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And then bad stuff happened
Here are some pictures from my bus ride to Cork, and then Cork, and then to Tralee. Cork: On the way to Tralee: We arrived in Tralee later than I wanted to so I didn’t get to go to Dingle today like I planned. I’m meeting a couchsurfer there and hiking the Slead Head (or…
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Last of Dublin
Yesterday was basically perfect. First I walked more around town and had some local produce for lunch, and then Andy called me up and invited me to go wall rock climbing or whatever it’s called. I think he called it bouldering? I wasn’t really keen on the idea, but I thought, “We’ll, the worst that…
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Lovelovelove
DUBLIN IS AMAZING After breakfast I called up my host for tonight, Thiago, and key for directions how to get to his house. Long story short, I got lost, took the wrong bus, and went over a mile too far on the bus I wasn’t supposed to take. At that point, I gave up and…
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Dublin
I’ll post details about my flight later because it was interesting but not as interesting as Dublin! We landed yesterday morning at ten til nine (over an hour earlier than we were supposed to due to tailwinds). Getting throug customs wasn’t bad– I had to fill out a card saying where I was going and…
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The Final Countdown
I’m literally counting down the hours until I leave. Six. Five. Currently, we’re at four. And every hour is taking its toll on my blood pressure. I spent the night with my friend Tanner in St. Louis playing video games and becoming increasingly more nervous. All I’ve got left is to print out my boarding…
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Packing. Blah.
I’ve always been a worrier. And subsequently, a heavy packer. When I went to Philadelphia for two weeks last year, I literally stuff my enormous suitcase to the brim and on top of that filled my backpack up with crap. Clothes, a computer, paper, pencils, batteries, gadgets and chargers, sunblock, etc etc. Lugging all that stuff…
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Inklings
Hey everybody. It’s been a while. There’s a lot to catch up on before I leave IN FOUR DAYS. So nine months ago I was really itching to spiral into debt. I had several options. I could buy a yacht, or lose the lottery a hundred million times like everyone else, buy all the twinkies…
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The Last Day 🙁
LONG DAY. Woke up, went to lecture with a heavy feeling in my stomach. This was the last day of the conference. 🙁 First lecture was stuff I already knew (about the evolution of the English auxiliary ‘do,’ not really interesting to non-linguists). Dr. Anthony Kroch was the professor giving the lecture. Next we listened…
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And Then It Happened
Today was the greatest day ever. Abigail planned on having the group do a talent show at 8 and we ended up actually going through with it and letting Jessica attend the event (Jessica is the IRCS activities coordinator). But first… Cognitive Control, conceptual retrieval, and creativity Sharon Thompson-Schill The front brain controls goal-directed behavior.…
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To Be a Linguist
Today was a major day for learning about linguisticky things. Unfortunately, though, I’m tired of typing about lectures so these are going to be kept really really short. Motor intelligence in machines and animals D. E. Koditscheck Spacial memory is thought to be held in the hippocampus. We watched a bunch of robots climbing walls…
