Yes, yes, I've been a slacker and not posted to the weblog recently, but you can't yell at me because today is my birthday. That's right, today I celebrate 22 years on this planet without accomplishing anything of note. One guy in the engineering school here has synthesized a new polymer. I have written a lot of Java code. Another guy can quote medical journals. I can quote the Simpsons. Alas, alas...

In celebration of my birthday, the fickle St. Louis weather gods decided that after being 70 degrees and balmy yesterday, it would sleet and snow today. Right now all of the outdoors are coated in a thin layer of ice, making it impossible for me to walk from Vanessa's suite to my own in less than half an hour. In just six short days I will be out on the ocean, where it will (hopefully) be sunny and warm. Until then, I do not leave my suite.