Thanks in large part to the verbal thrashing I received from Jackie, I have decided to update. It also doesn’t hurt that I actually have the time to do so, but more on that in a moment.

The trip to Oregon was wonderful; it wasn’t long enough, but is it ever? (Answer: no.) I observed a few things during the trip:

• You know those moving walkways they have in airports? Those are more fun than anyone should be allowed to have.
• The Oregon skyline (mountains) is superior to the New York City skyline (skyscrapers). I mean, really.
• Bruce Campbell lives in Oregon.
• Corn dogs are fucking delicious.
• I’ve never been much of a bowler, but I think I’m even less of one after playing Wii Sports for so long.
• Oregon really is a beautiful state.

I had planned to update much sooner after I got back, but to say that I had a lot of schoolwork due would be a vast understatement. In the past two weeks, I’d estimate the count of how many pages I wrote at somewhere around sixty. I have a few short writing assignments due before the end of the semester, but thankfully, only one more major paper to do. Classes end on the 30th, and the last day of finals is May 8th. Neither can come soon enough.

In other news, I was unceremoniously dismissed from my job after I got back from Oregon. I’d love to tell you guys why, but I don’t actually know; my boss never returned any of my phone calls. I’m not too disappointed, though; I wasn’t going anywhere, and I really didn’t like it all that much. Having to look for a new job won’t be much fun, but oh well. I’ll live.

Today was beautiful; the high was somewhere in the seventies. It’s taken long enough, but it seems that spring is finally here. With school ending soon, and the summer right around the corner, things can only get better—and they’ve been good as it is. Hopefully this trend continues.