Archive for December, 2009

Same ol’ meme everyone else is doing

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

10 years ago, I was back in my hometown, Minot, ND, for my first Christmas break away from college.

Blast from the past

Sunday, December 13th, 2009

When I was younger and in high school and college, I used to think I was fairly cheeky and/or humorous. It wasn't the crude or obnoxious type either1, just a little sarcastic and cynical. I just had the right crowd of friends or something, and I fit in pretty well. That ...

Recovery and contemplation

Sunday, December 13th, 2009

My committee meeting on Wednesday went about as expected. Unfortunately, I didn't really get to assembling any of my presentation until Tuesday night. I guess this just fulfills my old dogma that I always perform better under a deadline. Maybe this is why I have so many white hairs already... But ...

Countdown

Saturday, December 5th, 2009

This has been a week from hell. My stress load was through the roof, and I really thought I was going to crack and lose it a couple times throughout. Especially Tuesday; it had turned out to be a 14-hour day whereupon I went home, had two beers, and then promptly ...

Smiling Chai

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

Just a note to the three most important events and/or engagements of the day.