See Ya Seattle (For Now)
My crazy exciting intense busy super special awesome week-long residency for my first week of graduate school at the University of Washington in Seattle is near the end. Right now, I'm chilling in the iSchool computer lab, tuning into Pandora and surfing the Web on one of the brand-spankin'-new 24" iMacs running Windows Vista. It seems like a fitting end to a busy week full of long school days and exploring a little of Seattle via death marches and mass transit.
Outside of class, hitting the Seattle Public Library was at the top of the list of things to do for Anna, Melody and myself. We hopped a bus to downtown on Tuesday evening and with a little walking, we soon found ourselves confronted by a futuristic glass-and-steel structure. On the outside, it sure didn't bear any resemblance to any other library I had seen. After we entered, it turned out the interior was even more confusing, with minimal signage and bizarre layouts. After trekking from bottom to top, we were all rather disappointed with this public library that could have been so much more (with less money even).
I've had some great food while I've been here and met some great people within my graduate program. In a way, it's been like a combination of work and vacation, experiencing the best of both worlds all week long. But, as the saying goes, it's good to go, but even better to come home. And so today (as it does change day by day) the aspect of my distance graduate program that I'm relishing most is that being on campus is only a fleeting thing. It's been a great trip, but I can't wait to be home, hitting the books and coursework in my pajamas on my own time while enjoying the comforts of home.
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