Three days ago I left home and flew to Minneapolis, and the day after that I flew to Providence, RI, to visit my aunt and uncle. I had a window seat, and as we descended I found myself looking out over the city and thinking "Wow, look at all those trees. That's all right, then." My reaction was somewhat similar when I flew into Minneapolis right ( Read more... )

I've been home for about a week now. I'm a little thrown by the fact that being here a week means that I'm only here for three weeks more. I'm used to being here longer ... so many things I'm still planning on doing. Plus, you know, relaxing.

Home is weird. Wrong house, wrong family members, no dog. Allison came to visit this weekend, and ( Read more... )

I went to a goodbye party for Twigonometry today. We ate ice cream and wrote notes to stick in the twigs. There was a remarkably good showing, probably because of the ice cream. It was hot out ( Read more... )

Fourth of July weekend! I realized just before the weekend started that this was the longest break I've had since Christmas. I celebrated by taking a serious retreat from my life and vegging for most of the weekend ... it was really, really nice. I watched so much Buffy the Vampire Slayer that I almost began to confuse it with reality. What's ( Read more... )

It's 4:00 AM. How interesting ( Read more... )

The above is a quote from Douglas Adams' The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, and roughly summarizes the attitude I hold toward my room at the moment. The room itself is lovely -- tons of storage, fantastic windows, lots of floor space, a glimpse of the river in the view. I adore it. I am, however, heinously abusing this wonderful room at present ( Read more... )

I just walked home from Greenhouse in a beautiful downpour, the rain sheeting down and splashing out from the flooded parking lots and the water streaming off of the roof of the pavilion in the mini bald spot. It was exactly the right length of walk to enjoy the sound of droplets bouncing off rooftops and the rough feel of wet pavement under bare ( Read more... )

Urk. Not a good day. I accidentally slept three hours late this morning and arrived at work extremely late. ( rant, rant, rant. )

I am now an official English/Computer Science double major.

• gave decent English presentation.  Prof asked to steal part of my powerpoint for something she's presenting at conference.  Am wondering if she will give me credit, or just plagiarize with permission.
•  subsequently stayed up until 6:00 AM finishing paper on same topic as presentation.  Am not sure paper was required in addition to ( Read more... )