Tony - weddings, parties, and more

Hey everyone,

A fair amount has happened in the last month so I thought I'd give you guys an update. I think I'll start with Halloween.

Halloween was a lot of fun. I dressed up as Indiana Jones again, but since no one knew that I was Indiana previously (except for Leah), I managed to escape shame and ridicule. Unfortunately, I ended up washing both mine and Leah's cell phones while drunk. Although my phone worked after a day, hers did not. I'm still trying to fix it with my knowledge of chemistry and the use of nonpolar solvents, but it doesn't look like its coming back to life. Fortunately, I had a spare cell phone to give her which works just fine.

The week after halloween was Billy's wedding. It was fantastic. Probably my favorite weekend since Skidmore. The only tough part was remembering the names of obscure relatives. I think that I did an admirable job as best man even though I forgot to bring the rings to the chapel. I made up for that lapse with a kickass speech. Some of you guys should have a wedding and invite me and Leah. It'll be a lot of fun.

Research is going fine. The coolest part is that I'm working on curing alzheimer's. Also, I haven't made a mistake yet which is promising. The only problem is that some of our experiments are so complex that I can barely understand them. I also work next to a giant magnet thats kept at -269 degrees celsius (thats 4 degrees above absolute zero). I still can't figure out whether the cold dread I experience when I approach the NMR is because of the temperature or because I know that if I drop something, I'll be ruining a machine worth thousands of dollars. Nevertheless, I like what I'm doing and I've made some progress with the research.

Everything else is going fine. I have three housemates now and all of them are international. Yesterday, they brought home a cook a turkey and I amazed them by my ability to cook it (made it seem more complex then just putting the damn thing in the oven). I like all of them though and don't mind living with them for another 9 months. Also, I played Edwards 40hands last night with my biochemistry friends. Its a game where you duct tape two 40 oz bottles of malt liquor to your hands and can't remove them until you finish. I managed to do it without pissing my pants and even drank another beer afterwords. However, I had a major hangover this morning.

Today I'm waiting for Leah to arrive. We're celebrating our 3rd year anniversary. We can't think of anything fun to do though so we'll probably just eat at a fancy restaurant and resolve to go skiing another weekend. I'm getting her a GPS so she can find me wherever she is (also, GPSs are awesome).

I suppose that was more long winded than I intended. Before I go, I should mention that I'm going to be in new york city from tuesday until friday. I'd love to see you NYC guys if you're gonna be in the city. Let me know what your doing and maybe we can meet up...Wednesday perhaps.

~Tony