Thu, Apr 21, 2011 – 10:53
A week or two ago, I was having breakfast in the early morning and noticed our cherry tree had blossomed pretty much over night. With the dawn light it looked very fresh and beautiful, so I went and grabbed my camera before the light changed. P.S. I now have twitter, although it will take some time [...]
This past week I was in housing my boss found for me because I was only able to find apartments until the 24th and then starting the 1st. So there was a gap week where I stayed in his girlfriend’s room in a very old apartment building. She evidently studied art history, so I have [...]
Sat, Jul 10, 2010 – 09:28
My mom and dad head off this weekend to return to hiking, and to go bicycling, respectively. They’re happy to be outdoors again now that my mom is done with her lyme disease (aka vampire) meds. Evidently taking them makes you very sensitive to sunlight. This means my brother and I have the house to [...]
You may know that with both her little rocketts lifted off, my mom has finally gotten the chance to start on her big dream of thruhiking the Appalachian Trail. The trail runs about 2,200 miles from Springer Mtn in Georgia to Mt. Katahdin in Maine. She’s been planning and dreaming and training since before I [...]
Wed, Sep 30, 2009 – 22:29
Autumn has arrived rather suddenly at RIT. The weather has gotten very cold and rainy – there was even hail the other day. I’m disappointed that such a nice summer is now finally at an end as identifiable by the transition to Rochester Winter (since winter here really lasts about October-April). Classes are stressful. And [...]
First off, you should note the sarcasm as I write the title for this post. RIT may be tolerably nice right now, while the weather is good and the breeze is cooling rather than frigid, but in a few months, it’s going to be a brick windtunnel filled with rain and snow. Besides this, cynicism [...]
Tue, Aug 18, 2009 – 17:49
Not much news from Ellenland this week – like everywhere else it seems, it’s been hot and sticky, alternating rain and disgustingly humid partly-sunny days. Over the weekend I caught up with some of my friends who are either in town for the summer or were passing through. Peggy’s archaeology trip to Peru was marred [...]
Dessau decided it’s summer last week, with 80º+ temperatures, so following the requests of several people, I went out and got a skirt shorter than my knees. Of course, after that the weather got colder. I’m buying a lot more clothing here than I do at home, but I have more motivation to look good [...]
Thu, Apr 30, 2009 – 23:18
I talked to Ariana, who is studying in Merida, Mexico, at the moment. Evidently everything is shut down for a week, including university classes and government buildings, due to the swine flu proto-pandemic. It sounds like it’s more because they’ll jump at any opportunity to have a holiday, rather than because they’re really worried—Ariana certainly [...]
Fri, Mar 20, 2009 – 11:02
Changed the header image again — slowly making progress towards sweet-looking chem glassware. Not sure if I like them in different colors or whether I want to go with my kelly green color. Some day they’ll be reflective and stuff. At the moment I guess it looks like I just slapped clip art on there. I [...]
