so, my internship in madagascar will happen. it will start at the beginning of august, and it will cost between 2000 and 2500 to get there. i'll be doing various interesting things, (including fieldwork) and on the 'contract' of sorts that's been written up, i must bring: a laptop computer, a digital camera, and a tent and sleeping bag! it will ( Read more... )

So Mary and I decided to go cheer on the finishers during the last 2 hours of the race (that being up to hour 17). The winner finished in just under 9 hours! I have to say, that watching people coming in was SO inspiring! It was just so emotional...I was tearing up a little here and there seeing how happy and proud everyone was. The last one to ( Read more... )

well, let's see. i've got 50 pgs of reading in french for 901, another 20 for my article summary, 100 pgs in english for SOC (which i haven't even had yet...), plus another 50-100 (whatever i can get to) for my independant study. and i'm working tomorrow during the day, going on a 70 mile bike ride on saturyda, and working sunday night. i'm ( Read more... )

Madison is awesome! I feel like I really fit in here. You're more of an oddball if you drive than bike, so I'm digging the commuting thing. I got some new pedals (of the non clipless variety) for an easier commute, and i have some metal baskets for my rear rack on the way ( Read more... )

given that i log into to read others, i might as well just post here. the move to madison went well, other than some construction, an accident on 196, some cat pee, chicago, a tornado warning, and a few wrong turns thereabouts. i've decided that driving a big moving truck is for the birds. now the apt is looking relatively good, and i've hung up ( Read more... )

I'm going to be moving my journal for the most part to http://calypso127.blogspot.com
I might still post here sometimes, but the only reason that I quit at blogspot to begin with is that my school in france had everything with the word "blog" blocked.  I'll still be keeping my lj account open though and will probably use it at least occasionally.

this post summed up what i feel about modern day parents  :)
http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/det/378284430.html

Why don't people ever paint CAT demolishers to look like dinosaurs ( Read more... )

 *I've decided that my dad has a lot in common with dementors.  he sucks the joy out of a room.  i was going through boxes in the basement (from before i moved to france when my room became my dad's office) to get anything i might want to keep out.  i no longer want any ties with my parents' house, so i got a few things out, and threw away a whole ( Read more... )

There's a shredder at work.  Everybody has a "shred box" at their desk.  Every weekend the cleaning people empty everybody's shred boxes into one box near the shredder, and either Angelyn or I shred the whole box on Monday.  Our dear president has a tendancy to put garbage in his shred box.  This is annoying, and pisses both of us off.  A month ago ( Read more... )