i'm headed out to boston tomorrow to hang out w/ my sister plus amy lush, collin, and lorin for a week, then on the 10th i'm going to stay w/ my dad in dublin and travel around europe for a while. i'll be back around thanksgiving. i really wanted to see everyone more before leaving, and i feel bad that i didn't.  i was working up until last tuesday ( Read more... )

i was listening to the MJ memorial on the radio yesterday, and it got me thinking about an exercise that we did in elementary school. you had to write about the world out of your own context, "from the point of view of an alien".   if an alien looked down on earth and saw us paying tribute, it would probably think MJ was a supreme leader of the ( Read more... )

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/21/world/africa/21gambia.html?_r=1&hp

also makes me think about why the media really likes to cover insane african dictators. is it really a problem that's concentrated in the region?

it's my last weekend of college and i think it was a pretty good culmination ( Read more... )

i'm at work but don't fee like working. this is the first computer job i've had so now i get to know the joys of checking email every 10 minutes just because i can, and it's better than doing real work ( Read more... )

the parkway speakeasy is closing for good this sunday.  let's all go see a movie this weekend, drink beer, and sit on couches.

posting out of insomni-istic lack of anything better to do ( Read more... )

if anyone's interested in seeing my nerd talk it's this thursday at 4:30 on the berkeley campus.  i can tell you exactly where if you want to go.

does anyone have a copy of MS office that I can borrow? I would prefer '03, but '07 would work, too. I have an unregistered version right now and can only use it 13 more times until i "lose many features".  thanks!

RIP Miriam Makeba

ps: everyone should check out the book goodnight bush.