I'm sorry if this comes across as selfish, jaded, angsty, or anything like that. I just needed to vent to no one in particular ( Read more... )

I absolutely love the fact that I live in the city of Oxford, yet 5 minutes into my run I'm on a country lane between fields of wheat, exploring footpaths that lead to brooks and villages, etc.

One of the many great things about the house my friends and I have rented is it's location. We're a 10 minute walk from the City Centre, but at the same time we're a 5 minute walk from the country. A 2 minute run in one direction has me heading along the Thames, exploring any of the many side paths that cut across farmland or along tributaries. A 2 ( Read more... )

After spending many months orbiting in my own personal history capsule, I've decided it's time to re-enter the blogosphere and get this journal up and running again ( Read more... )

If my previous post intrigued you, then this will blow your mind:

The Oxford Imps on YouTube!

Stay tuned, as new videos will be added periodically!

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And it's time to start the new term which, ironically enough, means less work will be accomplished. More work will be done, for sure, but less progress will almost indefinitely be made. Such is life as a grad student ( Read more... )

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The weather has been absolutely gorgeous this weekend - many apologies to those of you suffering through the Nor'Easter! The high today was 24 degrees, I'll let you do the math ( Read more... )

I realize I may have been a bit (read: entirely) absent from LJ for the past, oh... 2 months? Well, I'm back, and will hopefully keep updating regularly, if only weekly.

This past week or two has included a number of firsts:

First visit from the parents: I met my parents in London last Friday and we visited John, Margeret, and Kathryn in Belgium ( Read more... )