Stopped by campus before work this morning and got an alumni DukeCard. Yay free access to gated lots! Also opened a FLEX account for times I go eat with people. Naturally, the mug shot is not flattering; my face doesn't look too bad, but my newly-washed and unstyled hair created wings behind my neck. Which (because it was early and I wasn't awake) ( Read more... )

Trip to DC was... trippy ( Read more... )

I'll be in DC briefly next week to meet with the World Bank. Annahita has volunteered/been roped into planning some sort of dinner/drinks thing late Wednesday. So if you're in DC and want to do that, let one of us know. I'd also be up for meeting someone for an early dinner or happy hour thing Thursday before my plane leaves ( Read more... )

I felt extremely popular by the end of the day yesterday, although I suspect that this was due largely to things like thefacebook having reminders. Still, my loneliness complaints from a week ago made me rather ashamed after 4 IMs, 2 e-mails, 9 phone calls, a few great meals, and 6 cakes. That's right. A grand total of 6 cakes, although only 5 ( Read more... )

Last Friday I got a phone call from a high school friend. She's one of approximately 3 people I keep in touch with. She started dating a guy 10 years older than us when we were in high school. Since then, he's divorced his wife, they moved in together, and they have a one-year-old little girl. For the past three years they've been "engaged" but had ( Read more... )

Any responses to my previous post (thanks Yifan!) are still welcome. In the meantime, here are some possible ways to fill my time ( Read more... )

Could those of you who have been out in the adult world for a while give me some advice on not being bored? I realize that I am actually in a great position: I have a job I enjoy, a soon-to-return roomie who is awesome, and a number of friends in the immediate area. But having grown up in a huge family that was never still and going from there to a ( Read more... )

Although I've managed to lurk in the background of everyone else's live journals, reading random samples of nothingness and even *gasp* leaving a comment once in a while, I realize that it has been quite a long time since I've posted. Considering that my last post actually said something about my promise to post more often, I felt I should make a ( Read more... )

So, I also voted. Actually, I voted on Saturday- stood in line with Jeremy (sorry 'bout all that, hon) and took my official stand on the American government for the first time ever. And I didn't expect to feel this responsible about it when I watched the news tonight (CNN, MSNBC, Fox, and Daily Show, Ali). I hadn't known that Brownstone had this ( Read more... )

If you Daily Show fans haven't seen this yet, check it out.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/28/comedy.politics/