So two nights ago I had a really nice dream. It was a romantic dream where I met a girl, ran into her later, took a wrong train to keep talking to her, and then made a dramatic feat of bravery to be with her. Lame, I know. It seems like it'd be the script to a poorly-produced "chick-flick ( Read more... )

So, my two weeks back in Santa Barbara have already ended. I am exhausted, and I wish I could've spent some time enjoying being back in SB. I had a lot of good food, saw some people I hadn't in ages, and ran a workshop for two weeks. As for now, I am going to relax, have a beer or two, and get to bed. Tomorrow, I'll make the long trek back home ( Read more... )

So, I'm in my suite in SB. I've been here for a week and have another week yet to go. It has been a long week here, although quite fulfilling. My former advisor has set up this 3 week teaching school at Cesar Chavez Charter School. For these three weeks, kids from the area get 90 minutes of math and 90 minutes of language arts. The teachers ( ( Read more... )

I'm stuck in the early doldrums of writing my dissertation; it's what's known as the "exploratory phase". Basically, I spend my time either at the library or at home searching through articles seeing if anything fits with what I am eventually going to try to do. (I won't bore you with the details of my future research.) There are days when I ( Read more... )

HAPPY (5th Annual) VAGINA-PENIS DAY!!! :^)

Quick update: Today in SD it was mostly clear and in the 70s. There were only a few clouds. However, around 1:30 the one grey cloud directly overhead decided to direct its anger at us. It was thundering and lightning-ing, which is extremely rare for SD, especially this time of year. The lightning was like flash bulbs and the thunder literally ( Read more... )

So, it's been a while since I have updated here. My last one was back in Philly during the holiday break. I have actually been to the east coast again since then. So, why the long silence? Well, my old laptop passed away on me. While at home for X-mas break it started to act up on me. It would only work at certain angles. When I got back to ( Read more... )

I made it back to Philly safely. I am beat and heading to bed. Before I do, though, a quick story with a photo.

I was just in my mom's downstairs bathroom. The toilet paper roll was empty, so I looked under the sink for another. Instead, I found this:


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I head back to Philly tomorrow. I'll be back east for three weeks. You've been warned.

On Saturday, Corinne had a Cookie Party at our place. Turnout was quite good. There were, however, two demons in the midst of all the celebration:


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They say bad things come in threes. Here are my three for the week:

1. Dead computer


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