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grad school visits:    march 2005
seattle, boulder, pittsburgh, berkeley

In February, March, and April 2005, I visited several grad schools, starting with the University of Washington. Not only were the cherry trees in bloom everywhere, but UW had tightrope walkers. (Well, actually, members of the climbing club on slackline.) The guy on the right was really good. More slackline walkers. Obligatory spaceneedle shot. The train ride from Portland to Seattle started out gorgeously. And then it started raining, right when the rail staff went on strike for an hour.
Several of my middle-school classmates from Guam now live in Seattle. L to R: Susumu, me, Tina, Trevor, with Maria getting all the action. I visited both the iSchool and Computer Science department. This was a giant collaboratively-constructed mural I've <a href='http://www.considereddesign.com/archive/2005_01_01_index.shtml#110659607723615922'>mentioned before</a>. Had a late night tour of Microsoft . . . . . . Courtesy of my childhood friend Jon. Brigitte, David, and I had a tasty breakfast on Capitol Hill.
The next trip was to Boulder. Gorgeous mountains surrounded the city. Katie, Stew, and I pulled off the road to look for prairie dogs. Gotta love a town with rodent statues. Informative. Next came Pittsburgh. This is the lawn at Carnegie Mellon near Wean Hall. Ask me again in a few months which buildings those are.
Margaret Morrison Hall. Downtown Pittsburgh. There are a lot of bridges. The Tower of Learning at Pitt. The city still keepin' it real. More from the lawn near Wean. Nadine and Nadia read that it's not so bad being single in Pittsburgh.
The March 19 war protest across the country. Simon-Newell Hall atrium. I learned in a Banana Republic that, unlike in the women's department, men's jeans are displayed with the flies open. Sean and I had breakfast at Pamela's. Sean can seat himself. CMU doesn't guard the sanctity of its football field as closely as other schools do. Yay for nerds!
The Campanile at Berkeley. The fauna at Berkeley is much like that of Eugene. South Hall, home of Berkeley SIMS. Everything was in bloom. Walkway in front of the library. It was a very patriotic school.
Very. Part of the sixty-one bell carillon at the top of the Campanile. View from the top of the Campanile. My heart was feeling a bit moth-eaten. Uncle Tom prepares pakoras for Easter dinner. Our Easter dinner included cabbage, dal, chutney, pakoras, tzatziki, and a raw chocolate banana pie.
Sally and Tom with their new dog, Daisy. Daisy liked to be sung to. She's a big fan of the Billie Holiday oeuvre. Tom and Daisy. View from Tom and Sally's balcony in Montara.   

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