<\/b>Hey everyone \u2013 if you\u2019re just checking in, I\u2019ve decided this week to post a blog a day in the spirit of capturing day-to-day life at Puget Sound. Check out my daily posts here \u2013 there will be one a day until at least next Sunday. Enjoy!<\/i><\/p>\n
My quest to blog once a day for a week brings to mind a memorable passage from a Ben Jonson\u2019s Volpone<\/i>, I play I\u2019m studying for a final research paper. In it, Sir Politic Would-Be\u2019s diary is read aloud:<\/p>\n
Peregrine: \u201cItem,<\/i><\/p>\n
I went and bought two toothpicks, whereof one<\/p>\n
I burst immediately, in a discourse<\/p>\n
With a Dutch merchant \u2018bout ragion\u2019 del stato <\/i>[\u2018reasons\u2019 of state].<\/i><\/p>\n
<\/i>From him I went and paid a mocenigo<\/i> [coin],<\/p>\n
For piecing my silk stocking; by the way,<\/p>\n
I cheapened sprats\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
Faith, these are politic notes!<\/p>\n
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Sir Politic: Sir, I do slip<\/p>\n
No action of my life, thus but I quote it. (IV.i.138)<\/p>\n
One might imagine the intrigues of a spy to be more intriguing than purchasing toothpicks and socks, but Sir Pol is a spy would-be, and his furtive affairs are, it turns out, not so furtive.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m afraid it\u2019s been a socks and toothpicks kind of day for me, too. I don\u2019t have a heavy class load today, so I\u2019ve been trying to get ahead on work and enjoy the sun at the same time (the two are proving to be harder to balance than I expected). I\u2019m also working two hours at the Writing Center helping read essays. Lots of pieces of final papers and projects coming in.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll have more to add about this tomorrow (once I\u2019ve worked on it more), but I\u2019m also working on an iPhone app for a scholarship. You have to write the entire app in a week, so I\u2019m scrambling to put the finishing touches on it before I send it in Thursday. The app is supposed to detail yourself and your resume \u2013 it\u2019s a cool idea \u2013 make your resume an iPhone app. Maybe one day it\u2019ll be standard practice for programmers.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s all for now. Check in again tomorrow for another update. I\u2019ve got a lot scheduled, so hopefully there\u2019ll be no more politic would-being.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hey everyone \u2013 if you\u2019re just checking in, I\u2019ve decided this week to post a blog a day in the spirit of capturing day-to-day life at Puget Sound. Check out my daily posts here \u2013 there will be one a … Continue reading