Tony - Disneyworld and Beard off

Hey all,

I haven't updated in a while so I thought that I'd bring everyone up to speed. First, my apologies for the previous post entitled "disneyworld." I was drunk when I started writing it and must have screwed something up because there's no text to go with it. Whatever I did write was promptly forgotten by my intoxicated brain which is probably for the best as I was very likely to shame Mickey in my inebriated state.

At any rate, Leah and I did go to Disneyworld in mid August with my family. I won't go into details, but it was a kick-ass vacation. I'm sure Leah will post pictures at some point which would serve better than a long winded explanation. If any of you guys plan on going to the happiest place on earth, Leah and I can give you expert advice.

In other news, the fall semester at Cornell started today. I'm not taking any classes, but I'm TAing a course. I had to teach a third of it today which was kind of cool even though it felt like standing naked in front of 100 people while they gawked at you.

The real reason I'm posting is to notify you guys that I've entered a very serious competition. A challenge to determine the manliest of men. That's right, I'm having a beard off. Last night at midnight I shaved my face for the last time. A month from now, me and other challengers will compare beards in a variety of categories to determine which man is the most beardly. Its going to be intense. I chugged 4 raw eggs for breakfast this morning to get to an early start. I'll keep you all updated on the status of this most manly of competitions.

~Tony

Disneyworld

Claire - So, um, I moved.

Well, we haven't had a proper update on here in quite some time, so I thought I'd take a stab at it. If you haven't heard yet, I arrived safely in London on Wednesday morning. I'm pretty well set up here now; almost everything is unpacked and in its proper space, so I'd say it's going well. I'm on the 8th floor, which means I have a rather nice view out my window. And thankfully my room is much larger than it was last year, since it's technically one of the handicap rooms, so I actually have space to move around this time (and the bathroom is huge too!).

I don't do anything for school until the 2nd week of September when I do 4 days observation in a primary school. Then real classes start on the 14th, so thankfully I have some time to kill before I die under the weight of all my school work. But I'm excited to be back in school, so it will be a good death :)

Anywho, I miss you all. Oh, actually, I should add, the new phone I got here has skype on it, so if anyone fancies a chat and has skype, you can call me anytime because I'm automatically always logged in. It's rather fantastic! So give me a shout sometime (Just remember I'm 5 hours ahead of most of you) :)

Miss/love you all
Claire