Things have been silent on here since I made the move back to Kentucky. Last summer, when I was staying in my dad's house pretty much by myself due to his courtship with the woman he'd marry that August, I felt like a squatter. This summer, I just feel unsettled. I haven't had much time to sit down at a computer, and what time I have had to with ( Read more... )

A quiet, peaceful day despite the rain ( Read more... )

Fatigue ( Read more... )

Even though I'm ~650 miles from home, from my friends, tonight I felt as if I were still in Louisville ( Read more... )

Last night, while somewhat inebriated, it occurred to me that I can now count the remaining days of my summer in Louisville on my own two hands. If you don't count inclusively--and at this point in the evening, why would you?--I have 9 days and nights left. I hardly use this journal anymore (as the void this entry breaks should make apparent), ( Read more... )

...and other amusing tales?

Based on my rough count, I have approximately seven weeks left before the great journey into the northeastern reaches of this country. Between now and then, I'm not exactly sure what I will be or should be doing. For the time being my plan consists of the following:

- finishing Godel, Escher, Bach and reviewing my ( Read more... )

The pace of my life has slowed incredibly.

Not that the life of a grad student is necessarily exciting or anything. But when I woke up every morning, I had a list (sometimes written but more often than not in the form of a knote posted on my desktop) of things to do. Despite the anxiety and the stress, it felt good to know that I was doing ( Read more... )

While standing outside, talking to my roommate earlier, I realized that exactly one week from that moment (and well, I suppose from this moment too--and a great many moments to follow as well), I will be in Kentucky, catching up with friends that I haven't seen or spoken with in depth for two months! I can now hardly contain my excitement ( Read more... )

I feel like a ghost in this city ( Read more... )

I don't think that I've been updating this blog lately because, for a change, I haven't been seated in front of a computer for long periods of time ( Read more... )