So apparently my plan to post frequently didn't quite work out (big surprise there). Anyways, here's the next installment. The Thursday of our first week of language classes was August 20th, also known as St. Istvan Day. Istvan (Stephen in English) was the guy who decided that rather than the Magyars killing each other they should all band together ( Read more... )

Well, now that Jesus is firmly back in Europe, I feel that I should start posting again. Since I was without internet for the first three weeks, I already have a backlog of things to talk about. I'll try to post every couple of days until I get caught up. Since I spent most of the first 2.5 weeks of the program in an intensive language course, I'll ( Read more... )

This semester I have four 400-level science classes. In our first half-week of school, I've had 7 lectures between these classes in which I have been "taught" the following ( Read more... )

I just got back on Friday from a family "vacation" to Boulder, Colorado, the first one we've had since I got back from Switzerland. This is not necessarily a bad thing, since with my family it is normally less stressful to be at home (even working) than on vacation. In addition, since we were there with my 83-year-old grandmother, who was looking ( Read more... )

I just got back a few hours ago from my first Contra B-team ultimate tournament. It was Mudbowl, down in Talladega, Alabama (a wonderful 8.5 hour drive away). This was pretty much the most redneck tournament location possible, as we were playing around the parking lots for the Talladega Superspeedway. Overall, the tournament was a mixed bag, by ( Read more... )

I went to the doctor today to get my collarbone x-rayed for the 5th time, and he told me that I am now well on my way to being healed. More importantly, I can start playing ultimate again. Thus, there had better be a game while I am back in town for break (Wed afternoon - Sunday morning). Otherwise, I will be angry, and you definitely don't want ( Read more... )

While looking up the atomic number of gold via Google (for physics homework) I was provided with these fine ads by one of the sites:

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It seems that I've been rather bad about posting to livejournal for the past couple of months, so here is my attempt to summarize my current status ( Read more... )

As Chuck requested, here are some pictures of my dorm room. The internet here is weird, so it took me about 10 seconds to upload the 3 pictures onto photobucket but about 20 seconds each to provide the links to livejournal.


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I've now been in St. Louis for about a week, so it is about time to let people know what has been happening. My first 4 days after moving in were spent off campus at the preorientation program for the honorary scholars. I got to play a lot of cards on the trip, as that was one of the few activities I could participate in. As it turns out, canoeing ( Read more... )