Hey all,

I know I haven't been posting very much lately. Sometimes the whole idea of having a blog starts to irritate me, and then I feel disinclined from posting for awhile. . . if I'm not desperately bored at work, I feel like I might as well spend my time on more quality writing. Plus it's annoying when you post all your interesting stories on a blog, and then you try to have a conversation with an old friend and find that they've heard everything you have to say already.

Even so, I thought I might as well post a little update, just so my blog doesn't get a reputation as one of the never-changing ones. The following are my primary occupations of late:

1. Watching the World Cup (all England games, plus whatever else we fit in) and developing an increasing crush on David Beckham, even when he doesn't play that well.

2. Reading Doctor Zhivago, my new favorite novel.

3. Picking up books at the library for Bender (research assistant work).

4. Learning to read German (auditing a German class, but don't tell anyone because it's not allowed).

Aaand, yup.