Feelin like a classy-type person!

Got into NYC at about 9pm last night, caught a quick dinner at a Thai restaurant and then hung out at a bourbon bar for a few hours. Woke up, headed up to Connecticut for a nice brunch at Besim's family's restaurant, which is a really nice place, if you're ever in Stamford. After brunch, caught the Acela back to Boston and made it home at about 6:30. Is that 3 classy activities (at least relative to standard grad student antics) in 24 hours? I think it is!

Really doin' it

Well, I just bought my plane ticket - one way - back to Alaska on January 2. So I guess I'm really making this move. Quite the change of scenery (not to mention climate) from suddenly balmy Boston, but despite some vague nagging worries that something will go wrong I've been really looking forward to this for awhile now. I'm sure I'll have quite a number of adjustments I'll have to make in order to not only be around, but actually live with, my super-awesome girlfriend. I'm sure there will be a lot of times when I miss my friends in Boston, or feel too far from my family. I'm sure I'll get tired of reassuring my mother that life in Alaska does not put me at constant risk of bear attacks, even when doing such mundane activities as taking out the trash or opening a cupboard to get a mug for my morning coffee. But I'm also sure that this is the right thing at the right time, and that when I look back on this decision to move to Alaska I'll know it was the right one.

Human Bowling

Here's some good wholesome fun from a recent Friday night.



Sorry about the sound. I'll have to work on that once I'm back in Boston.

Nice work today, Toine, and thanks for getting it set up so I could watch despite being over 3000 miles away. I hope I don't have to worry that you didn't get to enjoy yourself afterwards - I imagine a nice, satisfying several rounds of drinks over at the pub before dinner.

In my world, it was a (wonderfully) lazy first weekend here in AK. The first night I was out cold at about 8:15 after a delicious Thanksgiving feast prepared by my fantastic girlfriend. It turns out sleeping in is super easy, since it doesn't get light until about 10, so after 14 hours of sleep I actually felt like I'd put a dent in the last few months of sleep deprivation. We spent the rest of the weekend kicking around, starting season 2 of the Wire, watching The Dog Whisperer, buying new cross country skis, going out to dinner and to see The Nutcracker, and going over to some friendshouse to shovel their driveway for them because they were out of town (but not actually having to do any work, because somebody had beaten us to it). All in all, it was pretty successful. Now I've got to buckle down to work for the next few days, because I really want to get this thesising stuff done as soon as possible!