I think I'm going to go back to South Africa next year for winter break. Who's in?

I don't normally use this journal as a forum to bitch about stupid people, but this one I couldn't resist:

( Kentucky Senate Likely To Kill Anti-Bully Bill )

I'm very excited to hear that my favorite building in Baltimore, after being vacant for some thirty-odd years, is finally being rehabbed and brought into use!!!


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Lots of people like to rip on New Year's Resolutions as being trite and cliché, but I don't think like that. I think it's healthy to set personal goals, and if a landmark date helps accomplish those goals, I don't think there's anything wrong with that ( Read more... )

So, once again we're rapidly proceeding toward the end of the year and the beginning of another ( Read more... )

Would you go with me if we were lost in fields of clover?
Would we walk even closer until the trip was over?
And would be okay if I didn't know the way?

"The fun thing about eating edamame is that it's like castrating a goat with your teeth." -- Laura

Also, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlf6n7IzZYk

So, in a fit of spontaneity I have registered with a web site called Crazy Blind Date. If you've heard of OKCupid (formerly The Spark), this is by the same people. There is certainly no guarantee that anything will happen of this, but I filled out a little about myself, said when I would be available (it seems like I'm never free anymore1) and ( Read more... )

So today my mother agreed to let me take Mindy to Montreal for New Year's, so that should be a blast. I will now quit bitching about not having anything fun to do for New Year's. Perhaps more interestingly, we today received a piece of mail addressed to a previous resident of our apartment. This happens all the time, but this time the former ( Read more... )

So today I turned in the take-home portion of my midterm exam for Urban Economics & Spatial Patterns and took the in-class portion of the exam. This is my first exam in graduate school, and I'm so glad it's over. The professor for that class drives me a little batty, so I'm glad I've finished his only exam...we just have a final paper now ( Read more... )