The whole family went to New York to celebrate Mom’s 37th birthday, with some absolutely amazing experiences along the way.
For my birthday several months ago, my parents were AMAZING and got me fantastic seats to see Equus, a play starring Daniel Radcliffe which has been brought to Broadway. Aside from being an absolutely mind blowing show, I got to meet Dan, and speak to him, up close and (somewhat) personal!
I was planning on restricting my involvement in the presidential election to monetary contributions to the Obama campaign, but I’ve found that the prospect of a Palin Vice-Presidency is a big motivator. I’ve done one stint of phone-banking and one day of canvassing and plan on doing more.
Sienna and I took most of Saturday to go down to Santa Monica to see our first ever Wizard Rock concert (a genre of music dedicated solely to the awesomeness of Harry Potter) and to play around in the beach, mostly for the opportunity of a photo shoot.
Having arrived to school a week ago today, I’m still not completely settled into my room, though a trip to IKEA today helped advance that process - even if I have to go again tomorrow. As an RA this year, I’ve been busy with training about 18/7, unable to completely unpack, and stranded without internet until very recently. Training has finally ended, and the first year students have moved in. Watching them all come in, excited/nervous/clueless with their parents who have a somewhat more obvious combination of these emotions, is very nostalgic. Reminds me of that time not too long ago when I had no idea what was in store, with Mom and Dad helping me adjust.
Tomorrow is my first night “patrolling”, and I hope everything goes well.
I’m looking forward to things finally settling down again, and for all my old friends to move back on campus (the most important one of whom is coming tomorrow!).
Le week-end du 10 Mai 2008 a retrouvé le clan Caubet au presque grand complet à Pourchergues, un petit village des Pyrénées pour y fêter Monique. Un grand nombre d’entre nous a bravé les distances et les éléments pour se joindre en musique autour d’une Monique en pleine forme qui cache bien ses 80 ans sonnés. Voici pour la mémoire collective un petit résumé en image.
Anne-Marie finit son été en fête pour oublier que sa fille est partie. Son groupe Artist Way a ouvert sa gallerie Samedi 16 Août. Voici une photo devant une de ses peintures qu’elle a vendue ce soir là.
We sent Aylia off at the crack of dawn this morning on a transcontinental flight to LA. As of this evening she is safely in her new (tiny) dorm room at Occidental College. Tomorrow she begins training to be a Resident Advisor.
I flew to Paris via Frankfurt Tuesday night for a workshop on Saturn’s rings that I organized. About 3 hours before landing I got quite sick, and after repeated trips to the lavatory to throw up, passed out outside the lavatory, hitting my face on something on the way down. The result below is looking much better in this picture than it was just 24 hours ago. The workshop went quite well, and now I’m off to London for another meeting.
In Montreal for the 37th COSPAR assembly, we had a very good dinner at a restaurant recommended by Lance and Sylvie.
We went to the Olympic Park, a return after 32 years for me, where we rode up the largest inclined tower in the world. When I was here as a twelve-year-old for the 76 Olympics, the tower had not been completed. The Olympic Velodrome has been converted to a “biodome”, a zoo of sorts. The olympic pool, however, is still a pool, and we were able to witness what appeared to be Canadian olympic divers training for next month’s games.
At Aylia’s prompting, a new family portrait:
