Reunions

I’ve come to the realization that there is absolutely no way that I could be in grad school and in Portland at the same time. And I mean this not only physically (I attend the real PSU, not Portland State) but also that I am blessed with a wealth of incredible friends who all do really fun things. There has been at least one fun event to attend each night that I’m here. It’s been silly fun, and I couldn’t think of a better Summer vacation.

Seeing people who I know but haven’t talked to in about a year has been an interesting experience. On some levels it seems like nothing has changed, catching up with folks after a year’s separation leads to not much news but the big stuff. But at other times when I listen to them talk there are all these new people and events that I realize I’ve missed out on. It made me a bit sad at first, but I realized that I’ve also met a bunch of great people in the past year and now I just talk about them in a louder voice than anyone else around me.

There also seems to be a broad consensus that my dog, Hanu looks older and fatter than he used to. This also made me sad, until I decided to say he is skinny in a much louder voice. I’ve found that this new method of constructing reality is really effective for me.

At any rate. I leave Portland in like 4 days and I’m ridiculously unprepared for my trip. The best part is that I’m typing this on my way out to the coast for an overnight trip, and I’m definitely not going to make any progress on trip preparation while there. Such a rough life.