Saturday, June 28, 2008



There are few truly amazing boy bands on this planet. Backstreet Boys (who actually performed in Hangzhou this past year, crazy), N*SYNC, and of course, 375 Degrees Kelvin. In its fourth year of operation, hailing from the streets of Evanston, and making an annual house crushing appearance at Northwestern's Spring Celebration, it would be wrong of me not to share this video with you.

Spring Celebration is the last event of my fellowship at Northwestern, and as far as I am concerned mattered a lot more to me than graduation.

Monday, June 09, 2008

My planning to move abroad has been going smoothly as can be hoped. Two days ago I found out my flight has been rescheduled, now leaving Minnesota at 5:00 am and flying to Atlanta, then Los Angeles, then Shanghai, then Chongqing. Definitely my fantasy flight. I went to apply for my work visa, and was told to return with my "Health Check for Foreigners" form. The response of my workplace in China, "What health form? We have no such thing." Things are just more complicated when you live abroad. But at least I have a fancy stamped document. What could be better than that?