I'm back in Boston. What a great feeling to be home again!
Although - I did NOT get my thesis done in time while over in Auckland, so I should go to the library and work on that...alas no. I'm typing in this thing and having a Dunkin' Donuts breakfast...to be honest, I feel like it's just another day and I'm loitering at Shilman Hall instead of going to class.
Aside from the fact that it's subarctic here (I think with the wind chill it was 16, or -9 Celsius, this morning), and that the sun goes down around 4:45, I don't have many complaints about being home. But then again who does?
For everyone else coming back - I thought of a really great game, it only works though flying across the country at night. Try to guess what cities your flying over, just based on the lights. It really kept me from going insane with boredom on the plane. Not to mention how weird it is to see Chicago, Indianapolis, and Cincinnati in one glance. They look like small towns that are a few miles apart, when in reality we all know how big each of those cities are.
So now I am home, and from here going to the Study Abroad office to do what I need to do upon returning (which I don't have a clue what), I suppose this is the appropiate entry with which to say goodbye. I hope I didn't bore you all too much with my musings over the past four months. Frankly I liked it as a way to keep sane, and it gave me something to do.
E noho rā, and thanks for reading.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Monday, November 17, 2008
I'm waiting for my laundry to get done, and I'm generally sulking about, so I mightaswell write something.
I feel absolutely horrible. I shouldn't be...it's the last day I spend in NZ and I think people are gonna start doing stuff this afternoon (aka drinking). I probably won't do all that much, I kinda do want to get to the right plane...not say...accidentally fly to Australia or whatever (well I could deal with that).
My damn thesis isn't done...yet. Which means it's coming back with me to the US - where I can work on it at my leisure (sort of) and email my professor a final copy...I emailed her, lets hope she doesn't object all that much. To be fair, I did send what I had done. But right now I've psyched myself out of working on it anymore...did I mention that I feel horrible about this whole thing?
I have to get to campus to drop off some books at the library, and I do want to get a sweatshirt or something from here. Maybe I'll go to the Auckland Museum...I doubt it though because I don't think I could give it justice though.
Plus I need to pack. Fortunately I didn't bring my life with me so I can probably get that done in half an hour...once my clothes are dry I'll just get that out of the way I suppose.
Speaking of...its 10:10 so the hour's up...
I feel absolutely horrible. I shouldn't be...it's the last day I spend in NZ and I think people are gonna start doing stuff this afternoon (aka drinking). I probably won't do all that much, I kinda do want to get to the right plane...not say...accidentally fly to Australia or whatever (well I could deal with that).
My damn thesis isn't done...yet. Which means it's coming back with me to the US - where I can work on it at my leisure (sort of) and email my professor a final copy...I emailed her, lets hope she doesn't object all that much. To be fair, I did send what I had done. But right now I've psyched myself out of working on it anymore...did I mention that I feel horrible about this whole thing?
I have to get to campus to drop off some books at the library, and I do want to get a sweatshirt or something from here. Maybe I'll go to the Auckland Museum...I doubt it though because I don't think I could give it justice though.
Plus I need to pack. Fortunately I didn't bring my life with me so I can probably get that done in half an hour...once my clothes are dry I'll just get that out of the way I suppose.
Speaking of...its 10:10 so the hour's up...
Friday, November 14, 2008
Just woke up, and it looks like a beautiful day out - not a cloud in the sky from what I can see out my window. Looking at the forecast it appears that today will be the last nice day I see in Auckland - although tomorrow may not be bad (just not as perfect as today).
I am so tempted - you have no idea - to blow off my paper today and go picture taking. Which I can't sadly. I should have a lot more done on it than I do currently, but I had the most severe writers block this week...fortunately I finally broke through it yesterday afternoon.
Well, maybe if I write about one film...maybe even two.
Better get started.
I am so tempted - you have no idea - to blow off my paper today and go picture taking. Which I can't sadly. I should have a lot more done on it than I do currently, but I had the most severe writers block this week...fortunately I finally broke through it yesterday afternoon.
Well, maybe if I write about one film...maybe even two.
Better get started.
