It is, not unusually, rainy and cold here in London. I have come down with a terrible cold, and am praying to every god I’ve ever heard of that it will go away before I have to fly. I have to admit I’m almost feeling ready to go home — something about travelling alone, […]
I’m in London, now. I love London, too. I love lots of places, except where my university (ex, almost) is.
I met up with a friend, after quite the comedy of errors, and spent far more money than I should have on a coat. But it’s a really nice coat. Hand-made. It’ll last. Justification after […]
I really like Berlin. I really hate not knowing German.
The conference has been fun, really testing my “hey, I’m *leaving*” plan. I like listening. I like doing. I like interacting. My talk was middling successful.
But I skipped half the talks to tour yesterday, so who knows. I excused it by my not being here […]
David Gil admits there are words in Riau Indonesian (but still not nouns or verbs or any kind of word order)!
Something I knew but didn’t think of in time:
It hurts a lot to put shoes back on after they’ve been off for seven hours in a plane. It’s almost impossible.
Also, I’m totally intolerant of people travelling with children. If they’re screaming and kicking the seats in front of them, kissy kissy mommy loves you kissy […]
I’ve finally worked out all my arrangements. Which is great, since I’m leaving for the airport in under three hours. Ack.
It’s going to be interesting, going to this conference after I’ve decided to leave, after I’ve finished everything. Should be fun to answer the “how are things?” question. Not so much to other students (less […]
To boys:
I know that it’s still in to wear very baggy pants and show your boxers. But it can’t possibly be in to wear pants so baggy that when you bend over I see the skin between the bottom of your boxers and the top of your pants, and so low that you can’t walk […]
I turned on my air conditioner. In April. At night.
Now, everyone had it on today — it was hot — but to need it at night? My head hurts, and the air wasn’t moving through my open windows, and it’s 25 degrees. 25! That’s way too hot for a spring evening.
But during the day it […]
With six seconds to go, the Habs scored into an empty net. 2-0, Montreal (4-3 in the series, coming back from 3-1). We’re on to the semi-finals, though I don’t know who against. Tampa Bay, apparently, so I think this is probably where we’re going to end it. I’m still happy.
Toronto vs. Ottawa for […]
My head feels like it is about to explode. I need instant Tylenol, not just Tylenol.
This was a not-quite-so-productive day. Unsurprising, since it followed an all-but-no-sleep night. Not good. I need to finish this handout NOW, and get it photocopied. I need to finish packing. I need to find a place to stay while I’m […]