Hi there, this is unfortunately a placeholder for when there isn't a line of people behind me waiting to use the internet at this hostel.  When I have time I'll write more.  For now: Paris was awesome, wish I could be there longer...just got to Nice, planning lots of exploration tomorrow.  More later ( Read more... )

From 11am to 10pm today, I explored the town of Cambridge.  Beautiful old churches, architecture dating back six or seven centuries.  I saw King's College, famed home of the King's Singers and other historical greats, and Trinity College, home of Isaac Newton and Lord Tennyson.  I got my picture taken in front of the rooms where New lived while he ( Read more... )

Hello everyone,

I have to make this update brief because I'm on a timed terminal and I don't want to spend another pound for another half-hour (That's about $1.80...ugh, exchange rates here are killing me...these British and their higher standard of living...*shakes fist*)

So yes, in cas you haven't guessed, I'm in England right now.  Today is the ( Read more... )

One other thing ( Read more... )

This is my first personally written journal entry in a long time, so I'm afraid I can't weave a story on this page that can do justice to the rich tapestry that has been my life for the past few months.  However, I can give the basic rundown of the way things stand.

I graduated cum laude from Lawrence with a B.A. in Physics, closing a chapter of my ( Read more... )

Hey guys. This is pretty fun, and a good way to burn half an hour.

The instructions: 1) Bold what is true about you. 2) Italicize what you wish was true about you. 3) Add one true thing about you to the end of the list. 4) Tag five LJ friends.

Tagged:

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Taken from umichhorn's latest entry ( Read more... )

Hey, just a quick note in case any of my friends were worried about me after my last friends-only entry. Well, apparently they weren't since nobody commented, but oh well. That's okay, I don't leave lots of comments myself anyway ( Read more... )

This past weekend, I went as a member of the Lawrence University Concert Choir to Omaha Nebraska for the National Choral Directors' Association convention. We performed several pieces, as did the Lawrence Women's Choir. Both choirs delivered amazing performances on Friday morning in the performing arts center; it was a musical experience I'll ( Read more... )

I am intensely angry right now. But let's rewind ( Read more... )