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Finito

MY PAPER IS TURNED IN!!!! My baby, my 60 page research/policy paper on China's currency policy and current economic situation is officially finished and in for grading. Three weeks ago I had absolutely no idea how I was going to tackle this insane beast, but, like most things, on the other side of the hill and looking back...it wasn't that bad. It's just one of those things you take one day at a time and just sit down, and do what needs to be done. I find a lot of issues are like this: if you just break them apart, it's not terrible or unimaginable. If I got too ahead of myself and started thinking about how I had SIXTY pages to write, I found myself hyperventilating in the corner. But if I thought: okay the intro is 4 pages, the actual policy is 16, that's 20 right there...that means 40 on history and building my case...so then say 10 pages on history of China and how it relates to present and 20 on current issues: 10 with the United States in particular and then 1...

Crutches Smutches

All things considered this week "on crutches" has not been bad at all. Then again, "on crutches" is an extremely relative term applicable to only certain parts of the day when I feel like carrying the damn things around with me. Technically speaking I'm okay to walk around without them, Doc just said the healing will be a lot faster if I keep as much weight as possible off my foot while it's still tender. But do you know how hard it is to get around BU's campus with crutches? It's borderline impossible - if not just plain miserable. Not that the BU population hasn't been nothing short of awesome when it comes to caring for its handicapped - I haven't had to open ONE door or pick up ONE thing off the ground yet! - Good work BU, maybe the East coast isn't as course as I thought. I'm thinking about bringing them back today, I mean in all honesty how much am I going to crutch around this weekend? I'm going to the SOX game and a coupl...