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I've realized over this break that I don't relax. I just get lazy. What this means, basically, is that during a span of time like this one, what concerns I have don't really get reduced; I'm simply less productive, my means of dealing with them less effective. With that said, the past week has been pretty nice. Not too many concerns to speak of ( Read more... )

It looks like spring term I'm going to be taking Spanish, Calc, and English Lit (Chaucer through Shakespeare, more or less). Should be kind of uninspiring academically, but a blast in all other respects. I'm trying to lay the groundwork for an English major while kind of eyeing it suspiciously at the same time; if I go through with it, I think I ( Read more... )

If anyone sees Ricky Fields on a regular basis, please offer him your condolences; his idea for a nap store has apparently been taken. I was at the Mall of America for a while yesterday, and ran across MinneNAPolis, which is exactly what you'd think it is (I chose not buy a session, as part of my ongoing effort to not develop a severe sense of ( Read more... )

I think I just stumbled ass-backwards into a pretty prominent position in Minnesotan collegiate activisim. I was offered, and accepted despite reservations, a position as Carleton's representative on the MPIRG (that's the Minnesota Public Research Interest Group, a statewide progressive activisim organization kids!) State Board of Directors. I'm ( Read more... )

You know, it was about damn time I went to a party where they played "Blue Monday ( Read more... )

I think I had my first experience with food poisoning around 5 a.m. this morning. The Burton dining hall has hell to pay. Mercifully, though, there's been no projectile expulsion of anything ( Read more... )

Karl, Garrell and Mendelson are coming to Carleton tonight to hang with me and my Carleton buddies. Tommorow, I'm scheduled to have lunch with my best friend from St. Mark's Elementary in St. Paul, Martin Donakowski, who's also planning on coming to Northfield. Worlds are colliding, and in the next 24 hours I'll be interacting with people from ( Read more... )

Tonight is my last night in Ames, so if anybody wants to REALLY CUT LOOSE or anything, give me a call ( Read more... )

After going over this post, I decided that if it had been written by someone else and I’d read it, I probably would have been annoyed with them. I don’t know what that means, but you’ve been warned. Long, too. SORRY.

( Work Update-Mediocre Revenge Fantasy-Andre Sighting )