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Perhaps more details later, but the short version:

For those who don't go to Oberlin...

Ed Helms is, in fact, a fellow Oberlin alum. He was a convocation speaker at Oberlin this past Saturday.

For those who weren't at the convocation...
He made fun of Oberlin and played piano and banjo. And did impressions of Elton John, Al Gore, and Tom Brokaw.
At the Q&A after the speech/concert/performance I asked him, "I read in an interview on the internet that you ra-"
"Not true. That is a lie. Don't believe anything you read about me on the internet."
(But then he did actually answer the question, which was about the time he rappelled down the side of Peters Hall. Peters was under construction at the time (where have we heard this before?) and he used equipment from the Outing Club. "It was really dangerous and you should never do it. That said, it was really fun."

One of the students asked him what he had done for his Winter Term projects. He said something to the effect of, "That's an excellent question...and I can't remember any of them."

I was in the first few rows, and I shouted, "Didn't you go on a trip with the geology department?"

"Oh yeah...I did!" And he proceeded to talk about the trip he took to the Bahamas with the geology department in his sophomore year, which was also when he realized he didn't want to be a geology major after all. And that another project had been going to the Sundance Film Festival and keeping a journal.
"Tell me," he asked, "what else did I do? You kids and your internets."

Ed Helms is coming to Oberlin???

Okay, whether I'm moving back there or not, I think I need to be there for this.

There are sheep and goats from the Martha's Vineyard Fiber Farm to do invasive plant control/field management at Felix Neck, where I worked last summer. They keep Maremma Italian sheepdogs with the animals, which were originally to ward off coyotes when they were in the Hudson Valley, and now...I guess they're just awesome?
Imagine my surprise upon seeing this face at CuteOverload!



HOLY SHIT OMFG FLUFFY PUPPEHS !!!!!

( More unforgivable fluffyness under the cut )

So yesterday I graduated from Oberlin College with a B.A. in theater.

...now what?

Well, I think I'm done with my college work.

Beloved teacher Robin BR Wood dies

Also, now my sister is in the hospital with blood clots in her arm and neck.

Great.

Just remember...

I will be unable to attend the Exco fair tomorrow (Wednesday) 6-8, and I was hoping somebody could sign me up for things.

I plan to sign up for
Storytelling
The Office ExCo
Use Your Head

I will probably only take 1-2 of these, but I need to make sure I get into some so I can graduate.