for some reason i'm feeling meloncholy this evening. i've no ostensible reason. maybe i should have gone with Liz to the gym for a workout. the physical activity may have alleviated the ennui. no telling though ( Read more... )

much to my surprise, my post of the other night discussing my day in a very journal-esque fashion prompted some robust discussion, especially of crertain vegetables, those who enjoy them, and the possible physiological idiosyncracies of such people. in the interests of continuing (the possibility for) such dialogue, and recording my activities, ( Read more... )

today was a standard day; slacking at work, coffee with my great ex-boss Jason and a lone lunch at Leo's reading my future grad advisor's excellent book on women in Japan. enjoyed the decadent pleasure of driving to and from work, as Liz is out of town for a conference, and made my homemade "cyclone" chili, (listening to Ellitt Smith and Gram ( Read more... )

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i feel like i should post things that aren't related to how terrible the new Star Wars movie is, but that's all you're getting. for now anyhow. this cleverly drawn cartoon sums it up for me:


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i am playing around with putting stuff on my UF webspace, to host images etc, with the asssistance of Bo (while i should be working) here is a picture of myself, George and Jenn at the Top:


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i had a pretty eventful Memorial Day. my parents came into town to visit, and we had some relatively enjoyable but frequently frustrating times with them. checked out the Natural History Mueseum's buterfly garden exhibit, which was simply fantastic. a dinner at the Paramount Grill was also pretty damn nice ( Read more... )

i saw the final installment of the Star Wars franchise on Saturday, and here's my take: deeply flawed. one the whole, it was worth my seven dollars, if only beause i can now complain about how terrible the movie was. a few points which were particulalry eggregious ( Read more... )

you know what the most fun part of this job is? crushing the hopes of total jerks. it almost makes it worth it to deal with pushy, rude applicants when you can reveal to them that their chances of gaining acceptance are not only very near zero, but actually zero, as you cancelled their application days ago. i've been able to experience this unique ( Read more... )

in the course of my job, i evaluate the credentials of foreign applicants to UF (mostly grad studnets of late) my primary duty is to find confirm the equivalence of degrees, by going through the transcripts and diplomas, and any other relevant credentials. some applicants include all manner of unnessential documents, but today one came across my ( Read more... )