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266 (more) days in America

pre / post viva

I've been doctor'd

it's over

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0 days until submission / 351 (more) days in America

It's done. It's over.

And it feels like my brain has become smoother.

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48 days (or so) until submission / 352 (more) days in America

eyes too tired.

Why are there so many typos in this thing???

But hey, if the supervisors didn't catch them, I bet the examiners won't either

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49 days (or so) until submission / 353 (more) days in America

this is a workflow too (after modifications already - I swapped the keyboard). Note the yeasty growth of post it notes scattered everywhere on this desk

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50 days (or so) until submission / 354 (more) days in America

First cars, then neons. No wonder No Diddley is playing in my head

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51 days (or so) until submission / 355 (more) days in America

friendship with taking photos of PLANTS and ANIMALS is now OVER - now taking photos of CARS is my new best friend

all glory to commuter rail 'cuz it took me to a CLASSIC CAR SHOW in a town where, apparently, the chocolate chip cookie was invented

US grandiose is car grandiose

car grandiose is what makes my inner child happy

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52 days (or so) until submission / 356 (more) days in America

The red (as a lobster) line

I'm brain fried again

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53 days (or so) until submission / 357 (more) days in America

this is the home workflow now

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54 days (or so) until submission / 358 (more) days in America

Hello, Charles

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55 days (or so) until submission / 359 (more) days in America

I've discovered a new supermarket. At last, my wallet can exhale.

Market Basket moodboard coming soon

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56 days (or so) until submission / 360 (more) days in America

we are not a high school (though we could be a movie set for one - as long as one takes down the art from the other end of the corridor)

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57 days (or so) until submission / 361 (more) days in America

what are the discreet charms of the cambervillian/bostonian metropolitan/cantabrigian/massachusettian bourgeoisie? join me for this special report.

In this episode: the bakery offered the same loaves in a tinned or boule form. Curiously, a sourdough loaf cost is LOWER than in London. The bakery also radiated a proper 'we serve the community' smell, and none of that fake cinnamonish gailsian-jolenian stench that makes London's middle class go haywire.

so, in the end, sorry, nothing to report about the local bourgeoisie today

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58 days (or so) until submission / 362 (more) days until submission

a day without a firetruck in sight is a day wasted

I officially have a fan. it's going to be my only fan, because it's big. it will help me cope with these temperatures (florida-like, I'm told) and humidity (things have not changed here, humidity's still a b * t c h)

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59 days (or so) until submission / 363 (more) days in America

first fire alarm

I don't mind since the sight of these massive firetrucks keeps my inner child fed

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60 days (or so) until submission / 364 (more) days in America

go to trader joe's, they said; try their seasonings, they said.

they did not mention 1) it's a rough road out there, 2) veggies are sold per item not per pound, 3) what the hell are pounds and ounces anyway

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61 days (or so) until submission / 365 (more) days in America

woke up at 5am - this is good, perhaps the jet lag will fix my sleep schedule.

had my first US bagel with a copious amount of vegan cream cheese. spent the rest of the day walking underground tunnels.

hair is a mess because humidity is a b * t c h