Sunday, November 9, 2008
i'm up way too early for Sunday...
The long sought secret to fertility must be here in New Zealand, if the Associated Press is as reliable a source as they espouse to be...
Obama’s Election Inspires an Indigenous Party in New Zealand
So that would be an increase of 700,000 (20.58%) in 24 hours...?Saturday, November 8, 2008
from halloween
found pictures! Not the most flattering...
I'm only posting one of the tatts, as the other one is a confederate flag...and I don't want to offend anyone (and we all know what that flag looks like anyhow).
So to add some content- one of the girls drew faces on oranges to represent Zack, Cody, and myself...
I'm on the left. Does anybody else see the resemblance to South Park's Cartman?
I'm only posting one of the tatts, as the other one is a confederate flag...and I don't want to offend anyone (and we all know what that flag looks like anyhow).
So to add some content- one of the girls drew faces on oranges to represent Zack, Cody, and myself...
I'm on the left. Does anybody else see the resemblance to South Park's Cartman?
Friday, November 7, 2008
uninspired
My last exam is Monday...and I haven't started studying yet. Oops.
I'd like to get to campus, because at my apartment I'm just too distracted. But there's a problem: my sleep schedule is completely screwed up. While trying to study for my finals in the past two weeks, I was pulling all nighters, since I work much better at night - I guess it's more that everyone else isn't up and about to distract me (by doing non academic things, which investigating is much better than studying I suppose). As a result, I am now accustomed to going to bed around...4, 5 AM and getting up...whenever I decide to get up.
Or worse still, I have tried going to bed around 10:30 - 11:00 (not tonight clearly, read on...), but I found myself just waking up in the middle of the night. Not like just-had-a-nightmare woken up (or even have to go to the toilet woken up), but woken up without rhyme or reason. Yet, I felt so refreshed that I'd guess it was around 5:30 or something, but to my dismay, my phone would say "2:45" or something equally ridiculous. So to pass the time (clearly sleep wasn't going to), I'd putz around online or playing my computer games...go back to bed around 6 AM.
That was the case today (Friday). Except I actually fell asleep, and didn't get up for hours. Usually when that happens, I'll end up overshooting the actual time, where I wake up and think it's much later than it is. Instead today, I woke up, and guessed it was maybe...11:30, noon even...
Not even close. Try 3:15 PM. And my alarm was even set and on! (sorry Martyn for having to hear that racket for I don't even want to know how long).
In short, got nothing done today. Again. Maybe I'll try some studying right now...
Other than that, nothing much has been happening. Some friends went on another trip to the South Island, which I couldn't partake in because of this stupid final on Monday. Surprisingly, I'm not completely broke, but actually I have a decent buffer in cash alone, not even counting my checking account or my credit card (which I am NOT touching again until I get a job). Except for a potential trip next weekend, I don't plan to do much, so I should be more than set. I do also have to write my senior thesis for NU, and that's not gonna get going until Monday at the earliest.
I'd like to get to campus, because at my apartment I'm just too distracted. But there's a problem: my sleep schedule is completely screwed up. While trying to study for my finals in the past two weeks, I was pulling all nighters, since I work much better at night - I guess it's more that everyone else isn't up and about to distract me (by doing non academic things, which investigating is much better than studying I suppose). As a result, I am now accustomed to going to bed around...4, 5 AM and getting up...whenever I decide to get up.
Or worse still, I have tried going to bed around 10:30 - 11:00 (not tonight clearly, read on...), but I found myself just waking up in the middle of the night. Not like just-had-a-nightmare woken up (or even have to go to the toilet woken up), but woken up without rhyme or reason. Yet, I felt so refreshed that I'd guess it was around 5:30 or something, but to my dismay, my phone would say "2:45" or something equally ridiculous. So to pass the time (clearly sleep wasn't going to), I'd putz around online or playing my computer games...go back to bed around 6 AM.
That was the case today (Friday). Except I actually fell asleep, and didn't get up for hours. Usually when that happens, I'll end up overshooting the actual time, where I wake up and think it's much later than it is. Instead today, I woke up, and guessed it was maybe...11:30, noon even...
