This is Old Queens, but I’ll be walking at College Hall because I’m the last class of Douglass College. Unfortunately, the camera I was using was reclaimed before I could get a picture of College Hall, so I’ll rep Rutgers. Classes ended last week; exams ended this week; I walk tomorrow (and Monday) to get [...]
Also tagged new brunswick, new jersey, photographs, reflectionLast Friday night I had the opportunity to try Afghani food for the first time with some of my best girlfriends. One of them is very active in our university Muslim Student Association (MSA) and had gotten quite a few recommendations for Silk Road from her Afghani friends. It was a little bit of a [...]
Also tagged afghani, culture, food, new jerseyWas a long and full month. A significant portion of it was devoted to my thesis. The document itself was due on April 16, but I also had to do an oral defense, that would have been more accurately named a “discussion,” beforehand. A week after emailing in the final copy, I went ahead and [...]
Also tagged memory, new brunswick, new jersey, photographsDay two was a day of driving. We left Pittsburgh by 10, just as people were coming into the city decked out in green and shamrocks for the St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The alcohol and green had both started flowing the night previous (or earlier) but by Saturday when we left it was in full [...]
Also tagged chicago, driving, illinois, indiana, midwest, ohio, pennsylvania, pittsburghDay one of driving wasn’t too bad. We left during drizzle and wound up driving in the highway equivalent of a bathtub fight with tractor trailers standing in for the sumo wrestlers. But the Pennsylvania Turnpike is a relatively straightforward road to drive so even with limited water-in-the-eye vision it was an easy drive. Unfortunately, [...]
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