wordpress on http://thebuffandblue.net ? (Leaving aside that our "paper" is now a group blog.) [etoile]

Finding out that the vending machine price is lower than you expected is nice. #thelittlethings [etoile]