Monthly Archives: February 2008

Whew

Back in Pasadena, and ready (I guess) to buckle back down to work.  I have a little bit of catching up to do, but it’s not too bad overall.  I also have to take a midterm tomorrow night.  I don’t … Continue reading

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mmm tar..

We’ve done a bunch of touristy things this week, and it’s been fun to get out and see some of the things in LA and Pasadena.  On Sunday we went to the La Brea Tar Pits, where they found a … Continue reading

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Parents visiting

This week is especially crowded, because it’s a long weekend and my parents are here to visit until Thursday morning, and then I’m going to Phoenix to visit Jon’s family next weekend.  So I tried really hard to get most … Continue reading

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ahh week 6 already?

The term is more than half over, and so is my first year!  I don’t know how that happened…I think my mind is still in January.

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I thought February was supposed to be cold…

…even in Pasadena.  But 82 is decidedly not cold – come on, California, let me have *some* nice breezy spring-like days!

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Theater!

Right, so the plays that I went to last weekend: They were both automatically awesome because they were done by a professional acting company (called The Acting Company), and Caltech student tickets were $5. Good start. Neither of them was … Continue reading

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Books in my life right now

I’m really excited about a few books that I’ve been reading/looking at lately, so I thought I would say some things about them. First, I’m impressed by these editions of Shakespeare’s plays. They’re first folio texts for each play, which … Continue reading

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Some of my backed-up mail came!

Not all of them, but a lot of the things I was missing showed up in the mail today, including your letter, Shannon.  Yay!  Too bad I already had my department’s reimbursement check reissued, and no sign yet of the … Continue reading

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