Annalog

Christmas is a little more solemn this year. Decorations were sparse around Berkeley leading up to the holiday season. And after a year as depressing as 2009 it’s not hard to understand why. No Christmas trees, excessive gift giving or wasteful spending this holiday season. Maybe I’m just one year older and a bit more jaded—I’ve been told your twenties will do that to you—but December just isn’t as festive this year. (more…)

It’s the end of Dead Week on campus. Supposedly we’ve all been studying for the last week, but I’d bet my hat people were catching up on some much-needed Zs instead. I woke up early this morning and headed out on an assignment for the paper. Chancellor Birgeneau’s house was attacked Friday night. Check out the article in the Daily Cal (along with some photos by me). It wasn’t exactly the perfect Saturday—dark, cloudy and a little too rainy—but duty calls.

3:22 am PST — Edited. Formatted. Ready for one more read tomorrow. Done.

3:12 am PST — Must breathe life into the last sentence. And then finally—finito!

1:59 am PST — Blonde Redhead finally had to stop. I’m on to Interpol—and my last three paragraphs.

1:20 am PST — This is getting to the point where I just don’t want to finish. After three years of buildup I’m not sure what I’m going to do when I’m done. (more…)