Tina's Post for Yao

"Today I played with my brother...and then I studied for MCATs...I taught him how to play ping pong...and the art of love making"

Trevor Joins Family Blog

Tina says, "Trevor finally joins the family blog...jackass"

Vincent says, "O rly?"

Trevor says, "Ya rly"

europe photos on facebook

Switzerland, Italy, London

everyone back dinner!

lets all get pho!
yay!
saturday evening?

home sweet home

Austin is so green. It's more green than almost any place I can remember in recent history--makes sense, since it's been raining and thunderstorming all summer here. It's so pretty.

I can't believe my Europe trip is over already. It was so fast. We spent 1.5 days in Interlaken in the Swiss Alps, 1 day in Zurich, 1 each in Milan, Venice, Florence, 2 days in Rome, and 2 in London. Plus a few plane and train rides.

I think my favorite parts were:
-Paragliding over Interlaken...sooo beautiful
-Art museums: Vatican Museum in Vatican City had tons of Roman sculptures from old mythology, and the National Gallery in London had tons of..well, good art
-The 2.5 hour train ride from Interlaken up to Jungfrau, one of the peaks of the Swiss Alps
-Chagall stained glass windows in Fraumunster Cathedral in Zurich
-Walking around Venice and shopping for glass things! (Venice specialized in cute colored glass things)
-Playing bridge on the train rides :D
-SWISS CHOCOLATE AND GELATO on a more-than-daily basis!!

Can you tell what we're trying to spell out?

Spontaneous move-out

Tina wants to defend herself against jetlag, and I want to defend myself against the plight of the car-less, so we are both moving out tonight. I'm not sure what I would do without Tina in Berkeley. Shrivel up and die, probably.

Today was my last day of work. My coworkers have been really nice to me all summer, and I know I've learned a ridiculous amount while here. And they love food! Which makes things all the better. So many days, I was kept alive in the afternoon by the sudden and unexpected arrival of cookies in the office. Yesterday we had ice cream cake in honor of the graphic designer's birthday. I was going for my third slice, and the CEO was next to the cake, so she cut me a piece, and then cut me a fourth and insisted I take it. I felt positively sick after eating four slices, even though it was so good. Then today, they had chocolate cake because it was my last day, and the CEO was cutting cake again, and she "accidentally" cut me a second piece. Then when I tried to give it to the head engineer, who hadn't gotten a piece yet, she stopped me! That's when I realized that she had it in for me. I'm not sure what it is about people over the age of twenty-five believing that twenty-year-olds are still growing. Maybe I'll think like that someday.

quiet

the room is so empty and quiet now.
sad! :(