This will be my last entry for awhile... not that I've been blogging all that frequently anyway. Tomorrow morning I'm heading up to Freedom to start my summer at Hidden Valley Camp. I'll be back in South Portland every now and then... but mostly I will be in the woods, riding horses and looking after children. It's going to be fantabulous.

Even though I will be out of touch for most of the summer, I will have access to email. I also have no intention of missing the new episodes of Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis, which premiere in July. I don't have very high hopes for Atlantis but I at least have to check it out. Truth be told I don't have really high hopes for Stargate Season 8 either, but miracles do happen. There are some major changes happening which could be a very good thing, but the cynical part of my brain says that the writers are going to blow it and the show will suffer as RDA's role on the show is downgraded even more. But regardless, I'm very excited for new episodes and delighted that my saintly mother is willing to tape them for me.

Hey, it's been awhile since I've gone off about Stargate... I was due. Deal with it.

Time now for bed. Gute nacht.

I am officially a college graduate. Talk about a mind trip.

Damn.

So, today is my last day as a Brandeis resident. The car is just about packed, I've got a few more errands to run and a couple people to say goodbye to but Kali and I should be out of here by 11:30 at the latest....

Assuming Kali can wake up and get her ass off my floor.

I still don't know how I feel about being done with Brandeis. I'm very excited to say goodbye to the school aspect for awhile... I really couldn't stomach another minute in a classroom setting. But in general this place was very good to me and I've grown attached. Very attached. I have a feeling that, come September, I am going to be a little lost when faced with the reality that I'm not coming back here. But maybe that's not such a bad thing.

How's that for some vague statements? Well that's where I'm at emotionally right now... vague. So, I'm going to go finish loading my car and get the hell out of here.

Had a great night tonight. Luda, Melissa, Seema and I went to dinner in the North End and then walked all the way from the restaurant to BU (instead of taking the T). We met some interesting characters on the way, saw a lot of Beacon Street and generally just had a good time.

I think I'm going to miss Boston a lot when I leave. Part of me wants to look for a job in the area, but a bigger part knows that I really don't want to spend another winter here. For some reason, winter is harder to handle in Boston than in Portland. Don't ask me why.

Mostly, though, I will miss my friends. But I will be back to visit because I love you all. :)

I am done with Brandeis. I passed everything, I've completed all my requirements... less than two weeks and I can call myself a college graduate. How cool is that???

Ok... so the verdict is still out on that one, but I would rather not talk about it. So, instead, I am going to forget about evil organic chemistry and just relax and enjoy what should be my last two weeks as a Brandeis student!

You think "bats rock" would work as a thesis? It's just that... I have this 20 page paper to write by Tuesday and although I have a two page introduction written already, the task ahead of me is still quite daunting. My current thesis statement is that the Rousette fruit bats may represent a modern evolutionary intermediate between the echolocating microchiropterans and the visually dependent megachiropterans.

I think "bats rock" would be an easier sell, since it's very possible that my current thesis is a load of crap.

Whatever. I'm almost done. Thursday at 5pm it's all over. God I cannot wait.