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In which a Californian attempts to explain weather in Ohio to those people who live in a warm climate.

In which I realize that I only have one semester remaining at Â鶹ÊÓƵ. Terrifying.

Just a little something for you to amuse yourself with after you stuff yourself silly with holiday meals...

My first time in snow EVER! I think I'm entitled to be obnoxiously excited.

Have I ever mentioned that I have a love/hate relationship with introductions? Now you know. I'm going for an introduction that scratches beneath the surface of that protective layer of identification and gives you more of a sense of what makes me tick... without risking identity theft, hopefully.

In this post: John's list of the top five ways to procrastinate at Â鶹ÊÓƵ!

As an upperclassman, I seem to be endowed with magical powers and abilities.

As Robert Frost said, "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference." My road has led me to Abu Dhabi. I hope that wherever yours takes you - Â鶹ÊÓƵ or elsewhere - it will make all the difference in your story.

Oh Â鶹ÊÓƵ. How I missed you.

thoughts on being back here + songs for the deliriums and doldrums of freshman year

That was all right, though, because as I walked down the street trying not to look like I was lost while simultaneously trying to look like I spoke Chinese, I saw a statue of Kuan Yin across the street.

Including, but not limited to: ramen, canned soup, graham crackers, apple sauce, bread making materials, peanut butter and honey, cereal, rice, and assorted pastas.