What happened to all that time?
Anyway... what have I been up to? Went on a carefully-orchestrated visit back to MD. Carefully orchestrated because I no longer have a car, so I had to make sure every place I went was on the way to the next place I was going for the person picking me up. But it was nice, I got to go to a couple of parties, including a UMD dinner which was suprisingly well-attended, even by the usually-elusive Natalie, who lives about another hour south in northern Virginia.
I've also started hosting Couchsurfers. I had a couple of girls from Montreal stay with me last week, and that was a lot of fun. They did tourist stuff during the days, and then at night we'd go out. We saw a pretty good play called Betrayed down on Mercer, about Iraqis who worked as interpreters for the American military. I was not particularly thrilled with the choice initially, but it turned out to be a really good show. Not at all the cheap propaganda I was expecting, with a title like that. (Before I get berated for being pro-war, I don't care for propaganda, regardless of the message. I think it degrades the political environment in general, and everyone has a duty to avoid it, even in the service of a righteous message.) I also had a couple of German girls over the weekend, but I came down with the flu, and honestly, I couldn't even tell you their names. I just sort of gave them the keys, said, "I'm pretty sick," and then went in my bedroom until Tuesday. Just finally went back to work today, actually.
Anyway... what have I been up to? Went on a carefully-orchestrated visit back to MD. Carefully orchestrated because I no longer have a car, so I had to make sure every place I went was on the way to the next place I was going for the person picking me up. But it was nice, I got to go to a couple of parties, including a UMD dinner which was suprisingly well-attended, even by the usually-elusive Natalie, who lives about another hour south in northern Virginia.
I've also started hosting Couchsurfers. I had a couple of girls from Montreal stay with me last week, and that was a lot of fun. They did tourist stuff during the days, and then at night we'd go out. We saw a pretty good play called Betrayed down on Mercer, about Iraqis who worked as interpreters for the American military. I was not particularly thrilled with the choice initially, but it turned out to be a really good show. Not at all the cheap propaganda I was expecting, with a title like that. (Before I get berated for being pro-war, I don't care for propaganda, regardless of the message. I think it degrades the political environment in general, and everyone has a duty to avoid it, even in the service of a righteous message.) I also had a couple of German girls over the weekend, but I came down with the flu, and honestly, I couldn't even tell you their names. I just sort of gave them the keys, said, "I'm pretty sick," and then went in my bedroom until Tuesday. Just finally went back to work today, actually.