“Bryn Mawr isn’t plastic, it isn’t nylon, it’s pure gold. … I came here by the skin of my teeth; I got in and by the skin of my teeth I stayed. It was the best thing I ever did. Bryn Mawr was my springboard into adult life. I discovered that you can do anything if you work hard enough. I feel that I was enormously lucky to come here. I am very ( Read more... )

I had written sort of a melancholy-sounding update, but just erased it because that is not what this used to be for. Instead I'll tell you about the massive wave of retardation/absent-mindedness that has washed over me in the past month. In the last few weeks I have ( Read more... )

I've been home now for about 12 days, but it seems like a lifetime. Argentina feels like a place where I was months or years ago, though everything there is probably pretty much the same as when I left ( Read more... )

Everybody's writin sad stuff ( Read more... )

Winter finals in Buenos Aires ( Read more... )

So I've become nocturnal, and also spent the last 25 hours in Guille's apartment. Academic life is going to the shitter.

Had a pretty good weekend, felt really long but still like a real, normal weekend, which is always nice. My first couple months here I went out during the week so much and had nothing to do so the weekends didn't really feel that special. I don't really do that anymore, and am sinking back into my hibernate-y antisocial ways which is fine by me, it ( Read more... )

1. Eating refried beans mixed with salsa verde. Both of these things came from a can imported from Mexico. Neither of them are very good ( Read more... )

Well Mizuki, you convinced me. I guess I'll give you all an update ( Read more... )

1. Fun ( Read more... )