a trip to the airport

sometimes on a visit, you start to like the person so much that you wish you could stay a bit longer. sometimes you get to stay longer when go to the airport only to find that your flight is in fact, tomorrow. sometimes you feel dumb for thinking "i don't need to wear the watch with the day/date function, i'm on vacation!" sometimes you stay up late talking... only to miss your morning class. sometimes is good sometimes.

years of waiting

it only took a few years and a 20+ hour flight, but i finally got some tim tams from my mate, sushigirl! a tim tam is a choco covered biscuit which i reckon other people might call a cookie. if you couldn't tell, my goal is to learn how to speak australian by the end of this trip. and not just the foster's type.

the heat

it's starting to get hot here... sunblock and dark glasses required. spending a lot of time outside has made me miss the colder weather. and to think, in some parts of the world, it's autumn going on winter. yup. that's where i'll go. australia. screw this summer crap.

things i learned in college

1. drinking is good. everyone does it.

2. grad school is for losers who can't get a job. then they go to grad school and get a masters degree and find a job that pays even lower than job offers they turned down when graduating with a bachelors.

3. make fun of people who aren't 21 since they are too young to go anywhere.

4. the quality of a graduation speaker, is inversely proportional to how well known they are. for example, a relatively unknown automotive journalist's commencement speech could garner a standing ovation, whereas a well known technology guru might put the entire population of graduation participants to sleep.

5. engineering students sleep through their classes. business school students give their teachers a round of applause on the last day of class. could it be any more obvious who gets the better teachers?

for better or for worse, i think i've become more liberal. as for whether five years of endless toil was worth it... who knows. coming back for my masters did have some advantages though. and, keeping with the numbered format we have:

1. i got to rush the field after winning the big ten championship (plus the rose)

2. i found ann arbor's soup nazi. and zingerman's. and the chips, which i am about to run out of.

3. hill and rackham construction were finally completed.

4. i turned 21. i suppose i would have turned 21 regardless, but it's kinda nice to be able to be a student and not have to stare longingly through the window of the bar that kicked you out for being a minor.