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Yay for snow days! Well, not really, I can't say I enjoy 3 feet of snow and -30 C weather, but it's nice to have a legitimate excuse to stay home all day.

Me: So where do you want to go to after Paris? I suggest we go to Bordeaux, rent a car and hit the wineries. Chris can be designated driver.
Cosmin: Hey, easy there, moneybags. I suggest we just rent bikes and really good helmets.

Oh, this summer will be fantabulous. I'm going to Russia in May with my mom, and I just booked my flight to meet Cosmin in Amsterdam on June 13th. We'll be there for a few days, off to Brussels, then meet Laser in Paris on the 20th. I'll tag along with them for a bit, maybe go to Serbia for a few days, and then head back home on July 3rd. Oh this ( Read more... )

Guess who got into grad school? That's right - moi!!!!!

So as Sam was kind enough to bring to my attention yesterday, York ever so inconsiderately moved up its grad school app deadline by 2 weeks, so now everything has to be sent in by January 15th, which is a Monday so really everything has to go out the Friday before at the latest. So now I am scrambing to put together my statement of interest, which ( Read more... )

You Belong in Amsterdam
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"Beyond what was once Czechoslovakia lie the deep Balkans. They are, it has been said, a sort of hell paved with the bad intentions of the powers."--John Gunther, Inside Europe

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