1. What did you do in 2007 that you'd never done before ( Read more... )

And now, a public service announcement:

Statistically speaking, there are two popes per square kilometer in Vatican City.

Carry on.

I've now been in the Netherlands for a little under four and a half months, and will soon be leaving for week-long excursions to Egypt and Portland before heading back to Lawrence. During my time here, I've learned more than in any previous equivalent stretch in my entire life. Looking to the future, I'm starting to realize that I have almost no ( Read more... )

Alright, I'm waiting for my laser to warm up and stabilize, so I have a few minutes to post an entry. Huzzah.

( 50 things about me? I haven't done of these things in a long-ass time. Damn. )

It will be a very long time before I go back to Italy on my own initiative. If someone wants to send me there for business or research, fine, but there better be someone else organizing everything, because I'm sick of dealing with the crap in that country. And to think that the purpose of going there was to relax ( Read more... )

Berlin, Zuid Limburg (Valkenberg en de Drielandenpunt), Utrecht, Venezia, Firenze.

What a month. Details? Maybe. Depends on whether or not you enjoy "academic" journal entries.

For lack of a recent (and substantial) post, and for the fact that I have time on my side, I've decided to actually give notice to the world (e.g. my few friends) as to what I've been up to on this side of the Prime Meridian. I'll break it down into sections, for those who don't want the whole schpiel.
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( My social life )

I got accepted to grad school today, and yet I'm more motivated than ever to do really well on the GREs now. Does that make any sense?

"Out... in... OUT!"

( What comes after. )

Jumped out of a perfectly good airplane today. Fell 13,000 feet.

Jumping twice tomorrow.

Gotta make sure to watch that first step. It's a doozy.