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Well, I\’m sitting in the Portland Airport, waiting for my flight (delayed about an hour, so far). I\’m off to London to study abroad, but first I have to live in airports for a while. I wasn\’t able to get a good deal on a direct flight, and all the multi-stage flights were either an…

No offense to all you friendly Portland-people out there, but the thing I like most about being back in Portland is the rain.

Just took my first final, for Honors Economics. On it was the following question: Draw a Laffer curve for the relationship between tax rate and actual tax revenue. EXPLAIN why it looks that way. I skipped class for couple weeks once, and at least once a week throughout the term. I had no idea what…

I stayed up until 4:00 last night reading Tom Stoppard\’s Arcadia. It is amazing, and moving. I was profoundly affected by the time I finished. Tom Stoppard is by far my favorite playwright, but I hadn\’t read Arcadia since we put it on during my sophomore year of high school. I had been meaning to…

The assignment was to use the following elements in a story. We didn\’t have to use all of them, but I did anyway. theme: a good death objects: spaceship, shoe, watch, mirror, antique iron dialogue: \”Lose the hat.\” \”Where d\’you come from?\” \”Don\’t you hate it when that happens?\” version 1 The Lost Cause was…

Here is a comparison of the original with an edited version and a version where I applied a colored gradient to it.

I have to say, Sarah has stunning eyes. Especially in natural morning light. No editing in this photo.

Going to Seattle with Aaron and Sarah to visit Soren and Alice. I\’ll be completely out of contact on Thursday and Friday, when I spend a night in Victoria with Sarah. On Thursday, we will have high tea when most Americans will be eating their Thanksgiving dinners. It should be very exciting, and arguably unpatriotic.…