Monday, July 27, 2009

My life, post-inferno

It's been a while since I updated...

Just got back from an intensely bug-ridden stay at Tierra de Suenos - http://www.tierradesuenoslodge.com/ - in Costa Rica with Hannah. Did some pretty sweet zip-lining in the rain forest, attempted to surf on some pretty gnarly waves, got ripped off because my spanish is out of order, and had monkeys climb on me. I also found out that the only area of Costa Rica that has a malaria problem is the town of Puerto Viejo, a town 15 minutes away from our lodge that we visited every day. It was a blast. I'm sure you guys will see photos up on fb soon. 

The all-elusive job-opportunity still eludes me... but on the bright side I've got an interview with a government office in DC this week. We'll see. 

Fun tid-bit: my car was broken into a few weeks ago and they jacked my ipod. Some hoodlum in the district has an entire photo collection of sybil debauchery. Pretty sweet, huh? 

Playing soccer, playing video games (rushing attack's just not the same, but Hannah bought guitar hero-- watch out Sluis), mowing lawns, painting houses, and searching for work seem to consume most of time this summer. 

Good times are guaranteed if any of you gets the itching to hit up the capital. 

That's all for now,

reese's peaces,
duke

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Manville Men

In case you all were wondering why out hall in South Quad was named "Taylor" here's a fun fact for you on it's origin:

"Frederick Manville Taylor was a professor of economics and author of the textbook "Principles of Economics," the standard since 1911. He retired in 1929 after a Michigan career of 37 years."

Imagine if they had used his middle name. Instead of "Taylor Boys" we could have been "Manville Men."