hi folk. quick updates: it turns out that i'm going home a little earlier than i had originally planned, for various reasons, but essentially it boils down to the fact that 8 weeks away from home in a foreign country is long enough for me. so, i'm going home on wednesday, august 23rd, exactly two weeks from today, and i'm glad. in the meantime, though, i'm going to pack in as much as i can before i leave. tomorrow i'm going to Bonn to visit my (german) friend Tom, who was a grad student in the history department at UW for one year, and is now finishing up his degree at the university in Bonn. it should be fun, and i'm looking forward to speaking some german with actual germans, though i have a feeling that
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