The Desert of My Dreams

HBO has produced an excellent documentary about the UM/OSU rivalry. I just watched it and thought it was extremely well-produced. It goes through the history of both football programs and the roots of the rivalry between the two schools. They even trace it all the way back to the two states fighting […]

I spent most of last week (with a side trip to D.C.) in Ann Arbor, coordinating and finalizing my move. All of my stuff (including my car) got packed and shipped this past Monday and should be in Mountain View in a couple of weeks. My move went pretty smoothly (well, as smoothly […]

I haven’t seen any daffodils today but I did finally get to see Maya Lin’s Wave Field. The weather was absolutely gorgeous today so our professor let us out a half hour early. Since we were already on North Campus and we’ve been wanting to check out the Wave Field for a while, […]

Srah’s cute haircut posts reminded me that I need to get a haircut. Does anybody know of any good hair places in Ann Arbor?
Please don’t mention Aveda. They’ve screwed up my hair twice before so I’m not risking it a third time.

packing sucks . . . I hate packing . . . I hate unpacking even more, though . . .
I’ve just thrown a whole bunch of stuff into my bag. I really don’t know how many outfits I’ve thrown in or what it is that I’m actually taking. I just know I’m […]

I’ve been living in my apartment for a little over two months and the apartment across from me has been empty that whole time. For a while, I was anxiously anticipating my new neighbors. Who will they be? When will they move in? What will they look like? As September […]

In the mornings, I usually ride the blue UM bus (the Northbound commuter from Crisler Arena to the Art Museum) because I really don’t want to arrive on campus all sweaty and nasty. Like most mornings, this morning’s bus was pretty jam packed with people so I couldn’t find a seat and instead got […]

I hate Excel - you know that sketchy place on South U. that provides cheap coursepacks by having students make the copies themselves and thus exploiting a loophole in copyright law. It stinks. It’s hot. It’s messy and dirty. The lines are always way too long. Their copy machines […]

It has been a busy week in the bubble that is Ann Arbor and grad school. Nonetheless, I am still alive and doing rather well. The next semester will be very exhausting and busy, yet I am very excited about starting a few new things. My new apartment is awesome. I’ve […]