Ann Arbor Art Fair

On moving, serial contingency planning, and uncertainty

Amanda Xi

Today’s inane image of the day:

My lab notebook. I’ve never been a fan of these “Composition Books,” because they always seem to fall apart on me. 
 
It’s incredible how you accumulate so much stuff in such a short period of time. I moved to Ann Arbor in September 2008 and in only 3 years, I think I might have more stuff stored in my tiny studio than I can fit into my car. Then again, I could just be terrible at packing…

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Art fair woes and quick update

Amanda Xi
Today’s inane image of the day:
Sadly, the Ann Arbor Art Fair has prevented me from getting my favorite Starbucks beverage this morning — so I have settled for Caribou K-Cup Iced Coffee…
 
  1. REALLY long Ann Arbor Food/Dessert/Coffee/Tea Bucket-ish List post coming soon!
  2. Can someone please get me one of these beautiful new Macbook Airs?
  3. Follow me on Twitter. SERIOUSLY — it will be worth it.

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Another Sunday morning

Amanda Xi

Today’s inane image of the day:

This is generally how my Starbucks workspace looks like — coffee, phone and laptop [yes, I do really like the color pink…]. While I sometimes have a love-hate relationship with weekend mornings [generally because they aren’t truly mornings anymore when they start at 10 or 11am], today is slightly different because it will probably be the last time I spend a Sunday morning at the Starbucks on State and Liberty St — with moving out of my apartment next weekend, I don’t think I’ll have the opportunity to do this again. There is, of course, the possibility that I try to do my residency at the University of Michigan, but that is pretty unlikely.

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