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Clear filtersWith the Pirates, Day Six
January 16, 2009
At 2.15pm, the lights went down and the excitement went up. All the writers were introduced, taking bows to waves of applause. The Story Pirates theme song was performed, and the show was on!
Starting to think beyond Oberlin
January 15, 2009
Today I visited Career Services to get some quick advice on my résumé and on finding the right gradate program. It feels like I'm a junior in high school all over again.
Winter Term: A Retrospective
January 15, 2009
Though they all speak English, I've come to realize that what my uncle once said is very true: the conversation will start out in English, move on to a mixture of Chinese and English, and finally settle completely into Chinese.
Pandas, Swiss Army knives, Sigourney Weaver, and of course, bamboo!
January 15, 2009
So visualize this: I'm in my basement this morning, working on my bamboo bicycle, joining the steel remnants of a child-sized bike frame to my bamboo tubes.
Moving in and life off campus
January 13, 2009
Last Sunday I moved into my house for this semester. Now I officially live off campus.
Will makes his bed; lies in it.
January 8, 2009
On spending too much time in my practice room, reading lists, and "Twilight."
Off to Circus School!
January 8, 2009
Right now, I'm in Seattle, studying at SANCA, the School for Acrobatics and New Circus Arts. To put it succinctly, this school is going to kick my ass.
Mail Call!
January 8, 2009
Leslie's not lying, we have been inundated with mail (and I've got the photo evidence to prove it)
Keeping the Post Office in Business
January 7, 2009
Today, we heard Sanskrit Chanting, pianists performing Schubert and Rachmaninoff, a fiddling group, and vocal performances ranging from Vittoria, mio core to hip hop selections.
Or, I mean to write about Winter Term and write about winter instead
January 7, 2009
I am not spending my Winter Term in Oberlin. Instead, I decided that the best thing to do was to actually experience winter.
Ode to Team-Teaching
January 6, 2009
January is supposed to be a quiet month, but as usual I've got too many things going at the same time.
A Start of a Winter Term in the Big Gritty
January 6, 2009
So, when everyone started talking about their plans for winter term in that "I'm really trying to avoid my finals work so I'm going to talk to many people I haven't talked to much this semester" time in December, I had a great name to toss into conversation, even if I didn't really know what I'd be doing yet.
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