This morning I saw the Dalai Lama and it was lovely waking up around 6:20 to make a rather convenient pilgrimage to Smith College. The Dalai Lama was amazing: charismatic, thoughtful, and above all funny. At one point he even laughed at the audience for asking the 'very Western' question "What do you think is the most important thing to focus on ( Read more... )

Today was a mix of good and worry. I did some uninteresting errands in the morning, which ended with me stumbling into CORC unconsciously remembering I had an appointment. I suppose this is what remains of my cognitive abilities post-Division III. Most of the day was spent down by the reservoir with the Mod 11 girls. We were all startled to ( Read more... )

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DeathFestDeathFest is an event which happens once a semester at Hampshire College. It's basically a simplified D&D tournament where GM's run large one-shot campaigns with the express purpose of killing players as quickly as possible. If you die fast enough you can sign up to be in the DeadGame which if you are the winner of you can get into Tier ( Read more... )

I survived Halloween, yay. The last three days have been spent in recovery. Overall Hampshire Halloween wasn't nearly as bad as it wast last year. Both in terms of safety and organization. It still could have been organized a lot better, but from what I hear it was largely due to how obtuse and inept the administration is. The activities done ( Read more... )