A Very Sluis Update

Dear Sybilites,

Well done Billy Boy with resurrecting the blog. Good to hear things are going well, and congratulations to you and Suz for taking it to the next level. And sorry to hear about the job loss Jakey, though I am glad that you might be in AA soon. I should have a fair bit of free time on my hands, and you know you’ve got a place to sleep when you’re here.

As for me, I’ve been doing interviews for pretty much all of February. Starting at the end of January, I went out to Berkeley, had tons of fun, met tons of super smart people, and generally got my ego deflated into nothingness. Shit was real. Obviously the place was beautiful, the department was competitive while friendly, and everyone was on top of their stuff. Next was Michigan, then Minnesota, and finally Cornell. Cornell was the only other real place of note, as they had more people specializing in plant-microbe interactions, a field that I’m particularly interested in. They also had just about the nicest faculty you’ve ever met, so I was particularly reluctant to turn them down, but alas, I’m California bound. Overall, interviews were cool as my first real introduction to the scientific community.

Now that that’s over with, I’ve been concentrating back on my job, which is going swimmingly. Research is picking up overall; I should be outlining my first manuscript in the next couple weeks, and we should be submitting our last set of samples for microarray analysis in about a month for the other major project I’m doing. The way it’s looking, I should get a couple first-author publications, and be listed on a couple others, which is very cool. Beyond that, I’ve got plans to study up on some statistics/bioinformatics in preparation for grad school, and to identify what labs I want to rotate in at Berkeley.

The rest of my time is spent dicking around on my guitar, and riding my bike. Seeing as how I’ll be living in one of the nicest areas on the planet for road biking, I plan to be ready when I get there. I’m fairly seriously considering biking out to D.C. and back sometime in the spring or summer. This would depend on whether I can take enough time off work and still get done all the stuff I want to finish before going off to Cali. This, in turn, depends on whether I can convince some other entering students to move to Berkeley early and go backpacking/have fun for a few weeks before classes. Anyway, input from Naynay and Dutchess would be appreciated, as far as when you’ll be in D.C., and if there are any events that would be fun to plan around.

I miss you all terribly, and hope that everyone can make it back to Ann Arbor sometime in June, or whenever we decide is best. One thing that I’d like to point out, since James wasn’t able to make last summer’s reunion, I think we should try extra hard to accommodate him.

XOXOXOXO,

Sluisy

PS: Robot Unicorn Attack is maybe the greatest thing the internet has ever produced. Make sure to have the sound on, though you should probably use headphones.

My Update

Hello Fellas,

I think the idea of email notification is brilliant. I checked through the settings and I think you set it up for us all when you enabled the email notification but I could be wrong. Trade regulation in LA huh? Could be some big money in that. You'll be done paying off your loans in no time.

On my front things in Chicago are certainly interesting. 2 weeks ago my company basically went under, fired 30 of the 45 employees, including myself and basically all the top talent. Don't worry I'm not including myself in the top talent. They basically kept enough people to wind the company down and kept people who didn't have enough leverage to just get up and leave when they saw the company going down. Anyways, I've basically been just bumming around Chicago, getting my job search on yet again. I'm thinking of heading to Ann Arbor soon with all the free time I have. I was gonna come for st. patties day but unfortunately (or actually fortunately) I have an interview the day before and the day after. So maybe in a week or so.

I'm pumped the weather is getting nicer. If anyone feels like visiting I'll be here doing mostly nothing so c'mon down. I might also head back to ny for a couple weeks sometime soon. So if your in that neck of the woods you can visit me there. Everyone POST, i don't know whats going on in your lives. Good work Bill.

Sybil love,

Jake

Yo

Hello Sybil Nation:

No one has posted on the blog in quite some time and I for one think it's pretty embarrassing that Weasen's house can have a more successful blog than the great Sybil house. I was talking to Jake recently and we both had little idea what was going on in other people's lives, although admittedly part of this is our own fault for being sucky at keeping in touch.

I've adjusted the blog so that (hopefully) it emails everyone when someone comments on a post and when I post anything. I think each of you will have to go into your settings and make it so that it does the same when you post too. I think if we get notifications in our email like with facebook it'll be easier to keep it running since no one ever thinks to check the actual blog.

As for me....

Doing the second semester of law school thingy. Other than my Constitutional Law class school is pretty boring. I get by with watching my USA shows on Hulu and more Pistons games than they deserve considering their crappy record. UM sports have been an abomination and a huge source of anger and depression and Evan Turner's prayer didn't surprise me one bit. I've also begun to teach myself Greek in my spare time because I'm a nerd and I needed something to do during class when the teachers go off on tangents. Sorry James it's ancient Greek, but maybe I'll transition over to modern Greek once I have a better handle on it.

