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sleep well and wake
So the long-running joke has come true: Robert Jordan didn't live long enough to see the Wheel of Time through to its conclusion. Of course, the joke was that old age would strike first, not amyloidosis...
I fell out of love with the series by book 7 or so, but the early ones swept me off my feet. The Great Hunt still stands on its own ( Read more... ) -
so much for brevity
I've been exiled the past few weeks, battling the thesis and generally forgetting to enjoy life. Walking across campus today with Fran Healy crooning in my ears and a spring breeze swirling past reminded me just how good it is to be here, awake, alive. I'm now at work in Schoenberg Hall's music library, where the distant voices of a choir rehearsal ( Read more... ) -
fun with cold remedies
After dodging them all winter, I somehow caught a cold this week, in glorious 24°C spring weather. Kinda like the time I enjoyed a perfectly healthy February in Japan, then promptly caught a cold upon my return to L.A ( Read more... ) -
all's fair in clicc and cookie wars
Girl Scouts have invaded campus, bearing cartloads of cookies. There are even competing troops stationed along Bruin Walk. Last week, two mothers infiltrated north campus with a red plastic wagon piled high with Thin Mints and Tagalongs and the rest of them, to set up shop in front of Powell Library.
This can mean only one thing, of course: ( Read more... ) -
coffee, commiseration, and academia
Ooh, the ides of March.
There's something oddly comforting about sitting in Kerckhoff during tenth week, surrounded by overcaffeinated students who are probably just as screwed as you are. The free coffee is nice too, and evidently as dangerous to me as open bar. Nooo willpower whatsoever.
I keep staring at the title page of my thesis. As I ( Read more... ) -
ill-starred or silver-lined
Happy Lunar New Year to the asian and the asian at heart. ;)
It seems my automotive stars are not aligning lately. Or maybe they are, depending on your point of view.
My car's been sitting at a body shop for the past four weeks, supposedly being repaired, then not being repaired due to some insurance confusion, and then finally really being ( Read more... ) -
gone fishing
...in the River Avon. Back in September.
