whoops-a-daisy
Dang. It's February. That happened really, really fast. I have absolutely no idea where January went. I mean, I have some idea because of everything that was going on, but man, if it didn't fly by and disappear.
Today is Groundhog Day. And, lucky for me, Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow. Apparently, there's snow coming into the D.C. metro area for the next few days. Secretly, I'm hoping for tons of it and a snowday. Don't hate me. I'm a displaced southerner who had little snow as a child. I'm just making up for what I didn't have. Sure, I should more farther north where they have more snow, but then it's colder, and my southern skin can't take the frigid temps. Besides, I still like having a summer too.
I've been really bad about updating. It's my intention to be much better about it, especially because I've been really lax about reading and "historicizing" lately (Yeah, if "W" and Harding can make up words, why can't mainstream America?). But, that is soon to change.
Things have been busy over here, getting ready for a ton of stuff. If you missed it, the Inauguration of President Barack Obama happened. Being in the nation's capital, it made perfect sense to be a part of the ceremony, so I did… from my couch. Unfortunately, I fell pretty ill (hello bronchitis and a double ear infection) that weekend and spend the entire week at home and living on water, meds, and sleep. But, all is much better now. Unfortunately, that was a week of January, and then it seemed like the rest of the month just slipped out the door unnoticed.
There are lots of things on the verge of happening here, though. I am amidst edits of an article for publication in the Vulcan Historical Review. My paper, "Buildup and Base Development: The Impact of Urban Warfare on the City of Saigon," was accepted for the 2009 VHR. I'm pretty excited… it'll be my second published piece, but my first MAJOR published piece (the first was a film review). Hopefully this will help in my quest for the Ph.D. Who knows… we shall see.
Other than that, lots of reading, and hopefully some interesting thoughts will show back up here, and some funny stories. I've been terrible about using Twitter as my little outlet instead of the blog. But, 140 characters isn't always enough to tell the story.
Until next time… And yes, I probably owe you 10 minutes of your life back for this post. Why don't you tell me how I should waste 10 minutes of my time for payback?
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Yay for being published!!!! Meant to tell you that when you were here today, but meh. Comments are always good too, right? Hooray!!
yep! comments are always good! thanks for the kind words, yo.