fleet foxes

dont love this rendition of white winter hymnal but a good video nonetheless.

Thursday, 12/10

Here are some interesting things I came across today:

1. This bike made for Lance Armstrong to screw around on.


2.This intense 911 call featuring this quote from a 57 year-old woman: "I don't want to have to kill this man, but I'll kill him graveyard dead, ma'am."

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3. This espn story about Jeremy Lin, a Harvard basketball player who lit up UConn for 30 points in a loss. It contains an embarassing heckle from a UConn student during the game.

Artest...are you kidding me?

As if knocking a fan in the face, the MJ tribute, and "Afghan Women" weren't enough, Ron Artest just admitted to pounding Hennessy at half time in the past. This guy is a basket case.

Grand Canyon: Entry Three

11/22
Quote of the Day: (after seeing a 5 lb. Hershey Bar, our French counterpart, Julie said) "Long live America!"


10:25 AM (Arizona time)
Journal Entry: "The land has more character than we. The rocks and trees take their time to form, grow and ease into education. Their character makes human conflict pointless."

The expanse of land out West is incredible. Even at UConn, which is in the middle of nowhere, the buildings are confining. But out West there is so much land. Valleys and mountains.






2:30 PM We got Grand Canyon National Park and set up camp in Mather Campground on the Canyon's South Rim. By 3:30 we were set up and went to get our first look at the Canyon.


Walking out on this ledge was liberting but frightenting. As I stood there I was yelling for them to take the picture then I ran back to safety.




As you can see by this reaction, it was a jaw-dropping experience. Like me, she was speechless. For a moment I had to turn away as the vast complexities were too much to look at. Seeing Vegas, the Hoover Dam, the mountains and valleys on the drive and this in less than 24 hours was a sensory overload. No pictures do this place justice.