February 21, 2006

Butterflies in Ellwood

It's been a while since I've posted anything and I really don't have any news to share. Since it's butterfly season here (thousands winter in the eucalyptus groves near where I live) I thought I'd just post a picture I took of them and call it an update. So here you go:

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December 10, 2005

Information Fatigue, n.

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October 31, 2005

five days in DC

Just got back from Washington DC where I attended the big annual American Musicological Society conference. Also got a chance to hang out with an old friend (and make some new ones, as well). It was a lot of fun.

Going back to the east coast reminded me how much I miss it. While I certainly appreciate the natural beauty and wonderful climate that we have here in Santa Barbara, I do miss the change of seasons.

Fall has always been my favorite--there's something wonderful about the crispness of it, that slight edge the air has even on warmer days. There's nothing like that here in South California and it was a little bittersweet to be reminded of what I'm missing.

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October 10, 2005

And the school year has begun...

UCSB (University of California, Santa Barbara) is on the quarter system so classes don't start until late September. We're now in the third week of term and so far things are going great. This is really my favorite part of the term--classes are fresh and interesting and I'm not yet bogged down with piles of stuff to grade or, equally stressful, papers to write. Of course, it won't be much longer until things start getting crazy again.

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