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I'm on the train right now on my way to meet Elizabeth Grace Thibault!!! She'll be about 8 hours old when I get to her. I'm obsessed with her already. October 1st...what a great date for a birthday.

I just bumped into a notice in the hall about a lecture that's happening here at school in a few weeks. I recognized an image on it that I had seen in a blog post, so it caught my eye. Remember this post that I wrote about abandoned mental hospitals? Well, this guy Christopher Payne, photographer and architect, is coming to Columbia through the Historic Preservation department on September 24th to lecture about "America's vanishing architecture and industrial landscape", namely old state mental institutions. I remember reading on the blog that he had lectured in New York in July and wishing I could have gone. No need, in a few weeks, he'll be in the next room over. Hehe.

He also documented the old substations of New York in this book. I want his job.

...to the girl with the check in her hand! After an excruciatingly long month of trying to sublet my room for the summer, I finally sealed the deal yesterday with a nice girl that was eager and ready to take it. Before Monday, I had shown the apartment to a bunch of people, and emailed with countless seemingly interested individuals. I had my hopes up and then subsequently crushed over and over, until Monday, when the three girls I showed the apartment to all called within hours to say they wanted to take it.

The difference was surely the air conditioner that I bought and installed in my room. Like a lot of city apartments, my window has security bars on the outside. Well, they pose a pretty big problem when you go to stick a massive a/c unit out the window. Per usual, Adam came through and engineered a brilliant solution. It involved cardboard and duct tape and works like a charm. The pictures below show his handi-work and my attempt to mask it, respectively. Good thing the view out the window isn't a desirable one.

Check it out! 88 on Sunday!

1. the sister of one's father or mother
2. me!

Come October, I'll be joining these ladies in the world of aunt-hood.
!!!!!!!!! Even cooler, Sarah and Matt will be a mom and a dad. Everyone wins!

Thunderstorms! The city is right now being hit by a big thunderstorm. The sky is lighting up like crazy! Thunderstorms equal summer. This is a big step.

Spring is brewing! The tables of the restaurants around New York City have spilled out onto the sidewalks. And people are eating at them....outside.