My summer looks something like this:
6/23 Register dissertation with the university. It's more or less done at that point. Hah.
6/29 Phish at CMAC
6/30-7/6 Trip to Netherlands to set up work, possibly find apartment?
Bulk of July: Clean/work/freak out
7/23 Flaming Lips (with Black Keys & Fang Island, whom I'm digging) at CMAC ( Read more... )

My new driver's license came after not much waiting. Now I need to fill out paperwork to officially be on the organ donor registry! I went to Ithaca for NELS, saw a couple good talks, one or two thought-provoking posters. Met very few new people. Oops. Ate a lot of free kielbasa, compared to a normal weekend. The Johnson Museum (free!) has a really ( Read more... )

I get excited when: I see a newspaper in the men's room ( Read more... )

The bones:
All this started for kaitl, whom I don't even know! Ah, strangers on the Internet, exchanging information. It was based on a discussion over in comments at jisalynn's entry from a few days ago. But this was far too big to post over there, and I also want it publicly archived in my journal. It's highly reminiscent of my "things to take to college" ( Read more... )

It's been quite a week! I have:
-seen the slums of Rhode Island
-seen the mansions of Rhode Island
-presented my very first conference thingy as a grad student
-enjoyed Hookers and stuffies with chanzi, dzou, Bob, and some random ASA-folk ( Read more... )

It's been a pretty eventful few days. The sort of time when if you don't check with me every few hours, something big has happened.

Last weekend wasn't very big. I went home on Saturday, mostly because b0mberman was going to be there. We hit the Pig & Atlas, hung out with gnothi_se_auton, the Murray sisters, my senior prom date, Greg R, and all sorts of great C-town ( Read more... )