quick thoughts 28 December, 2005

-I used a clothes dryer the other day–best invention ever. Everything fits better than it has in months! Also, you get to take stuff out of the dryer and put it on while it’s still warm. I love that.
-I get to follow everything I do with “haven’t [activity] in months”! Which I’m sure has gotten [...]

… in which i more eloquently reflect on the term 20 December, 2005

So I feel as though I’m now tasked with remembering everything. Every image, every nuance of life here: walking around, taking the tram or the trolley bus, ordering food in Hungarian and the little smile I get sometimes from people who weren’t expecting it out of me, an obviously foreign-looking guy. The s’s and sz’s [...]

this may be a tough one to write 19 December, 2005

So I got home last night from watching Arrested Development with Toby and Joel (and don’t worry, Rachel, we’ll watch it in the spring, too), and I realized that in *sigh* (a complicated sigh) less than three days, I have to leave. Ok, that’s misleading: I realized that all of the thinking I’d been doing [...]

sick again… 14 December, 2005

just in time for finals. boooooo. didn’t make it through classes yesterday before going (/being sent) home, only here today for a presentation (on history education in Hungary during/after Communism). The vague plans i had for this weekend have turned into a burning desire to sleep. We’ll see how this affects my performance on exams.

… in which I steal someone else’s good idea 12 December, 2005

namely, rachel’s list of “things I won’t miss so that I can get myself in the mindset of going home.” I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about my now-imminent return to Denver, and I’m still on the fence about being excited about it. It still feels like I’m still getting comfortable here, finding new [...]

… in which I feel surprising amounts of stress 6 December, 2005

… which will hopefully be cured this afternoon by a visit (with Cathy, who’s visiting) to one of Budapest’s famous spring-fed baths. Why stressed, you ask? Well, to be honest, a lot of reasons.
1. Too much math. Midterm last week, midterm this week, three or four finals the week after. And I’m feeling about at [...]