well, the time is drawing near... something cool: Mary (Madden) just told me that she stayed in the exact same dorm in Paris when she studied there during undergrad, so she gave me a pretty good scoop and said it's really nice. plus, it seems that the dorm has its own web site now: http://www.feusa.org/framset.html. anyway, i have to send out my final "see ya when i see ya" emails and go pick up my loan check. ltr.

oh, almost forgot - you'll notice that the timestamp on this post seems odd. i changed my settings to the Western Europe time zone (GMT +1).