I'm almost exactly halfway through my time here.  Weird ( Read more... )

Sweet, I'm lighter!  Mom does always know best, after all.  I took her advice and starting watching what I ate, but only a little bit.  The main thing I did was cut portion sizes significantly.  And lo and behold, I'm about 17 pounds lighter than this summer, which puts me at 215.  My ideal weight is 205, if I remember correctly, so I'm gonna shoot ( Read more... )

Had my first prepared lessons to give today in my teaching internship ( Read more... )

Tentative travel schedule for the rest of the semester ( Read more... )

Sorry for the delay in posting; I've been a little tired this week, partly through my own fault, and when I did have free time, I wanted to rest or go explore the city.

Styria was pretty sweet.  We left at about 8am, and drove down toward the region near Graz we'd be visiting.  Spent the morning in a Landesmuseum, which basically reconstructed the ( Read more... )

In recent events:
First week of classes
Oktoberfest in Munchen
First Sunday with the choir

Pictures are up, and can be found here.

Classes:
Ok, my usual pre-semester analysis.  All the classes here are easier than at UVa, whether by design or chance I do not know.

GERM 323: Conversation and Composition
I already had three weeks of this class during the ( Read more... )

Ok, I'm back from the trip.  Classes start tomorrow, and I've been frantically trying to get my various online selves up to date.  I spent today so far catching up to my photo backlog - there are ten new albums on facebook.  If you don't have a facebook account, you can still view them here:

Orientation/Mariazell
First week/Miscellany
Bus tour
Film ( Read more... )

So...I'm lazy/busy, and I apologize.  There was supposed to be another installment of "this week's adventures", as well as just general updates, and I apologize to those checking regularly.

Here's the skinny:
I'm leaving now for a 9-day trip to Prague, Cracow and Budapest.  I am not taking my laptop, and will not be checking email (though I will be ( Read more... )

Overnight trip to Graz (where Schwarzenegger comes from) and the Styria region: Oct. 6-7 ( Read more... )

Definitely woke up at around 1pm today.  'Course, that makes it like, 7am there ( Read more... )