In less than 24 hours I will be back at school. Wow. I don’t think the reality of that has hit me yet (which maybe could explain why I’ve barely started packing ( Read more... )

Clarifying background information: I've spent this week in Rehoboth Beach, DE, home to a beach, a boardwalk, dozens of overzealously ticketing police officers, and many, many outlet malls. And other stuff, too, that isn’t immediately relevant to this specific LJ entry. But that's generally where I've been ( Read more... )

Work ended Friday. I love my summer job, I really do, and it’s hard for me to believe it’s over, a mere ten weeks after it began. It's fun and rewarding in so many different waays, and I already know I want to go back for one more summer, at least. It’s just that I’m mildly concerned how all these camp summers will look on my resume. Especially ( Read more... )

Not because it’s necessary. Not because it’s all that interesting. Not because it’s current--all this stuff is a week old, at least. But because nothing irks me more than a Part I without a Part II. And because I just couldn’t stand for half a week’s worth of collected notes and scribbles to go to waste. Let us continue, then, from where we ( Read more... )

Here’s a fun fact to chew your teeth on: did you know it’s been an unprecedented 21 days since I’ve made a LiveJournal entry of any significant length? No, really, it has! Of course, I did make a few cameos in friends’ journals, lest you think I’d disappeared entirely, but that’s hardly the same as writing a nice, well thought-out entry of one’s ( Read more... )

Leaving for Boston area tomorrow. Well, today, technically. Eight hours from now, really, or so the plan goes. But my family never leaves for anywhere on time. Ever. So I can figure on nine hours, at least. Which is a good thing, really. Because I still have a fair bit of packing to do. And a whole lot of sleeping to do, or such would be ( Read more... )

Let's make this short and to the point ( Read more... )

DISCLAIMER: The following LiveJournal entry is not intended to offend, insult, or disrespect. It is merely a mildly biased account of one night’s events seen through one man’s eyes. If you have a tendency to become easily offended, especially regarding religious matters, I suggest that that you DO NOT read this entry and instead sign offline ( Read more... )

So I guess it’s my turn now to give a recap of the past weekend’s events. Since my illustrious guests have already provided a more-than-adequate play-by-play, I’m going to keep this relatively brief, and just give my own unique perspective on a few select moments of the far-too-short 23 hours we spent together ( Read more... )

Sunday: Hung out at the Leader family reunion in Hershey, PA with several of my first and second cousins and many others relatives of indeterminate relation. Yes, a few “Follow the Leader” jokes were made; no, none of them were funny. Besides the free ice cream, the highlight of the afternoon definitely was listening to my 86-year-old great ( Read more... )