I'm apparently doing well with my Spanish documents, as the professor I'm working with talks about the possibility of going to Mexico and doing some archival work and consistently makes sure I'd be interested. I've never managed to say anything aside from "That'd be awesome" and grinning like an idiot. The Department Chair just asked if I might be ( Read more... )

By working cheerfully hard in most of my classes, and knowing how to work in all of 'em, I managed a nearly-perfect GPA for the year. I seem to have impressed the awesome new-ish professor that's doing exciting things related to Spanish Pensacola-- looking at early exploration (1559-1561) up to were they ended up after 1763. I'm interested in the ( Read more... )

A semester in grad school made me even more of an archy-nerd. I’ve always looked around used book stores for out of print archaeology books, where $50 buys you almost everything you want combined, unlike..say...every college bookstore...ever. But I realized just how bad it’s gotten: this Christmas, I was more excited about the shit-ton of books I ( Read more... )

My first of 4 semesters of courses at the University of West Florida has reaffirmed my desire to dig and interpret stuff for the rest of my life. The workload itself was less than my hell semester at Beloit, in part because I had to take an undergrad class as a pre-requisite and didn't put the extra effort to make an A in that class-- I didn't like ( Read more... )

I don't know what fact makes me happiest, the fact my finals are just about done, that dolphins use tools, or that there's gonna be a Ghostbusters video game...with script by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis (Ray and Egon), and original cast! Actually, what seems to make me happy is the fact the Ghosbusters game is so far along now it'll definitely be

I'm in the middle of my first semester at West Florida doing anthropology/historical archaeology, separate but integrated tracks. It's basically amazing. The department's rather large but friendly, with really great professors, particularly in archaeology. Funding isn't nearly as much of an issue as I feared, several department, college, and ( Read more... )

Today I managed to get up early and get some coffee before heading to work. The day threatened to be hot before clouds came in and granted us gloriously breezy and cool weather as we dug. My boss brought me siz pack of my favorite cheap beer for finding a rare Washington-era ceramic about a week ago. I spent a full $4 at Salvation Army, on a Marvin ( Read more... )

Every now and then I get the urge to write, as it helps me to flesh out ideas and make connections. Unfortunately, I rarely have both the time and the inclination. Working at Ferry Farm has given me a bit to think and write about, ranging from typical "dig diary" sort of stuff some people might be curious about (Another Washington figurine piece ( Read more... )

I'm trying to think through how to write about the site of George Washington's boyhood home, where I'm working for the summer. Long story short, I generally like both the work and the people, and talking to the public. Also, we talk about a few legends.

Season 3 started without my knowledge-- the third episode airs tonight. I spent the late morning catching up, of course. Torrents of them go incredibly quickly.

2 of the 3 episodes are mostly flashback-driven, with some good jokes. Adult Swim Fix has the two most recent episodes.

Onion AV Club interview with Jackson PublickI also love this ( Read more... )