May 2, 2009
Finals Season, Spring 2009
Greetings everyone. As I’m sure has already been obvious, I haven’t been posting much recently. Thank you if you’re still checking in and reading; I suggest sticking to RSS or e-mail updates so you don’t get frustrated waiting for irregular updates. I am hopeful that I will be better able to blog about my time with Google this summer, as opposed to last, as there will be fewer confidentiality issues and maybe I can talk more about the fun things that I will be doing or, at the very least, all the fun food I’ll be eating.
Right now I am busy being swamped with finals, as followers of my banal Twitter will be well aware. Feel free to follow me @samjackson if you are looking for more fast-paced updates about my everyday trials and tribulations here at Yale or wherever I may be. I just finished one 20 page paper about Female Bisexuality and Sexual Fluidity for my Chromosomes and Behavior / Sexual Behavior class, I’m currently working on a 20 page paper about Racial Drafting and Cross-Racial Ownership Claims for Mixed Individuals, which is due Monday, and then I also have to complete a ~15 page art-crime paper. I have already had my last Chinese tests and Oral Exam, and will be doing a cute Chinese skit with some classmates on Tuesday.
After that, it’s home free, mostly, and I’ll probably be out of New Haven on May 7 or 8. If you’re in Boston from then until June 5, let me know and I would be happy to meet up and hang out. I will be leaving for California probably around June 6, and will be there until August 15 or thereabouts. After that I am home for a short while before goign away to Peking University for a study abroad semester! You can read more about the Yale-PKU program if you are interested, and I will be posting more about that soon — at last a subject that is fresh and exciting to blog about!
Just wanted to check in, say hello, and again remind everyone that I am happy to take questions and will write back promptly if you comment or send an e-mail. Always happy to have my Yale experience inform the searching / decisions / idle musings of others.
Lots of love,
Sam
Sam,
You seem busy but happy, so that’s good. The semester-abroad adventure sounds fantastic—I did a semester abroad to New Zealand and Australia and I loved it. Travel is an essential part of a life well-lived, and if you can get college credit for it, so much the better. Take care,
Alexa
Thanks Alexa – China has been great fun so far. I’d love to get to go to NZ sometime, too. I was thinking about study abroad in France as well, but the more I look into it the more it seems like I might just have to get back to Yale to fulfill my requirements! That being said, I definitely already miss Yale a lot and will be happy to go back to all its amenities and options. But China is really neat.
Sam I look forward to visiting China. Your blog has inspired me to get to see and know more about China. Ed Alix was surprised to read about experiences. I have not kept in touch with him. He remembered the time
he took you and kayla ice skating in Cleveland Hts. You were very young. Presently you are able to learn more about our beautiful world and its people.
Take the time to do well with your required curriculum. What subjects are you required this semester? I know you will do your best. I am thinking about seeing you upon your next vacation. I miss you ….It was great to visit with you this past summer at the Cape.I am setting up Skype to dcontact you. Michael will help me to get started. I hope this email will reach you. I so enjoyed reading “SAM JACKSON COLLEGE EXPERIENCE
Yes, do get Skype set up and we can chat! I will be sharing more photos in the future as well. Thanks for reading! We have a little break in the next week or so, and I will be sure to try to call everyone back home as well, even if Skype is not available.