Not much has happened, really.  I started work, and it's the same as always.  I went over to visit people at St. Olaf, which was simultaneously utterly surreal and completely normal.  Work sucks.  I have a boring life.  Blah blah blah--typical summer stuff ( Read more... )

 Okay, so I'm watching Headline News right now (don't ask me why--it's a huge waste of time), and they just had a bunch of folks on saying that Clinton supporters just needed to fall in line and support Obama.  That they need to come to his campaign, instead of him addressing their concerns and convincing them to vote for him.  That's not how it ( Read more... )

Internet, why are you failing to entertain me?  I'm so depressed ( Read more... )

So, I'm pretty sure I'm going to spend most of my remaining evenings in the UK at least a bit tipsy, if not outright drunk.  This evening, I went out to dinner with Teri, and afterwards we went out to the Belgian Monk, as one of the only drinks she can actually stand is fruit beers from Belgian.  Yeah, she's a bit weird, but we have a good time ( Read more... )

Two comments before I run off to my exam ( Read more... )

 I'm back from Portugal and am preparing to take an exam in an hour and a half.  My trip was absolutely amazing.  Lisbon is gorgeous!  We went out to Sintra to run around Quinta de Regaleira (house and gardens built by a crazy rich guy), which basically consisted of me and Teri running around climbing things for 4+ hours.  It was amazing.  We also ( Read more... )

It will be nice to stop having this conversation:

"So where in America are you from?"
"Wisconsin."
"Oh, right..."
"Do you know where that is?"
"No."

Although, tonight I got, "It's by Washington State, right?"  Because this guy's friend is from Washington, and apparently talks about WI cheese all the time.  I'm amused.

 Okay, so I didn't get the research position I wanted.  I still don't know about the other two, but seeing as I was supposed to hear last week, I kind of doubt that they're going to work out.  So I have to figure something else.  If I go back to the factory, I'll have another miserable summer, but I'll make $11/hour, which is pretty good, really.  ( Read more... )

You know what?  I am ready to go home.  Maybe it's spring fever.  Maybe it's the nice weather.  Maybe it's just that I'm feeling lazy and am ready for the school year to be over.  But I'm ready to go slouch around my house in my pajamas all day long, and play with my dogs, and harrass the cats, and watch an absurd amount of TV.  I'm just antsy ( Read more... )

Because the stupid ones are assumed to be American.

(True Story 1:  My friend tells me that she was at a restaurant with the international students at her university.  A Canadian girl changed everything in her order at least once.  The harried waitress said, "It's so obvious you're American."  The girl never corrected her.)

(True Story 2:  No one ( Read more... )