Not even close. Try 3:15 PM. And my alarm was even set and on! (sorry Martyn for having to hear that racket for I don't even want to know how long).
In short, got nothing done today. Again. Maybe I'll try some studying right now...
Other than that, nothing much has been happening. Some friends went on another trip to the South Island, which I couldn't partake in because of this stupid final on Monday. Surprisingly, I'm not completely broke, but actually I have a decent buffer in cash alone, not even counting my checking account or my credit card (which I am NOT touching again until I get a job). Except for a potential trip next weekend, I don't plan to do much, so I should be more than set. I do also have to write my senior thesis for NU, and that's not gonna get going until Monday at the earliest.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
lazy sunday
Nothing better to do today except just sit around and do...nothing. Classes ended last Friday, and final exams start on Tuesday I think, though I don't have my first final until the 31st - and it's a hellish one. Not so much in the sense that I'm not sure if I'll do fine, but rather that my grade for this class, Legal Method, is the final exam. Nothing else.
With that in mind, I decided it would be in my best interest to not try and bum along with Zack, his friend from home Cody, and the girls (Kirstin, Sam, Cory) on what seemed to be a impromptu "road" trip to Wellington and back. Though I really do wish I could have gone - it involves a 12-hour scenic train ride through the North Island, and then I think they're picking up a car and driving back via the West Coast. The cards were stacked against me though - the car only had room for the five of them, so I'd have to book a flight back to AKL (which I wouldn't have objected to); but the dealbreaker for me was that when I called the hostel, I found out I wouldn't have been able to stay in the same room as they were in - the sixth bed was already booked. And everyone here knows damn well how much I hate meeting people and dealing with strangers.
So anyway, according to "official" university rules, as of 12 noon today, no one is allowed to have alcohol or make substantial noise within student housing for the remainder of the semester. In that light, we had a end of semester / Halloween bash on Friday night - aside from beers we brought ourselves, there was a very large amount of drinks on the house. I went as a representation of white trash - so I had a torn and stained wife beater on and some tattoos painted by Kirstin - I think there are pictures of them completed...I hope, I really want them!
Other than that, I'm really bored today. I don't plan to start studying until tomorrow, as my brain needs a mental break from studying after a test on Thursday (which was essentially the final). I got hung up on one question which I believed had a typo in it, and as a result didn't finish the test. I was not pleased about that - I will probably pass, but it won't be pretty. Even if I get say, a C+ in logic and a C in Art History, I will hopefully have either an A or high B in Legal Method and History to offset those grades, and maybe keep my GPA decent.
With that in mind, I decided it would be in my best interest to not try and bum along with Zack, his friend from home Cody, and the girls (Kirstin, Sam, Cory) on what seemed to be a impromptu "road" trip to Wellington and back. Though I really do wish I could have gone - it involves a 12-hour scenic train ride through the North Island, and then I think they're picking up a car and driving back via the West Coast. The cards were stacked against me though - the car only had room for the five of them, so I'd have to book a flight back to AKL (which I wouldn't have objected to); but the dealbreaker for me was that when I called the hostel, I found out I wouldn't have been able to stay in the same room as they were in - the sixth bed was already booked. And everyone here knows damn well how much I hate meeting people and dealing with strangers.
So anyway, according to "official" university rules, as of 12 noon today, no one is allowed to have alcohol or make substantial noise within student housing for the remainder of the semester. In that light, we had a end of semester / Halloween bash on Friday night - aside from beers we brought ourselves, there was a very large amount of drinks on the house. I went as a representation of white trash - so I had a torn and stained wife beater on and some tattoos painted by Kirstin - I think there are pictures of them completed...I hope, I really want them!
Other than that, I'm really bored today. I don't plan to start studying until tomorrow, as my brain needs a mental break from studying after a test on Thursday (which was essentially the final). I got hung up on one question which I believed had a typo in it, and as a result didn't finish the test. I was not pleased about that - I will probably pass, but it won't be pretty. Even if I get say, a C+ in logic and a C in Art History, I will hopefully have either an A or high B in Legal Method and History to offset those grades, and maybe keep my GPA decent.
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