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February 9, 2014
Some final thoughts on Winter Term '14... Here is to a month well spent, laughs well had and much appreciated personal growth.
Just Another Winter Term Blog Post
February 8, 2014
Winter Term doesn't have to be the most exciting thing; mine wasn't!
Wild 'n Wiser
January 21, 2014
What does it mean to find yourself (metaphorically that is)? Is it your wild intuition? Is it your carefree personality? What makes self-discovery useful for you?
Switchin' It Up and Movin' It Down South
January 7, 2014
Winter Term swept me up in a snowstorm and transported me down South. Now that I am here in New Orleans I have all these cool things to do, like...
I Bet Alexandre Dumas Got Writer's Block Too
February 24, 2013
Entirely belated musings on the end of winter term and the death of a famous explorer by beach-stabbing. I know that it's Alexandre, not Alexander, but I feel like he'd be cool with it.
NaStoTraMo
February 16, 2013
When I was in my end-of-semester-only-able-to-think-in-wordplay stage, National Story Translating Month (a nod to NaNoWriMo) was the title I almost gave my winter term project, which was translating a German short story into English. Luckily, a friend intervened and I ended up calling it "Winter Term German Translation Intensive." Alas, sometimes professionalism has to win out over cleverness.
The Back of Steven Fry's Head
February 9, 2013
This is the primary view that I was afforded of the man behind the voice of the Harry Potter audiobooks, one night during Winter Term.
The Need To Feed
February 6, 2013
The unofficial winter term project name is The Need to Feed. The unofficial unofficial project name is OMG WTF (Wow, That Food!) WINTER TERM.
A Winter Among Friends
February 2, 2013
My new friends have paws, hooves, horns, and attitude. I wish you could meet them, but pictures will just have to do.
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