Jeff’s Blog

I spent most of the day cleaning up the house (specifically my bathroom) for the Halloween party my roommates and I were throwing. At 6, I met up with Steve and we headed over to Drag Bingo in Durham where we met up with James and Nick. None of us won, but I [...]

I spent most of the day struggling through this MATH 221 assignment. I’m making progress, but at a snail’s pace. At this rate, I may have to just give up on it for a while. I need to devote some time to writing the draft of my integrative paper, something I need [...]

So far this has been an action packed week. I hurt my ankle last weekend, officially announced my intentions to leave graduate school on Tuesday and this weekend is all booked up.
Originally, I was supposed to be meeting Chris (this guy I met at SHAH a couple weeks back) for the symphony [...]

First, my decidedlyodd.com email addresses seem to be working again. I noticed this morning that I was once again getting notifications of responses to my comments on LiveJournal.
My second meeting with my advisor yesterday went well. We talked about what I’m going to do for the rest of the semester (the same thing [...]

I just got back from telling my advisor that I’m planning to leave UNC at the end of this semester or whenever I finish my MS. Originally, I thought I was just meeting with her, but a postdoc I’d been planning to work with was also there because the three of us were going [...]

This afternoon, I had an appointment with the doctor about my ankle. He sorta felt around and rotated my ankle and told me he didn’t even need to do x-rays since otherwise I would have been screaming in pain as he did the exam. Basically, he said to continue taking NSAIDs and elevating [...]

I came across this article today about how the KKK in Texas has obtained a permit to hold a demonstration in support of Texas’ upcoming referendum on a gay marriage ammendment. Now, I’m no fan of the Klan (and why did they decide to spell clan with a ‘k’ anyways?), but this whole thing [...]

Jason, Sarah, Paul, Henry and I all decided to hike up Mount Mitchell (the highest peak east of the Mississippi) this weekend. We took two cars and got separated along the way. Paul and I ended up at one campground, while Jason, Sarah and Henry ended up at another. However, we didn’t [...]

Tonight, Jason, Sarah, Jeff T, Genette and I went to the NC State Fair in Raleigh. We had a good time eating, walking around, playing games and going on rides. The highlight picture of the evening was this “Say no to drugs sign”:

That’s gotta be the angriest looking cartoon character telling you to [...]

I finally sent in my $300 deposit for going to Nicaragua around New Years, which means I’m now committed to going. It should be a really great experience. Now though, I’m looking at plane tickets. It’s going to cost $900 if I go from RDU or about $700 from Charlotte. My [...]