List #3...Favorite American cities
1. Boston. (obviously)
2. New Orleans. I love your delicious food, your fun bars, your
friendly people with those strange accents, your voodoo shops, and the
way you make me feel like I'm in another country. Get well soon.
3. San Francisco. Beautiful scenery with a funky vibe.
4. Miami. What can I say? I love the nightlife. Electric boogie.
5. San Diego. Sunshine, beaches, and Mexican food, without all the
smog. Stay classy.
6. Chicago. A big, fun, city where there's always something to do. The
best of the Midwest.
7. Philadelphia. Cheesesteaks. Allen Iverson. Bizarre new year's day
parades.
As a corollary, and I do expect to catch some flak for this
(especially from all those Seattle-lovers):
List #4...least favorite American cities
1. Seattle. Crappy weather and expensive coffee? Thanks, but no
thanks.
2. Washington, D.C. I know it's the nation's capital and all, but this
city has no soul.
Posted by eileen at 4:39 PM 4 comments
Deep down inside, I'm a cutthroat capitalist
Although I normally do my best to refrain from waxing politic, those
of you who know me well know that I learn to the left, and the far
left at that. Socialist in theory, democrat in practice. This morning,
those philosophies were questioned when my boss informed me that the
lab just got a substantial increase in funding, and he wanted to use
some of it to supplement the stipends of the three grad students in
the lab. In other words, give us a raise. Too bad that it's prohibited
under departmental regulations. All graduate students earn the set
stipend, and nothing more. I understand that it's in the interest of
fairness and equality, in that students should choose their labs based
on the science, not on the money. But honestly, aren't some grad
students more equal than others?
Posted by eileen at 11:07 AM 0 comments
Stellastarr*
I won tickets from WFNX to see the band Stellastarr* last night at the
Middle East. It was a good show and the fact that it was free made it
even better. The Information, a good local nad opened the show. We
were standing right in front of three FNX djs the whole time, so it
was funny to see people who are normally only heard. Stellastarr*
mostly played stuff from their new album, but did play last year's hit
"My Coco" as their encore. Their set was briefly interrupted when some
drunk buffoon ran onstage and made a beeline for the attractive female
bassist. He was quickly apprehended and tossed out the back door, but
I felt bad for the girl, it must have been pretty unsettling for her.
For those of you in Boston, Cake is playing a free concert at City
Hall Plaza this Saturday, from 5-8PM.
*The asterisk is part of Stellastarr*'s name and does not indicate
anything, but I never fail to look down whenever I see it written.
Lemming.
Posted by eileen at 10:51 AM 1 comments
Gaelic football
Good luck to my sister Eri and her Gaelic football team, Na Fianna,
who will be playing in the National Championships this weekend in
Philadelphia. For the record, Gaelic football is one of the most
insane sports in existence. The ball is like a heavy volleyball, which
you are allowed to punch or dropkick, but not throw or kick it off the
ground. The goal is a soccer goal with football uprights- 3 points if
you get the ball through the bottom part, which is guarded by a
goalkeeper, and and 1 point for dropkicking it through the uprights.
The most confusing part is soloing: when you're moving with the ball,
you can only take five steps, after which you must solo it, either by
dribbling it off the ground (keep in mind that this is like dribbling
a very heavy volleyball off the grass, so it doesn't exactly bounce
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