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PSU has a pre-nursing advisor. She's out because of an accident (the person on the phone didn't specify what kind) and is having surgery on Tuesday. Which is, of course, the day before registration opens up to quick-entry students.

*headdesk*

Right now I'm hoping that someone in the Chemistry department is going to call me back as to whether I do need to take MTH111 at the same time as CH104. To get really really confusing on you, the 100-level Biology series doesn't require any math or Chemistry. What the goddamn fuck, man.

There are a handful of random classes OHSU requires that don't have prereqs, and Nutrition (offered, I believe, through the Chemistry department) is one of them. So...maybe I'll take that if I can't get into CH104 just yet.

And so....the soap opera continues. Holy shit, this is frustrating.

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Saw a couple of street kids in the North Park Blocks that had two rats. A very tiny Norwegian girl, and an older (but still young) dumbo boy with pale blue-grey fur. I warned them that if they weren't careful they were going to have, well, a lot more rats. *lol* But the kids obviously loved the rats, and they were definitely well cared-for, with clear eyes and clean, soft fur; and they were both curious and friendly. The kids said that having the rats helps them eat better too, because they get fresh fruits and veggies for them. The girl prefers kiwi and watermelon, the boy prefers various vegetables. It was so sweet to see, with the two kids and their rats and their stuff (including a couple of small travel cages) spread out on a blanket.

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I just made the bestest beets and scones. Yay for my old Laurel's Kitchen cookbooks. Every time I poke through them I think "Damn, there's so much tasty/nutritious/cheap/easy stuff in here! Why don't I cook from this more often?!" The books are vegetarian and not vegan (and have some truly outdated information in places, especially on the subject of veganism), but 90% of the recipes are either vegan to start with or are really easily adapted.

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Does anyone else want to go to Ember's tomorrow night? I've been itching to go the last few weeks. I'm going to attempt to get to bed nice and early tonight so it won't be so awful for me to be short on sleep.

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BORDER ALERT
from The Manitoba Herald


The flood of American liberals sneaking across the border into Canada has intensified in the past week, sparking calls for increased patrols to stop the illegal immigration. The actions of President Bush are prompting the exodus among left-leaning citizens who fear they'll soon be required to hunt, pray, and agree with Bill O'Reilly.

Canadian border farmers say it's not uncommon to see dozens of sociology professors, animal-rights activists and Unitarians crossing their fields at night.

“I went out to milk the cows the other day, and there was a Hollywood producer huddled in the barn," said Manitoba farmer Red Greenfield, whose acreage borders North Dakota. The producer was cold, exhausted and hungry. He asked me if I could spare a latte and some free-range chicken. When I said I didn't have any, he left. Didn't even get a chance to show him my screenplay, eh?"

In an effort to stop the illegal aliens, Greenfield erected higher fences, but the liberals scaled them. So he tried installing speakers that blare Rush Limbaugh across the fields. "Not real effective," he said. "The liberals still got through, and Rush annoyed the cows so much they wouldn't give any milk."

Officials are particularly concerned about smugglers who meet liberals near the Canadian border, pack them into Volvo station wagons, drive them across the border and leave them to fend for themselves.

"A lot of these people are not prepared for rugged conditions," an Ontario border patrolman said. "I found one carload without a drop of drinking water. They did have a nice little Napa Valley cabernet, though."

When liberals are caught, they're sent back across the border, often wailing loudly that they fear retribution from conservatives. Rumors have been circulating about the Bush administration establishing re-education camps in which liberals will be forced to drink domestic beer and watch NASCAR races.

In recent days, liberals have turned to sometimes-ingenious ways of crossing the border. Some have taken to posing as senior citizens on bus trips to buy cheap Canadian prescription drugs. After catching a half-dozen young vegans disguised in powdered wigs, Canadian immigration authorities began stopping buses and quizzing the supposed senior-citizen passengers on Perry Como and Rosemary Clooney hits to prove they were alive in the '50s.

"If they can't identify the accordion player on The Lawrence Welk Show, we get suspicious about their age," an official said.
Canadian citizens have complained that the illegal immigrants are creating an organic-broccoli shortage and renting all the good Susan Sarandon movies. "I feel sorry for American liberals, but the Canadian economy just can't support them," an Ottawa resident said. "How many art-history majors does one country need?"

In an effort to ease tensions between the United States and Canada, Vice President Dick Cheney met with the Canadian ambassador and pledged that the administration would take steps to reassure liberals. A source close to Cheney said, “We’re going to have some Peter, Paul & Mary concerts. And we might put some endangered species on postage stamps. The President is determined to reach out." he said.