The nice thing about packing this time around to move is that all I have to really pack is what's in the basement and the computer/craft room. What's in the storage unit is already packed, sort of; all that remains is to sort through it and make the traditional three piles of "keep," "donate or give away" and "pitch ( Read more... )

We just got word yesterday that our application for an apartment was approved. We'll be living on 47th Street in Washington Heights, a residential neighborhood, just across the road from a beautiful, large park and just a short drive away from where we'll be working ( Read more... )

It is the final week of my two-year nanotechnology program. I graduate Friday. I'm actually sad for it to end, because I have learned so much in the last two years about two subjects I had difficulty with previously--math and science. I feel accomplished.

( what I have to do this week to finish up )

I went to church for the first time in months today. I didn't have to work until the wee hours so I got enough sleep to feel like going to church wasn't going to be a hardship ( Read more... )

--one month from graduation, though still without an internship. I have made a couple of applications, though ( Read more... )

Guardian to swap paper for Twitter

An old Sesame Street video about a kid and her llama in Manhattan...

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Anyone want to take a stab at interpretation, or at least telling me it's nothing to be worried about ( Read more... )

I don't know if this is original, but it sure is true:

When you are carrying things in one hand and fishing for your keys with the other, your keys will always be in the pocket on the opposite side from your free hand.

...at the USA vs Mexico World Cup qualifier.

My throat is a bit sore and hoarse from being in the supporters' section.

But I had a very good time.

But I haven't been home yet. I still have school stuff to do. I'll be home later. Lots of homework to do this weekend, plus Scottish Ramble.

Ay yi yi...