Daydream Believer

I’m totally jazzed.  On Saturday, I will be HOME in Chicago, seein’ all the peeps, playin’ all the games, eatin’ all the turkey…Man, I’m excited.  I want to have as much free time to do those things as possible, though, so that means being productive these next few days.   Today, I have work at the [...]

On Monday, I had my thesis proposal defense.  It was actually pretty scary – me, my advisor and my committee (two other faculty members) together in a room deconstructing my research plans.  Let me start at the beginning:
My committee is pretty cool; I’m actually proud of how diverse (and fun) they are.  My advisor is [...]

Good news/Bad news:
The good news is that Democrats have taken the House.
The bad news is that, in Virginia, The Marriage Amendment passed. 69% 57% voted for it. Ugh. This is one of those issues that really fries my turkey. I could go on and on about it, but I know that for [...]

My roommate eats my food.