This summer I'm working for a federal judge in Grand Rapids, making $0 an hour. Wooo debt! Hopefully it looks good on my resume and makes me a better lawyer in the long run. At least living at home will help me save some costs. Of course, we have our big interviews at the end of the summer to determine our jobs next summer and maybe when we graduate. Scary to be deciding so much about my future so soon. Still don't know where I want to be or what kind of law I want to do but yeah, maybe I'll get it all figured out by then. Right now I'm thinking Antitrust Law and Trade Regulation in LA, although that'll probably change next week.

Other than that, not much going on. My oldest brother Adam (not Ben) is getting married at the end of the summer which will be fun. Just got back a week ago from spending half of spring break in LA with suzy q and the family which was a lot of fun and great weather. Things are still going well on that front. If I haven't told you, we're going to live together next year between AA and Detroit. It just makes sense since we're both bored living by ourselves and I'll still only be 20 minutes from AA.

That's all I got for now. I'd love to hear how y'all are doing and what's new with you. Also, Sybil NCAA bracket????

Silly P

Freudian Slip

I was working on an application the other day, and for current address, I accidently started typing 806....

Hugs and Kisses,

Sluisy

Almost as ferocious as floppers

Hey sybilites,

First off props to Dukie on the new job. When he explained it to me i didnt even understand what he will be doing which probably means its very sweet!

And yes, as you can tell from the picture i now have a dog (Nathan come walk it anytime). Its no floppers but it is a pit bull mixed with we think border collie. We got her from the pound a few days ago and named her Bexley after the highway exit a few miles north of the pound (we suck). Anyway, the last owner trained her so she is pretty good about sitting and shaking and asking to go outside. She is however also a machine and today at ultimate bit and ripped through her leash and you could see our collective panic as she came running across the field....so we might have to figure that one out (suggestions?) Of course you are all welcome to come visit and see her (or me...either way really).

Also i want to hear whats new in all of the rest of your lives....post away

I dont dot the I!

Wow so I'm actually trying out this whole blogging thing just for you boys and to be honest its a bit less strange than i thought. I'm currently writing you from the land of the fuckeyes where the ridiculous institution was recently ranked number 19 on GQs douchiest universities for the "excessive school pride douche" (a category in which Michigan also received an honorable mention!). The article is here if you are curious http://men.style.com/gq/features/landing?id=content_10779 I would say that my favorite part is where they mention dressing for class like you are the offensive coordinator. So true. I think the biggest adjustment here is how many people wear their OSU gear in the brary and around campus ick. In other disgusting news, one of my classmates was Brutus here for the past 3 years and makes faces when i wear my maize shirts in class.
Anyway school if interesting and busy and im sure ill get used to the excessive OSU pride. On the good side of things my house on Michigan avenue with 2 other michigan alums is a safe haven from it all. However our one ohio housemate recently compared it to a taliban cell which looked normal from the outside, but inside had an apparently distressing amount of michigan love.
Things are def not the same as sybil though and i miss you all and hope you all are well. Although im still suffering from PTSD from the sybil fire and late last night i felt heat coming from our basement, I rushed downstairs to find the culprit....someone was using our dryer. Haha.
Also i'm planning on making some visits to the duece this year so we should all coordinate them. Weekends after exams i have pretty much nothing to do so im thinking the weekends of September 11th (also the Notre Dame game) October 2nd (My birthday weekend) and November 20th (the ohio state game) if anyone else is interested in coming back.
Alright peace out and sybil love you you all
James

yo yo yooooo

So, we need to be better about posting and checking up on this thing. The white street girls are doing far better at it and i will not let our blog become second rate. James, whats going on with your life buddy. Naynay, when do you start lawschool?

On a separate note, I know that I'm planning on hopping a train over to ann arbor for at least 1 or 2 football games this year. I think we should try and organize a weekend when we're all back. I believe the Penn State game is the "new alumni" weekend or something like that, so maybe that would be a fun time to go? I don't have too much preference for the game (though would like for it to be a big 10 game). Any thoughts? Any games you might want to attend? any weekend you know already is particularly bad? Lets try and get something together and get some tickets duders.

Life in chicago is going alright. Job is tiring me out. Hung out with bunch of michigan peeps last night which was fun. Come out and visit me! I'm bored on the weekends somewhat so come keep me entertained. Alright thats alll for now. Hope this message finds you all in the midst of an enjoyable summer. Talk to you fellas soon..

-eggnog