wow, this thing is BORING these days. the truth is, i've been quite busy, and unable (unwilling?) to take the time to update it. my apologies to those of you who depend on my blog for an up-to-date snapshot of my life.
i've been participating in the following activities, in no particular order:
-learning arabic
-reading books
-doing dishes
-making presentations in class
-contemplating "the next step" in a number of different life-areas
-transforming college students to transform the world
-writing emails
-wasting time on facebook
-packing to go home
-hanging out at borders reading books by bill bryson
-double-dating
-reading other people's blogs and being comforted by their failure to update
-playing with small children, of whom this one is a favorite:

you can't get better than that. look at that toothless grin. a-dor-a-ble.
all right, folks, that's all the time we have. back to work for a few more hours, then home to pack! whoever thought it would be a good idea to fly home tomorrow, on the busiest travel day of the year, was kind of stupid. and the person who decided to make that flight for 7:20 a.m., requiring her to arrive at the airport at six, was even stupider. and the person who decided to carpool with her boyfriend, whose flight was EVEN EARLIER, was stupider yet. sigh. hindsight is 20/20.
happy thanksgiving, y'all.

pierogies

hey everyone. please enjoy this excerpt from today's pittsburgh post-gazette. it's an article about a competition for the pierogie capital of the world. pittsburgh lost to buffalo, ny due to a poor showing of spirit. a spokesperson for the mayor of pittsburgh made the following comment: "at least we're still the city of trees, bridges, intelligent children and good looking and talented women." and to show there are no hard feelings, he's issued an invite to buffalo officials. "they can come down and eat pierogies and look at our super bowl trophy."