Last Thursday was the STX Ball, which I’ve been looking forward to for a while. The theme was 1,001 Nights (or Arabian nights), so there was a snake charmer, fortune teller, fire breather, belly dancers, and a drummer for entertainment. The decorations were also amazing – it was a great success! Hats off to everyone [...]
Archive for June, 2006
STX Summer Ball
Posted in Random on June 27, 2006 | 1 Comment »
“Who wants free money?”
Posted in Random on June 21, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
This was a really interesting BBC story this morning – if only I'd been in the right place at the right time! I wonder what would possess someone to throw 20,000 (or so they guess) pounds in a street for random people to scramble over – a desire to cause chaos? If you have that [...]
Happy Birthday Thad!
Posted in Random on June 19, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday was Thad's 25th birthday! He came to Brighton for the weekend so that we could celebrate together, and we had a great time. It was probably the most relaxing weekend either of us has had for a while. On Saturday we set off to Hove to find a "charity warehouse" that was actually pretty [...]
Have an extra car sitting around? Donate it to charity!
Posted in Random on June 12, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
http://www.auto-donations.us/
I was directed to this site by Michael Strum, who left a comment on an earlier entry in my blog where I had listed other charity-related links. This is a really good site for information about giving your car away and being able to get tax benefits from the donation. If I hadn't been able [...]
A Day (and Evening) on the Beach
Posted in Random on June 11, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
This weekend has been the hottest weekend of the year so far, and Brighton has been completely transformed into a vacation haven (ok, a tacky vacation haven, but still fun!). I decided to take yesterday off and have a day of fun on the beach to celebrate the amazing weather.
A group of us hit the [...]
Moving on, and Susana’s Party
Posted in Random on June 9, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Since getting back from Paris, things have been on the hectic side. I met with my supervisor again and have gotten into high gear as far as dissertation research and reading. I'm in the process of making a detailed outline (which I'm sure will change), and after that I want to start writing.
Another noteworthy [...]
Last two days in Paris, a few highlights
Posted in Travel on June 9, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Hmm… things have been busy and I have other things I want to post about (like the weather here FINALLY getting warm!) But, I feel like I need to finish the Paris posts first, so here goes:
On the third day we woke up a bit later than we had wanted, so after rushing to get [...]
Paris, continued
Posted in Travel on June 4, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Since we only had four days to explore Paris and wanted to see as much as possible, Thad and I both bought two day museum and monuments passes for 30 euro. Basically, if you're planning on going to 3-4 museums per day, you definitely get your money's worth. We also bought two day passes for [...]
First Day in Paris
Posted in Travel on June 3, 2006 | 1 Comment »
The problem with trying to keep a blog is that when there's loads of things you want to post about, you're too busy doing the things to write about them. Then when you finally do get a chance, it's just not as good as it would have been, had you written about it earlier when [...]
