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

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."

Visitors

It would be helpful for all of the current Sybil denizens, if those of you visiting the lovely town of Ann Arbor and the famed Sybil house in the following weeks would post the exact dates that you will be here so that we can plan your welcome and figure out sleeping arrangements/fun things to do!

love bubbalicious (gum!)

Moving on Out

Yo Yo Sybilites!

So It's pretty official that I'm taking this Job in Chicago. This means two things. First, I will be coming to Ann Arbor sometime on July 9th or 10th probably to get my stuff (don't worry Bill I'll call you to discuss the logistics of this sometime in the near future). So if any of you are going to be there, I shall be seeing you hopefully. Secondly, I will be in Chicago by the 12th. So if anyone wants to come out, especially because I won't have a roomate before august 1st, you should. I'm definitely psyched to be there for Lollapalooza in the beginning of august, so if anyone is interested in coming and joining me, you have a place to stay and someone to go with! Thats all for now. Catch you boys later.

Job!

So I got offered a job in Chicago, the same one I've been interviewing at recently. I have to decide by friday if I am going to take it. As of now, I'd say there's probably about a 75% chance I take the job. If that happens, I will be leaving nyc at the latest the end of june and more likely sometime in mid june. So if your planning on visiting the city, come soon! If not, and your in Michigan, then it should be significantly easier for you to visit me. I'll let you all know when i make my decision. Its awesome out in NYC, hopefully you're all having good weather. Catcha later.

-FatJ

Craigslist and Flops

So, the loyal subscribers of Sybilicious may be interested to know that there is, apparently, tremendous demand for lop-eared rabbits on craigslist. After posting a single ad--in which, I admit, I hyped him up a great deal and included several adorable photos--I received no less than 12-15 emails, the majority of which appearing to be serious inquiries. I guess there are a lot fewer scam artists out there when you're trying to unload a rabbit for free.
Anyway, even though it will be very sad for me to let him go, I am pleased to say that he's been placed with a family in semi-rural Virginia. The stay-at-home mother of the family contacted me, and after speaking with her on the phone, it's clear that she knows more about rabbits than I do, as she's owned them before. So that's great. If all goes well, she's going to drive up to D.C. later today. Flops would like to extend his sincere gratitude to all those residents of 806 Sybil that were affectionate to him during his stay, and also to Bill.

Site Update

As of now all of you are admins. This means you can edit the site layout, settings, add gadgets/lists/polls/etc. You're welcome.

Goosey, you can add to the summer reading list by going to your profile, clicking on edit blog layout, edit gadget "summer reading list."

And Nathan is officially my least favorite housemate.