TASP 2003 at UT Austin: The Mystery of Creativity



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Wednesday, March 03, 2004
it is now officially after texas midnight, so i can avoid posting three times in one day (a bit much even for me.)

when we last left our heroine she was thoroughly confused by the apparent lack of street signs in baltimore, but thankfully i was rescued by susan and her uncle about 10 feet away from where alex directed me to go. i got a quick driveby glimpse of susan's school and then we were off to charming old ellicott city, which is very cobblestoned and ye olde shopped. we went to a fancy french restaurant, where we had a very romantic dinner even though susan was scared that the maitre'd was in the mafia. topics of discussion over fancy cheese and filet mignon included jesus (again), similarities between jewish and korean culture, and the classification of the unidentified vegetable next to my potato torte (was it possibly a shallot, susan?) we stopped for dessert (red velvet cake, yum) and susan revealed to me her plans to take over the world (classified maxipad suite information, sorry.) then i got to see susan's dad's church (well, hers too) and a totally freaking fantastic korean soap opera. o man o man so great. i'd like to introduce you all to my new husband (susan you can have him after i die tragically of some wasting disease, or my evil stepmom kills me, or something.)

after a tearful goodbye (sort of) i spent the night in my dad's hotel room in annapolis, my head buzzing with the headiness of y'all. it is so easy to forget how wonderful you all were and are, and how much i enjoy your company, and how wonderful it is to be around interesting people. goddamn y'all rock. and i wasn't even halfway through the east coast taspers. that comes tomorrow.

i did a little research and looks like the w32.beagle.h@mm is making the rounds of our blogworld. it doesn't appear to be damaging or anything, just annoying. don't download attachments unless you know what they are.

to close this post, can i sing the praises of the best drama currently on television, the o.c.? (susan and natashia, tv watching pride, what what.) it's beyond h.q., guys. i think my favorite part of it is the vivid and incredibly accurate portrayal of the high school experience of the average californian. fox wednesdays 9/8 central. hit it love it.

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