sometimes, i scare myself. when i actually put my mind to it, i can bang out a one-page proposal (10pt two-column, 850 words or so) for my research in *checks watch* an hour and some change. yes, i'm working today ( Read more... )

last time i told you about what it's like to go to All Star II and be a "conferee". my involvement, and my family's involvement, with the island doesn't stop there. but this is also a long story... ( Read more... )

so, i've been asked a couple of times over the last few weeks, "what's the deal with star island? why is it so important to you?" and it occurs to me that i haven't ever written the answer to that question (or maybe it's hiding somewhere in the untagged depths of my journal).

so i guess i'll give it a shot... ( OMG long )

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i want to write a lot, lately. i want to write about grad school and working twelve-hour days in pursuit of a deadline. i want to write about playing ultimate. i want to write about star island, and what my summer is going to look like (still no word). i want to write about [redacted] (and probably will, once it isn't redacted any more). but, ( Read more... )

...losing your inspiration just at the moment you need it most.

so, fraterrisus, what's been going on with you? ( Read more... )

so, as many of you know, i write soccer columns for this sports blog. right now, i'm working on a couple of columns that are designed to teach you everything you need to know to enjoy watching a World Cup soccer game, since it starts next Saturday and all ( Read more... )

this isn't particularly relevant to any of you reading this, since none of you know her. but i got bad news from my dad this morning: the mother of a close friend of mine from Star Island passed away yesterday. she had cancer, which had been in remission for almost five years. it came back up sometime in the last couple of weeks, with a vengence ( Read more... )

so i've been following badlittlemonkey's sports blog, SportsGeekz, for a little while now. he writes mostly about the NFL, with some other stuff (MLB, NBA) thrown in for good measure. what was sorely lacking, though, was soccer news, which it turns out is due to his self-professed lack of any knowledge about the sport whatsoever. so in the interest of throwing ( Read more... )