I’ve walked down my street hundreds of times since I moved here last summer, and I never could figure out exactly what it was about my neighborhood that bothered me - until last night.
All of the houses are sideways.
At least, compared to where I grew up. See, as long as I can remember, houses […]
On the way home from karaoke tonight, well after 1am, Will and I found a couch sitting out on the curb about a half-mile from our apartment. Having been looking for a couch, we decided to take it back to our apartment.
After a grueling 30 minutes of carrying, quickly putting down, and picking back […]
I’m finally alive and well in New Jersey, counting down until classes start at Rutgers.
I flew in to Boston and crashed with Alex, then took a nice little road trip down here.
I moved in to my new apartment.
I’ve even already gone to a concert in the city (Ted Leo and the Pharmacists at the McCarren […]
As you may or may not be aware, I’m taking a class this summer to learn ASL (it’s a lot of fun). In order to fulfill the “Deaf culture” requirement, this Sunday I want to a Deaf church.
Inter-community Church of God is a non-denominational Protestant church, which serves hearing people, Deaf people, and their […]
On the way home from the gym today, I saw both a woman wearing a sombrero, and a man wearing a pith helmet.
That is all.
I’ve posted some photos of my trip with Brad to San Diego and the Quail Botanical Gardens. Some of them actually came out really neat!
A sampling:
Starting in the fall, I’ll officially be a PhD student!
On Friday, I took a trip down to scenic New Brunswick, New Jersey to visit the Linguistics Department at Rutgers.
I wasn’t exactly thrilled to take a 6am train, but at least the scenery was pretty:
In spite of the early morning travel, I had a great […]
Very interesting things are said when people don’t think you can understand them.
The other week when I was at UMB to meet with Luis Alonso-Ovalle, I overheard two custodians engaged in the following conversation, translated from the Spanish.
Last night, Danny and I went to my favorite Indian restaurant, Diva Indian Bistro in Davis Square.
Now, it being a Friday night, and Davis Square being a pretty happenin’ spot, parking was… tough… to say the least. After fifteen minutes of circling, we found a spot at last. As we were about to […]
I won’t go into the details of the evening, but suffice it to say that Chris and I spent the evening in Boston, involving ghosts of freshman RAs past, awkward seating arrangements, a parrot, and a second visit by the RA and his beau. (If you’re actually interested, there’s a play-by-play in a friended […]
The other day, I woke up in my bed in Oxford, and, as per usual, opened up the BBC news website. Nothing interesting was going on - a few updates on the Israel-Lebanon conflict, etc, etc.
There was also a story about a foiled airline terror plot. “Oh good,” I thought to myself. […]
I made it home safe from Oxford. I’ll be posting a full update about traveling through Heathrow shortly.
If you haven’t heard about the foiled terror plot in the UK or the ensuing airport delays, suffice it to say that basically every airport in England is jam-packed. And I’m flying through one of them today.
For those who want to keep track of where I am, I’ll be taking a bus from Oxford […]
Last Friday, a bunch of people from Trinity College decided to go punting on the River Cherwell.
Punting is basically like canoeing, but instead of paddles, you use a big long pole to push your punt forward off the bottom of the river. It’s pretty hard work.
The river flows down along the Oxfordshire landscape, down […]
Dublin (or in Gaelic, Baile Átha Cliath, don’t ask me to pronounce it) was awesome. Chris, Matt, and I headed out on Thursday morning, and returned Saturday.
The weather was gorgeous (or at least how I like it) - cool, windy, and a little overcast. That being said, upon my return I was told […]
Last weekend was a trip to Blenheim Palace in Woodstock/Marlborough, Oxfordshire. We decided to just pay to see the gardens, which ended up being a good decision, as it took us all day just to walk around them. The trip yielded over 100 good photos.
Here are some highlights:
A bunch of people from my program went to Bath two weekends ago. The pictures are all online here.
I’m back safe and sound from Dublin, where I had a great time. I have a paper that I should be writing, so that means it’s time to update you on London (4 weeks late…)
Since I want to update about Dublin, this is going to be a lightning post:
Brad and I went to Buckingham […]
Eep, it’s been a few days since I last updated you about my whirlwind Europe trip. Things have been pretty busy here at Oxford, but more on that in a future post.
Day two saw Les Halles-Beaubourg, the Louvre, Notre Dame, Jardin du Luxembourg, the Arc de Triomph, and the Eiffel Tower by night. […]
We last left our intrepid heroes in Paris, where they met Pierre the baguette. Alas, Pierre was never seen again.
Brad and I got up early in the morning to head over to the Louvre - one of those things that you know is going to be boring, but you can’t not do while you’re […]