I forgot to make a “I’m flying away now” blog post, so here’s one to commemorate that time I sat around at the airport in Osaka, thrilled that their AC outlets matched my American plugs. (My laptop battery ate it long ago, so I took it out to make my laptop half as heavy. This … Continue reading
I’ve been trying for some time now to obtain a visa for my impending trip to Taiwan. This has proven most bothersome. I’ve had to travel to New York each time to deal with the Taiwanese Consulate in person. The first trip I took up there, a Friday, my application was declined. The reason given … Continue reading
Guess what came today? Did you guess a scholarship check for five grand? If not, you lose! Now I can pay off that $1,400+ ticket I charged to my credit card with a $1,500 limit. I shall also buy lots of cocaine. =D
Exhibit A: Can you tell what’s wrong with this picture? That man has King Leonidas’s head plastered on in a really shitty GIF way. The title of the video implies there are other techno remixes of “This is Sparta!”. It has over 17 million views. I’m watching it, too. In case didn’t cause you to … Continue reading
On Friday I spent the day in New York with my Euro crew. It wasn’t anywhere near as fun as last year, partly because we didn’t even spend the night there (let alone two), but it was still a success. Unfortunately, I, cameraless, was unable to snap photos all day long of fun things that … Continue reading
Just dropped an additional 2GB of RAM into my laptop, bringing me up to 3GB total. This is amazing. Do you see that? My swapfile is empty, dude. Usually right from boot that’s already filling up. Today is a pretty good day.
Last year I had the pleasure of participating in a university program which hosted about 20 students from all over Western Europe to take classes for five weeks. I’m doing it again this year. The students—24 in all, from 9 different countries—just arrived this weekend; today is their first day of classes. I’ve not spoken … Continue reading
And nothing of value of lost. No, seriously. Alright, I slept pretty late on Saturday, then made it to a cafe for “breakfast” around 2pm. After that, some friends and I took a stroll through the park beside which the cafe resides, and we encountered… just look at the pictures. Charge! It was the greatest … Continue reading
Some friends had the bright idea to drive to the shore yesterday, since none of us were working, nor had anything better to occupy our time. Man, was that a win decision. We met Jesus freaks. We feasted upon pizza and cheesesteaks. We didn’t check our receipts until it was too late. We swam in … Continue reading
I returned to Philly late on Friday evening. After a weekend full of insane partying with my closest friends, I made it back to my new domicile and slept in my new room. Today I had to head to campus for classes and meetings with various faculty and administrators. I received a new parcel of … Continue reading