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moving

Natalia — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 02:37:35 +0000

Wordpress has made things more complicated than they need to be, and it’s getting in the way of sharing. For now, I’ve moved to melt.crumb.cc.

weekend update

Natalia — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:52:58 +0000

I’m going to try to keep a record of every weekend here this summer. Based on my Toast-posting track record, it will be a real feat if I pull it off!

Weekend 3 I caught the Caltrain to Palo Alto, met up with Brittney and then drove to a beach in Santa Cruz. My back got big time sun burned, for the first time in my life.

Last weekend I biked outside of Soma for the first time, taking the Wiggle to Golden Gate Park. I kept going until it got foggy and cold and then turned around.

On my return journey I made one of my greatest discoveries so far. If I turn my phone’s external speaker all the way up and put it in the pocket of my backpack that is directly below the nape of my neck, I can listen to music while biking without headphones!! Living the dream.

living with people

Natalia — Tue, 25 May 2010 05:02:57 +0000

My experience living with roommates after moving out of my triple sophomore year at Brown have for the most part been pretty awesome. Last year and this summer so far have been especially wonderful. I think it is a combination of luck and my slow but steady growing appreciation for social interaction.

san francisco summer

Natalia — Mon, 24 May 2010 02:40:29 +0000

Last weekend: moved in to the warehome, went to Bay to Breakers with my roommates.

This weekend, I went to the Maker Faire. My favorite thing was the Mondospider, an eight-legged electric walking machine.

this past week

Natalia — Sun, 09 May 2010 13:35:52 +0000

I found a place to live in San Francisco
I flew back from San Diego
I had dinner with 20 other people at Sava’s
I went to Kathryn’s talk on the rising costs of textbooks
I determined that it will be cheaper and easier to buy a used bike in San Francisco and sell it at the end of the summer than to try and bring my bike here on the plan or ship it.
Against all odds I found a subletter.
I also found someone to take the last room open in our house for next year.

The only downside is that my subletter has already moved in, so I am semi-homeless for the next week and I still need to pack all of my stuff and store it. Luckily it looks like one of my roommates is not going to be around much, so I am crashing in her room for now. Also, it will be a good opportunity to go through all things and see what I can get rid of.

double down

Natalia — Wed, 05 May 2010 18:25:49 +0000

This one-of-a-kind sandwich features two thick and juicy boneless white meat chicken filets (Original RecipeÂ® or Grilled), two pieces of bacon, two melted slices of Monterey Jack and pepper jack cheese and Colonel’s Sauce. This product is so meaty, there’s no room for a bun!

I went to KFC with 6 guys and we all ordered Double Downs, which I had not heard of before today. Amazingly, I did not feel sick after eating mine.

Update:

san diego for the weekend

Natalia — Tue, 04 May 2010 14:09:22 +0000

School’s out! And I’m going to live in California for the summer!

mwireless

Natalia — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 13:38:00 +0000

I cannot believe how much the on campus wireless network at Michigan can suck sometimes. Not only does it not extend onto the Diag at all, but it doesn’t even work properly in various parts of the library. Yesterday I was sitting right next to the Fishbowl and I was getting time out errors every 15 minutes!

michigan weather

Natalia — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:15:54 +0000

university libraries

Natalia — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:36:02 +0000

I spend at least an hour or two in the Ugli almost every day. I realized I have gotten completely used to people openly eating and talking within the library – not just in the lobby and cafe, but right next to the stacks.

I wonder if it was always like this in the the Ugli, or if it is as recent development. Although I didn’t spend very much time in them, I always got the impression that the the Rock and Gelman were super quiet food-free spaces.

Interestingly, the one thing I don’t see a lot is people napping, which I both observed and partook in both the Rock and the SciLi. I am 98% sure it is because there are few if any couches here. It’s all blocky wooden chairs and tables.