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The Big Announcement

As many of you found out yesterday, we have news! (And no, we’re not pregnant.) Jesse is quitting his job in March to go back to school for computer animation. This decision was a long time coming. It’s almost hard for me to believe it’s actually happening. We had been talking about the need for change [...]

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Goodbye, September

September is a strange month, an in-between month. Summer officially ends and fall begins. But not quite. Aside from one weekend of cooler weather, September was hot and muggy here. It would rain for a week straight and then if the sun peeked out, it would just heat up the wet pavement and the puddles [...]

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Home Away

In San Francisco, I lived in a lovely studio apartment I rented from a couple who looked like movie stars and owned an adorable golden retriever. I loved the apartment. It was roomy enough but small enough to clean quickly. Every wall had a piece of art on it, and the backyard was a patio [...]

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Friday

I am sick with a summer cold (that’s what I’m calling it anyway). I don’t like being sick, but at least a cold is better than mono, so I’ll take what I can get. In the meantime, I’m working on my syllabi for this upcoming semester, putting readings on the schedules, deciding on office hours, [...]

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I Am Back

Observations: 1. It was a lot easier to bounce back from red-eye flights when I was in college. 2. It’s freaking hot here. Ridiculously hot. Like, I feel like I’m in an oven. A very wet oven. All the time, even inside. 3. We might be getting a hurricane next week. Or we might not. [...]

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