Autumn is just about to begin, and I find I have been quiet for the summer. Mostly there was a lot of psyche recovery. It had been a hard year in many ways, and I am nervous about my last semester that I have just entered. So there was a lot of recharging and storing up spoons for the months to come. I wanted to share a few highlights though ( Read more... )

I have always sort of loved this meme ( Read more... )

Saturday, still on EST, I woke a little before dawn. I didn't mind though, as I got to sit on the deck in the night cooled air and watch the sun rise between the trees and over the mountain.

After that I did my yoga while the house was still quiet. Fortunately I received some kitty assistance though. I am not sure how I might have managed on my own.

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I have had 2 dreams now about going back to visit NYC so apparently my subconscious wants me to write about the trip a few weeks ago.

We did a heck of a lot of walking around, including going to see the Museum of Cartoon and Comic Art. There were a few artists in particular that I really liked but had not heard of, and I jotted down their info. ( ( Read more... )

Life has totally broadsided me. We came back from a brief trip to Canada, while Tab was visiting WI with her grandfather. Sunday crazybone called to see about interesting in seeing Stardust, which was really good. I am drowning in laundry, vegetables, and school supplies. The house is almost presentable now though. Research is going well.

great article about visiting the outlying islands
We are planning on 2 days in Lantau and one for traveling the other outer islands

$20 a day guide to Hong Kong for the urban area

interview style guide on Hong Kong and China some of which is useful

article from the Backpacker (not terribly unique but included for completeness

Google Map of Hong ( Read more... )

I took the silver line for the first time today. I have to say that I was fairly impressed with the experience. It was very clean and much faster than taking the blue line. How to get from the terminal to the silver line stop caused a small amount of difficulty, but I managed. Fortunately since I had my MBTA pass, I didn't have to worry about ( Read more... )

I got in late wednesday night, and was fortunate that thanos73 could pick me up. At some point during the trip I managed to majorly screw up something in my shoulder though. My sister is going to take a look at it this weekend ( Read more... )

finish packing for flight on wed
eat rest of perishable food in dorm fridge
defrost fridge/freezer
go to atm
mail packages
take recycling to bin/empty garbage
finish collecting data (not processed)
send data home - Rahul contacted
send research report
return keys for dorm/office

Currently Reading:
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So I have been in WI for 2 weeks now, just 2 more to go! I finally feel like I am understanding how to phrase my commands and edit the input files. This has meant learning a lot about both the specific program we are using here, and more general linux commands. I can't believe it took me this long to get where I am though. I have some basic models ( Read more... )