So it's happened! I've made it on the front page of the university newspaper. yayayayay!!! here's the proof!


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I was at the airport yesterday, arriving from Newark (New Jersey). It was a long walk from the airplane to customs, so I had plenty of time to make my way to the front of the crowd (recovering from my poor starting position of seat 15C). It was a tough decision of whether to take the stairs or escalator, but I chose wisely ( Read more... )

I think this is the coolest optical illusion BY FAR. Much thanks to one of my roommates for showing this to me ( Read more... )

( funness, and then some )

so I just got back from lunch at Jimmy John's, apparently a pretty big chain sandwich shop around here. I think it would do really well in Canada, as the food was soooo good! and so healthy! anyways, they had really cool plaques and bits of information written on the walls, and one of them went something like this (I'm copying it from another ( Read more... )

so I've arrived to the middle of nowhere, my home for the next 7 weeks, also known as central michigan :) and to start things off right, one of my two checked-in bags decided to not arrive with the plane. but don't worry, the only things in it were all my clothes and all my contacts ( Read more... )

colors...colors...colors! I love colors :) okay, I'm only trying out 10 more color combinations before I sleep. yes, I promise!

so I awoke today to the wonderful sound of a chainsaw against a giant piece of metal. okay, it was probably something more productive than that, but that's what it sounded like! oh, and then there was also the sounds of metal drumsticks, and of a tree being ground down. when I finally got so fed up and just looked outside, alas, they were setting ( Read more... )

the rules of the game ( Read more... )

the pi recitation contest went...interestingly. :) so at first, the organizers said that, "those in the pi recitation contest should sign up over here. and you can choose to either recite it or write it down on a piece of paper in their presence." so at first I thought, OH NO! it's going to be stupid...and won't really be an open contest where ( Read more... )