Hi there.

It's been a while since I updated this here blog, as my dear friend Miss Profeit has pointed out. I have my reasons.

So, how have I been doing? Quite well I suppose. There's been plenty more ups than downs to this first month of grad school. It's been much easier to make friends and connect with people than I ever had hoped. I'm pretty happy. I feel like I'm smiling a lot more, laughing a lot more, and have a more balanced mix of school and social life.

Some pressure was taken off my back with the book project. I got the submission deadline extended by a few months, so phew. But I need to keep myself from slacking, I want to treat things like it's still due January. School work hasn't been that bad yet...all though things are quickly starting to pile up. But I'm used to that. Berkeley is still Berkeley.

Cal had a really exciting game against Illinois this Saturday, and I had the pleasure of giving my dad's season tickets to two new foreign planning students who really appreciated and enjoyed the experience. It was a lot of fun to see the whole thing through their eyes.

And UC Davis, holy bejesus! They beat Stanfart...with a touchdown in the last 8 seconds of the game! Amazing! I'm so happy for Chris and those 10,000 Aggie fans that made it down to the farm. It's great that he was able to be a part of such a huge thing for his school. Poor Stanford though. Cal's rivalry with them is already one-sided enough. They need to do something to boost spirit at the farm....it's no fun to have a rival that just doesn't care anymore. Ha.

In other news, that job I was looking for? The one that would fit in my schedule and give me some spending money and not be very hard or involve working in retail? It fell from the sky and into my lap this morning. I've been offered a readership for an urban design class I took as an undergrad. Which...is just, perfect.

And today, well today I felt very productive. I did a fine job playing the role of a Feng Shui expert at my urban form theorist debate. I pretty much finished my letter of recommendation for my professor's tenure app. I spent a nice hour or so enjoying the sunshine on the lawn near Kroeber Fountain talking to Preeti. The two of us then rearranged my room, and I like the way it looks and feels now a lot better. Dan took me to the grocery and Long's and I bought lots of stuff I needed, and we both got RSF memberships. Preeti made us baked potatoes at her place for dinner. I finally updated this thing, and in a few minutes I'll be doing some late night studying with a friend.

So yeah. That's the laundry list of my life right now. It's going pretty well.