Ah yes...it's thesis time. I know I should be more excited about the prospect of all the research I am about to do (and have been doing for the past month), but it's also kind of painful. You have all those moments of spare time where instead of thinking about happy things like bunny rabbits and rainbows you think about coercion and international ( Read more... )

For those of you who may not know, and actually read this (perhaps 3 of you :-) ), I am officially going back to Italy for the summer. Antonella said that Matilde keeps asking when I will be arriving, as if it could be any day now. :-) Hopefully I get that job in France (crosses fingers), and life will be perfect. I love procrastinating by avoiding ( Read more... )

"The Corsicans’ behavior diverges from many other minority groups in that their persistent rebellion is not mirrored by many factors known to cause such rebellion, such as: 1) high levels of group organization and cohesion, 2) regime instability, 3) and government repression. In contrast, factors that are thought to inhibit rebellion have not ( Read more... )

Hello Rachael, This is God ( Read more... )

Got a friend visiting from Corsica. Makes me really happy, because everything makes him happy. We went to San Fran, and he took photos like a Japanese tourist. It's really cute to humor him, like buy him his first donut, force him to eat a bagel and cream cheese, walk on the Golden Gate, ride the cable cars. Kinda funny for my family, they think it ( Read more... )

Wow, I feel really lucky. Two finals canceled, grades already discovered. Only one paper left to write. My poor friends have to take their finals in January. I guess this snow thing isn't so bad after all. now if I can get home, it will be all good! :-) Time to start working on my thesis!

Oh, what a torturous day! To be in such a situation ( Read more... )

Oh, I feel so torn! On the one hand, I REALLY love snow.....on the other hand, if it snows during finals, that will make things a little more complicated....

So it's finally raining! I was so worried that it never would. Not that I don't like sunshine, it's just that anticipation, especially when you know it's coming. Anyways, it was quite fun to walk home, although I had to laugh at how ridiculous I felt, running around with my raincoat all zipped up, water pouring down. Christi is lucky she left when ( Read more... )

So, Teach for America people keep emailing me to remind me to send in my application. My goodness, this is so stressful! But then, I really want to do this ( Read more... )