haha. its been too long since ive created a post. so a run down of events: graduated in May, never finished my thesis; published a personal memoir; hired to work june summer camps; had a blast at chess camp thanks to GMs and Fide, and all other friends. Had fun every night with either the other counselors: David, Chris, and Chris, or with Iryna and ( Read more... )

My supervisor may fire me from my position on Friday. I am guilty; that I cannot deny. I did not know what I said is 'professionally' unacceptable. Rather learn within the confines of an educational institution than my first job. (And people wonder why I'm nervous to land my first job! One mistake, smallest infraction you don't think about and ' ( Read more... )

torture...complete and utter torture...of the good kind too! laughing cures many things. as does 'light bulbs' turning on in the brain. my imagination is running wild over the true portrayal of manners in a c. 19th society--New York v. Europe. learned more interesting cultural tid bits from trish which I have experienced and now understand fuller ( Read more... )

Well, this winter break trip appears practically offical.

I still have a shot at a 4.0 this semester. We'll see what happens.

I took Trish, my Irish roommate, to Memphis this past weekend, along with Ran (from Japan) and Daniel (from Colombia). We met another Irish lad while eating lunch at Celtic Crossing. Trish was excited. hehe.

it occurred to me this afternoon, while at the amphitheatre in Cirencester, that i had not updated my lj in quiet some time. it also occured to me that i might not have mentioned where i would be posting while abroad to lj friends. and lastly, it occured to me that i hadnt informed people of my other blog. so, here it is ( Read more... )

many of us hung out in john kirkham's EV pad after chess club last night. John, jon, derrick, and hikaru were the drunks of the evening. lan, korey, jake, and i comprised the sober team, though jake, lan, and i all had one beverage of something. we put a movie into the xbox, but hardly paid attention. only time jon and others actually watched the ( Read more... )

hitting with the Nakamura was fun. He's not half bad, but Lydia and I can both beat him it appears. First we played around on the court. There were 2 on one side and 3 on the other. this made for an interesting time at first. after this warm-up Nakamura wanted to hit with just Lydia and I (she and I had already discussed yesterday afternoon that we ( Read more... )

today's looking to be a rather long ass day. kids are at the pool right now. i leave in 30 minutes...yay. only to return at 5pm to give a lesson until 7pm. then 7pm to meet with jake and nakamura and hit with them for about an hour or two. no complaints ( Read more... )

This week has been very enjoying, even with the annoying kids from camp. (oh, a parent complained about me today....marcella sided with me and not the parent, yes! details later). Ive been invited out to dinner every night this week except for last night. instead, miranda and i were treaty to Ben and Jerry's by Mary. Tonight was Fish N Chips and ( Read more... )

Pharmacology ( Read more... )