Messin' with Texas

This past Saturday I went to the local Sigma Nu chapter’s formal dinner. After having gator wrestled with one of the brothers, Austin, I became a bit of a celebrity. The brothers had all seen the video, and the ones I hadn’t met knew me. I took Elizabeth with me and we had a good [...]

Nearly all commerce/industry in this area are either refineries or refinery support service. Other than that, everything is pretty basic. Restaurants, malls, gas stations. Nothing spectacular. Anyway here are two pictures. I work at the refinery on the left side of the road.

Two weekends ago I went to Washington DC with my father to play in a Diplomacy tournament. It was a great weekend. I got to play diplomacy, spend time with my father, and see one of my fraternity brothers, Jerome. Although I was quite ill, I think I made the most of it. It was [...]

I need to brag about this. Today, at yoga, it was particularly difficult. For one, I had just played a soccer game and was exhausted. The pad of my left foot was really hurting since that’s the foot I always push off with first. I had to do many of the poses on just one [...]

Since I’m a vegetarian, there is never anything for me to eat at restaurants. Thus, I will credit myself with the best food in Southeast Texas. In keeping with family tradition, I have mastered the art of omelette making. So far, nearly everyone who has had one of my omelettes, says that it is the [...]

My gator wrestling exploints made the unit news letter! This is the second time I have made the unit newsletter (the first time is when I started coaching soccer for a team of 12 years olds in the area). Check it out!
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As many of you may know, this past Saturday I went to a gator wrestling competition. I went with the intention of spectating – what could be better than watching a bunch of rednecks get eaten up by  alligators. They were giving out free T-shirts, which is apparently a big deal around here. Devin and [...]

My father found this in the Washington Post over the weekend. This is how I feel people are around here. There are so many hard-line conservatives in this part of Texas, I feel that I am the only one still rooting for the president in this are. I want to see a successfully reformed health [...]

This has been on my list since I got here. The Big Thicket National Preserve is only 20 minutes from where I live. It is a logical escape from the ” hustle and bustle” of the big city.  Since I work at a construction site, my job is very noisy. Since I do something almost [...]

On Saturday, I spoke on the phone with a graduate student from Carnegie Mellon University (my university). For her thesis, her and five other students had formed a consulting team, and were consulting for an organization called Technology Consulting in the Global Community (TCinGC).  I participated in this program in the summer of 2006 after [...]