It has been a long time since I did more than lurk on LJ ( Read more... )

Lately, I've been taking advantage of the gift of a 2 week pass to Back bay yoga to thoroughly immerse myself in yoga classes. My body's reacted to classes the way it does to candy - I just want more. It makes me sad to think of how often I let myself slide out of shape and away from physical activity because my body loves the attention it gets in ( Read more... )

 I've been meaning to post about my trip to Brooklyn for a while. There wasn't that much to it, just saw all of my crazy crazy relatives, and ate a lot of food. It's a theme this summer. My family had it first ever barbecue on the 4th of July. It was a fun adventure considering my tendency to run away from open flames (even when on stove top, watch ( Read more... )

My little brother and I are very obviously related in temperament. I couldn't help but think that when I watched him dash down the Park street platform to tackle hug some friends, as well as earlier when he'd surprised me with screening tickets for Mr. Popper's Penguins in the first place.

If you haven't met him, my little brother is about a head ( Read more... )

 My little brother is something of a warped Buddhist. Or at least that's how I'm choosing to interpret his most recent argument that school and work are pointless. You live and then you die, and you really can't do much about either. It's his normal adolescent whinging, but it still makes me think.

My brother is easy to dismiss, because his position ( Read more... )

The Borders in Downtown Crossing is shutting down. That means Downtown Crossing now consists of the giant hole in the ground that was Filenes, the Barnes and Nobles store that emptied out but hadn't rented in years, and a pretty gigantic empty building left by Borders. Closest Borders is now cambridgeside - the cambridgeside that you currently have ( Read more... )

The first time I read this article in the New York Times, I hated it.

To me it represents all of the bad sides of conservatism as a social movement. The argument is essentially to go out and follow in the well trod path which also conveniently benefits all of the people who've already made it to the end of that pathway.Of course current bosses would ( Read more... )

Two posts in the same week! Once again, I'm working on my communication. I came home to yet another letter from ZT. It reminded me that not only do I owe her quite a few letters in trade, I should make an effort to track what I'm up to for everyone else. Normally it involves a lot of staring at computer screens while I hash out ideas for papers. I' ( Read more... )

A bunch of nostalgic alums have revived Community, as well as a bunch of other conferences, and it's brought on my own feelings of nostalgia. Community was a Firstclass forum, now officially defunct with the college's switch to Sakai. Community was the primary discussion hub for the college as well as an administrative thorn-in-the-side for its ( Read more... )

I've spent a lot of time today thinking about what exactly I need to do to make sure that I don't lose sight of the friends i have scattered throughout the country. Real life means that people have far less time for things like chat. It means that on my side I have to get a lot more deliberate about updating people on what's happening in my life ( Read more... )