Hypothesis of the day: Huge piles of work usually result in updates as a procrastination tactic. So far, it's proving to be true.

The stack of notes I have to get through on Communist Russia and China is truly impressive. I don't find it all boring, it's just that the material is depressing as hell. 5 million dead of starvation in the Russian famine ( Read more... )

Living in my flat is becoming an adventure, though not necessarily in a good way. Sure, the location we're in is beautiful and within walking distance of several great pubs, museums and the supermarket and laundromat. But my God, if there was ever a flat that could screw you the way ours has screwed us...

When I moved in, sure, there were some ( Read more... )

"In professional terms, British women were still second-class citizens. On average, they were paid less than men and obtained a significantly lower proportion of managerial positions. But outside of work, they no longer has to tolerate men who didn't know what a washing machine, conversation or the clitoris were."

- selection from my British Culture ( Read more... )

Stephen Colbert is running for President ( Read more... )

 
Exam week has ended at last. Gone are my three hour science classes and weekly tests. But also gone is everyone in my flat. My Grandma and I don't leave for Paris until Tuesday, so until I meet her at Waterloo station I am here alone with plenty of time to kill.

It's been easy to keep busy though. Yesterday I wandered around the V and A museum and ( Read more... )

Like so many other times in my life, I am now avoiding studying. How I made it this far academically I will never know. But be that as it may, recounting is the best way to procrastinate, I think. So here goes...

Friday I am worried because A) It is my first time fasting by myself without the company of equally miserable Jews at synogogue (I skipped ( Read more... )

So here is my dilemma: either there is nothing going on and therefore nothing to update about, or there is too much going on and not enough time to update about it. In this case it is the latter, which I am not complaining about at all. But still, an update is long overdue ( Read more... )

So my salad dressing froze, and since it is the main factor in me eating dinner tonight I am writing this while it defrosts. Defrost, dressing, defrost!

London has been amazingly busy and just generally amazing. To the point where I'm already regretting the fact that I have to leave. I would not hesitate to move here, cost aside. As I said to ( Read more... )

I can't say it feels like I've been here forever, but it feels like such a long time ago since I was home. Now I'm sitting on my bed being generally introverted, so I've had time to realize that, in fact, I've only been here two days. But my body, as well as my sleep schedule and mind, are adjusting, so I guess it's safe to say my sense of time is ( Read more... )

I am in London ( Read more... )