there’s a heavy set man from kenilworth [a street in my neighborhood in akron] wearing a bearcats jacket jogging around the neighborhood with both arms raised in the air

my older brother

i always love getting texts from him, but this one made my day more than usual.  pretty big win for uc in football today, that is certain.

propositions on how sub-saharan africa could achieve global domination, suggested solutions to the nutritional crisis of the u.s., the detailed design process of a product developed with three other students to ease the difficulties of water access in madagascar, vegetarianism and its substantial impact on the environment, an in-depth analysis on the implications of recent chinese investment in guinea with regard to human rights

… the mix between the hypothetical and the very weighty reality of existence as revealed by all of these end-of the-quarter papers is quite overwhelming.

speaking of tumblr themes and other countries and such, i’m supposed to blog about my time in india as part of a very helpful grant.  it’s sort of unusual in that i’ll sadly only be there for two weeks and almost certainly won’t be able to write much while i’m there, but whatever.  i’d certainly like to share what i can.

i’m thinking i may just go back here, where i wrote about my time in tanzania, so as to avoid connecting innocent, complete strangers simply perusing the honors website from happening upon the fragmented inner workings of my life as a whole that show up on here.  going back admittedly feels weird, though, in that i sort of feel like i’m being unfaithful to the original intent.  but three separate blogs is far too unreasonable.

final decision soon to be announced, not that it’s that big of a deal.

i very much need to change my theme … the enveloping coldness of the past couple days is definitely enough to make it clear that fall is as good as over.

i’ll take care of it as soon as i get these five papers written, or as soon as i get back from india, as there probably won’t be much time between the completion of papers and the leaving the country.

nataliemiklosic:

(via internetsurfwithzachrose)
here you go bridget.

aw, thanks! inflation rate of 231 million percent or so during the summer of 2008, take that!

nataliemiklosic:

(via internetsurfwithzachrose)

here you go bridget.

aw, thanks! inflation rate of 231 million percent or so during the summer of 2008, take that!

Reblogged from not a lie
until then, it’s exciting to have the album art.  and “written in reverse,” the album’s single.  both were revealed yesterday, this officially signaling my slipping as a diehard spoon fan in my day-late report of this.  nonetheless, i will always love spoon.
listen to the single on npr’s website

until then, it’s exciting to have the album art.  and “written in reverse,” the album’s single.  both were revealed yesterday, this officially signaling my slipping as a diehard spoon fan in my day-late report of this.  nonetheless, i will always love spoon.

listen to the single on npr’s website

january 19, i am very much looking forward to you.

january 19, i am very much looking forward to you.

adaptivity:

finally!
sad though, that the material is being deemed unfit for america and thus shipped away for everyone else to use.
Social Cycling - DMD Green.

lovely.

adaptivity:

finally!

sad though, that the material is being deemed unfit for america and thus shipped away for everyone else to use.

Social Cycling - DMD Green.

lovely.

initiative

i’m so tired of that word, and its wholly mentally constructed requirements.

must. stop. researching.

… and write the actual paper … s (x 10 million)