If you've ever wondered what academic burnout looks like...

look no further.

And yes, we were watching Hey Arnold.

More things I see with the GSGs

More photos from grad school adventures around the Green Mountain State:

Scaling rooftops and dodging pigeons in Brattleboro

Fancy doorknobs in downtown BTV

Sugared "Morning Rolls" at Vergennes Laundry -- they actually have a really cool business model. They funded the rehabilitation of their historic building by selling shares of their business to locals.  The "partners" paid in, and got a free loaf of bread each week for a year!  A great way to give HP projects some quick cash and build local support.

Gobble...Gobble...Lonely Gobble

I decided to stay in VT over Thanksgiving break this year.  Although it is nice that the University gives us a whole week, a plane ticker to MN is not cheap and I can actually make some moolah working retail on Black Friday.  I am missing my 5 year high school reunion, though which I'm a little bummed about because my hair looks really good today.

To avoid sitting in my apartment by myself for 9 days, I decided to take the bus to Middlebury today to do some exploring.  Middlebury College has a GORGEOUS campus and the entire town looks like a postcard.  Here's a snap shot of what I did.

What I wouldn't give for a pair of custom made leather boots.  And how cool would it be to have your own foot form?!

Frost on the walking bridge rivets

House #1 that I want to own

House #2 

The front door I want to have

Middlebury college -- the dorms are made of VT marble

I also did quite a bit of sitting in coffee shops reading my $1 copy of The Sun Also Rises -- the binding broke when I turned the first page. 

The rest of the week will be filled with work, a haircut, baking my first ever pie, and even doing some homework.  

Halloween

This year Halloween had the unfortunate fate of landing on a Wednesday.  This left us college kids in a conundrum -- dress up the weekend before? the weekend after? the day of? Such tough lives we have.  My buddy and I decided to dress up as Wayne and Garth from Wayne's World and I'd say our costumes came out pretty good.

Of course there were more than a fair number of girls wearing too little clothes, but after many a snowy Halloween, I don't think I'll ever be able to plan a costume without thinking about how many layers I can get or if a winter coat would work with it :) There were quite a few people with really impressive costumes too including the Stay-Puff Marshmallow Man from Ghostbusters!

In related news, the sequels to Halloween the movie are hilarious, especially Halloween H2O which has a great collection of 90s stars including LL Cool J

FREEEDOMMM!

The test is over! Woo! Now I'm looking forward to hours of not studying and eating lots of Chinese food :)