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I’m back in the bay
Sleeping in to eleven
Summer life, I love!
Some story time! Senior week was good fun, did a lot of various activities. Just a quick rundown…
- Going to the lakefill and burning stuff. So I suppose that was probably not the wisest thing to do, but it was quite fun. A few of us went to the lake fill with – what else – string, matches, isopropyl alcohol, old spice, a lighter, and a camera to document. Obviously, a few of the best things you could pick to burn. Made some pretty pictures,
- Somehow managing to segue that into a CCI visit, where a robot suit was discovered (documented on film!) Unfortunately, it was not decorated as such, and became used as a table to be used for a rousing game of Citadels (in which one member fell asleep). This led to a 5:30 AM journey to see the sun rise! Which was unfortunately, missed.
- A day of tearful goodbyes! People moved out, boxes were moved, parents were met! And scavenging abounded. My team was able to relieve CCI of several extraneous lamps and boxes, while the CCI residents made a run on the Slivka food box.
- Random shopping run! Always useful. Bought fun things, like consumables and a BBQ which was used for…
- Impromptu barbeque session in front of Lisa’s Cafe! An enjoyable night where Chicken, Salmon, Broccoli, Corn, and Peaches were all given a turn on the mini BBQ grill that had recently been purchased
- Nina’s Birthday Celebration @ Chenfei/Lizhou/DChoi’s new place! It is a really nice place that i would love to visit another time. Some craziness (Nina! You are an amusing partier =P) Got to catch up with some old friends, talk to some acquaintances, which was nice. The view from the roof of the building is amazing! Fun night.
- And of course, various playing during senior week, which involved things like Watertower Place, Portillo’s, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cooking, Set+Dutch Blitz+Killer Bunnies, Packing, Moving
So just a quick overview of senior week at NU. This was Then appended by my own moving out, which was eventful. Think: getting the keys to the apartment for which the lease starts in July, leaving the stuff in the living room at 2AM, and collapsing into sleep. The next day was convocation early in the morning (no food! oh well) Saying goodbye to friends and then getting on a bus. The bus was only 5 minutes late! Unfortunately, driver of said bus decided to go to Dunkin’ Donuts and get an icy coffee drink so bus was more than 5 minutes late. Sitting on the bus, I realized that I was in fact too late for my plane, and thus missed my flight.
Damn.
Well, gate agent put my on standby for the next flight to SFO (I was originally headed for SJC) and I headed over to the gate. I was first on the standby list, but for some reason, everyone behind me on the list got on the plane, and I was the last to board as i waited for someone to not show up for the final boarding call. (Aside: that ass who cut in front of me multiple times for standby and got on the plane just before I did was given a business class seat. Drat.) An uneventful flight in general, read Blue Like Jazz, snoozed, read some more, and repeated the previous two actions until descent into SFO. The landing was quite violent (think rolling 10-15 degrees left and right), but I managed to make it back home.
This is rather long, and not much else interesting has happened since, so anything post Evanston will be noted in another post. Expect a book review, another journal entry, and perhaps some thoughts on various things in the near future.
A solution?
Perhaps this will work!
Post on Xanga and WordPress
Use Windows Live Writer!
I think that I’ve managed to figure out how to make my posts be published on both xanga and wordpress!
Additionally! If anyone is interested, my dear friend Katie is in Sierra Leone working on a public health project! She documents her adventures at her own blog (http://perambulating.wordpress.com/) Read it! It is quite amazing what sorts of things she is doing.
Anyways just for you, an extra haiku! Because I am behind in writing.
I’m going home soon
Moving away from Slivka
This summer is BUSY.
Goals for this month:
RESEARCH: omgosh i am so far behind it is not even funny. I should have finished this so long ago but everything just continues to pile up
BS/MS: should probably figure this out too. Supposedly the deadline is in august to start in the fall – ie that is fairly soon. So therefore, figure out if i can or cannot do it, and then figure out how to apply for it and all that good stuff
Apartment: Well we have a place! And roommates! Just need to figure out the room situation – the rooms may be on the small side to double. And also lease signing! I am not around for the signing, so we’ll see how that goes. Apparently I can sign when i move in, so maybe in the fall. I guess this is spill-overable to next month too
Reading: Not time sensitive, of course. I’ve got the Bible and Blue Like Jazz, thanks to Supernova friends. I’m still chugging through the Bible, though took a hiatus through finals. Read the first Chapter of Blue Like Jazz, but i don’t really remember it – must have been a late night.
For anyone curious, I’ll be on on AA1996 ORD-SJC tmw. Perhaps I will see an acquaintance there!
A Return?
Well it’s been a while
And the summer has started
Let’s bring back the blog?
Well it’s been a while since I’ve really touched this. The year has gone by and lots of things have happened, and I know that everyone is dying to hear about my interesting life. I’m trying to figure out how I want to post these – If I should stay on my cousin’s server, migrate to WordPress/Blogger, or return to my dear home, xanga. I’m trying to crosspost to xanga now, but I’m not really too sure how it works.