Thursday night my friends and I went to Northampton not for food (the usual reason to go there), but to explore.  To explore an abandoned mental institution, to be precise ( Read more... )

I don't know if anyone still reads this, but I'm gonna update it anyway.

I volunteer at an after-school program for girls aged 5-12.  Today I read two 10-year-olds a book.  It was called Nobody Wants a Nuclear War.  It was around the time that Hiroshima came up that I started wondering if maybe it wasn't quite appropriate.

Also, my college's cable ( Read more... )

In honor of the absolutely amazing ball game I went to last night, I present to you:

Reasons why I love to go to baseball games (and especially Phillies games):

-The relaxation factor, even if you're worried every time someone swings a
bat that the next ball is headed straight for you.

-The collective and reflexive "Yeah" shouted by nearly the entire ( Read more... )

I've decided that the next 2 Phillies home games (today would've been included, but it's over) would be really great games to go to.   If they win, that's always good.  If they lose, you get to see their 10,000 franchise  loss.  Either way, the fans are winners ( Read more... )

Exams suck.  Especially when they're super drawn out like they are here ( Read more... )

They called us dirty!  This makes me laugh.

Also, the word from home is that Pinky's still alive.

My Easter vacation was absolutely amazing.  Ireland, Milan, Budapest, Vienna, Prague: I'd never have imagined that I'd spend one spring break going to not just one, but all those places ( Read more... )

I'm not dead.  I'm in Milan.

So coordinating travel plans is extremely stressful.  But now I think I have plans for spring break, and I'm super excited.  I just hope it works out ( Read more... )

I watched the Super Bowl on Sunday in the Watering Hole (the student pub on campus ( Read more... )