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Interviews

I went to UChicago last weekend for my first round of grad school interviews. It went great, and the grad school environment seems like a great fit for me. However, I’m going to spare details on the schools until I’ve … Continue reading

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guanajuato: street corn

As promised: Corn on a stick, covered with mayo, chese, and chile sauce. Mmmmmm…

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guanajuato: day 28

This is the early morning of what was supposed to be our day of leaving Guanajuato. But the hurricane is hitting Texas pretty hard, and our flight into Houston was canceled until Monday. Though annoying, this actually worked out pretty … Continue reading

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three year anniversary

The gf and I celebrated three years of being together this past wednesday, September 10. This date is really quite artificial, as it is roughly on the day that we had decided to be officially “dating.” It was originally either … Continue reading

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guanajuato: street food

After three weeks of smelling delicous smells and seeing things that looked like they would taste delicious, the gf and I finally decided to bite the bullet and eat some street food. And we were handsomely rewarded (with happiness, not … Continue reading

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guanajuato: week 3

You might notice that I haven’t posted for nine days… I have no excuse; I’ve just been lazy. It appears that the last thing that I mentioned was starting salsa. So I’ll try to rememeber as many things between then … Continue reading

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guanajuato: day 18

The journey is already almost over! We passed the halfway mark on Sunday, and time is still flying by. It helps that we have given ourselves more to do and have been getting into more difficult grammar in class. We’ve … Continue reading

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guanajuato: day 15

Today is a nice relaxing day; the weather is great, we don’t really have any work we have to do, and we’re healthy! In the park across the street, some sort of festival or otherwise loud activity has been going … Continue reading

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guanajuato: eating cacti

I take pride in my willingness to try most food items and make it a point to try new things when given the chance, but while on this trip I haven’t been exposed to much that can’t frequently be found … Continue reading

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the lovely world of OTC antibiotics

Sure, it’s a bad idea to just let anyone get antibiotics (for health reasons as well as for the appearance of resistant bugs), but I can’t help but be glad anyway. Thinks to cipro I have turned back into a … Continue reading

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