on tap ( Read more... )

my favorite part of being a grad student is sitting in coffeeshops with a cappucino and a pastry, grading papers. it feels so grown-up and is ridiculously cozy. i can't wait for it to start snowing, that's going to make it even better!

you sleep with your windows open so the smell of the forest can percolate in and flavor your dreams with evergreens and pine. in the morning, the cold from the night before grabs your chest like a vise as you unravel from your comforter cocoon into the 7am darkness. walking to class, red and gold cut-outs filter down from the treetops to fall ( Read more... )

i love my life. it is consistently hilarious and fantastic.

today i'm meeting with my advisor to discuss dissertation topics....wtf?!

my fantastic new zealander claire has family friends who live in connecticut and have a cabin in the jungle in costa rica. ergo she and i are taking a trip to costa rica (and/or connecticut) sometime soon, maybe fall break or thanksgiving?

i love my life.

i graduate from college tomorrow. wow. it's so impossible to believe that my four years at davis is over. done. finished. maybe i'll end up back here someday to work or raise my family, but college is over ( Read more... )

breakfast with jack, lunch with michael, dinner with george. this makes me laugh.

so, as you all know, i grew up eating super healthy and interesting local food, mainly homemade. home-canned applesauce with apples from our backyard, cake and soup and potstickers from scratch, salads made with local/our garden veggies, beef from my aunt's friend's cow, that sort of thing. it was awesome. it's funny though, because now that i ( Read more... )

craig stanton, my pct hiking buddy and my all-time hero/idol, is applying for a job as an island caretaker on an island in australia. he needs people to watch his video and vote him 5 stars..... sooooooo, go vote for him ( Read more... )

( because these are always funny )