Archive for February, 2007
Wednesday, February 28th, 2007
Chasing Cars
AMC’s been shopping for a car, so I’ve dived headlong into the twisted web and maze that is used car shopping. edmunds.com, as well as carfax, have been invaluable in our fight against used car dealerships…
Yesterday I saw Snow Patrol at the Key Arena. There were a fair amount of teeny-boppers there (thanks, Greys Anatomy), [...]
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Monday, February 26th, 2007
Let the Water come Forth!
Yesterday I was sitting in front of my computer, unwinding after working on a Saturday, when suddenly, I heard a loud ‘thunk’ and a hissing noise. The kind of noise you hear when gas is escaping.
That’s never a good sound to hear unexpectedly.
I traced the sound to the source – my closet. With much [...]
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Thursday, February 22nd, 2007
Whoops
Well, there you go – I lost my cell phone today, and it was entirely too late to email someone to call it for me. Google to the rescue!
Find your cell phone with Google Maps’ click-to-call – Lifehacker
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Tuesday, February 20th, 2007
Mardi Gras, Lunar New Year, President’s Day, Valentine’s Day
I don’t post for a week, and look what happens; a giant collision of holidays, celebrations, and whatnot.
Well, to take a break from talking at length about admisisons, I’ll regale you with what I did during most of these celebrations.
Valentine’s Day – I went to Maneki, the oldest Japanese restaurant in Seattle. Thumbs up from [...]
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Sunday, February 11th, 2007
We are the Champions. Or, GMAT, Complete!
Well, those of you who have read my blog obsessively since I’ve started it know that I play We Are the Champions by Queen whenever I finish a major project or test. Case in point, here are two posts with identical subjects or contents:
Finished teaching at Mihara (sniff! Nostalgia!)
Finished finals at IES Tokyo (aw, shucks).
Well, [...]
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Friday, February 9th, 2007
Essay Lengths
Many students ask, ‘How long should my essay be?’
I generally advise students to stick to the suggested length of 250-500 words. Too short and you don’t get your message across, too long and you’re not being concise enough for a personal statement. There’s technically three written pieces you submit, with the SU statement, the essay, and the short [...]
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Monday, February 5th, 2007
Tribute to Project 365
There, I just uploaded the photos. If you want the month-in-review of my life in photos, click here for my flickr-tastic calendar view of January.
My thoughts after one month? It’s starting to become a chore. On the other hand, it’s definitely making me take more pictures. I took about 80 pictures in January, and the [...]
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Sunday, February 4th, 2007
The Sad Tale of Jason
No, I’m not dead, I’ve just been very busy (and now sick! Blah!). The Sullivan scholarship committee thing was lovely, except that I was coughing and coming down with my current cold. This weekend was going to be the big push to get caught up on things and touch base with some friends I haven’t [...]
