( This all began last Monday when I needed to have blood drawn for some lab tests... )

ORAL EXAM: PWNED.

Actually, that's probably a bit of an exaggeration. I think it's more accurate to say that it was mediocre, but I passed anyway. :P Nonetheless, a pass is a pass, and it's DONE.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR GOOD THOUGHTS AND SUPPORT! I have the best f-list in the world! ♥ ♥ ♥

I've been productive! For two days in a row! \o/ Stuff I've done ( Read more... )

I honestly don't have a whole lot to report from the second month in Italy. The first month's report covered everything pretty well. Main differences between the first month and the second ( Read more... )

Apologies if this entry is duller than dirt. I've been encouraged to post a bit more often. ;)

The new semester begins here in eight days, and I'm frantically attempting to sort out my course schedule.

This time around, the school is offering absolutely nothing useful to me in the way of physical anthropology/biology courses. So, out of lack ( Read more... )

I'm three days into the new semester, and nothing catastrophic has happened. It makes me nervous ( Read more... )

The first day of the new semester went well. Let's hope this trend keeps up.

( Details, cut for the sake of those who fall instantly unconscious at the site of my boring school updates. )

So comprehensive exams are over, and I've officially survived my first year of grad school at Penn. ::collapses:: I feel like I have a lot to say, but I'm too exhausted to type it all out. Here's a very abridged version, then ( Read more... )

Yesterday was almost entirely unproductive. I came home after class, passed out, and pretty much slept for sixteen hours. It seems like a terrible waste of time, but I think I needed it. Today I almost feel well-rested. It's been raining all day, though, and that makes me groggy ( Read more... )

It's been pouring down snow here for the better part of the day. (Can I say that? Pouring down snow? It's fitting, I assure you.) I loathe the cold, and have therefore not quite mustered up the courage to go out in it, but it is pretty. Therefore, pictures!

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