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Happy Halloween/Nevada Day!

Nevada Day is the greatest holiday in the world because it means we get the day off of school (and work, depending where you work) but we still get mail. And it's an extra day for Halloween shenanigans and, in my case, eating breakfast with near strangers at Super Burrito after sleeping at a strange house with four cats in it and then getting stranded downtown at about 1 pm in your Halloween costume and having to call your roommate for a ride. On top of bars open 24/7, the abundance of strip clubs and porno theatres and the ability to buy hard liquor and play slot machines in the grocery store, it is one of the best things about Nevada.

money money money money

A few weeks ago I had to submit a grant proposal to fund my thesis. I aimed pretty low, honestly, because I didn't really expect to get any money from it. I didn't work very hard on it and I didn't ask for much money. Anyway, I just received an email saying that they are going to fund me in the full amount I requested. Which means I'm going to probably buy about $300 or more in music in the coming weeks. It's going to be great.

Also. German slang is one of the most hilarious things I can think of:
cocaine = Nuttendiesel = hooker fuel.

Lavender Menace

Quickly:

Grant proposals are horrible. I don't look forward to a future in which I have to write a lot of them.

My GRE percentiles came in: my verbal score is in the 96^th percentile and my writing score is in the 97^th percentile. My math score was not quite so great, but I don't suppose that matters a lot.

Today is my birthday. YESSSS

(Hopefully I will have something more cerebral to say someday soon.)

Oh. I can now get a class M endorsement on my driver's license. Finally, I can legally ride my motorcycle.