Month: May 2010

The Anniversary

So today was the day I was going to get married, until plans changed back in November. It’s been an interesting six months, characterized by a somewhat busy semester at school, the frantic preparations for and execution of our week-long international conference at work, and infrequent bursts of effort on my thesis project. On occasion, […]

Into the Clouds

You were, as the kids these days might say, tardy to the party. In your misguided, frantic, and seemingly pathological efforts to keep everyone’s attention on you, you neglected the ever-important duty of keeping track of what your competition was up to. They one-upped you, and it was almost like you were asking for it. […]