Nov. 10th, 2010

terabient: Anime-styled profile pic that is kinda, sorta like me (ameto)
Last weekend my sister and I went to Amherst, MA, where my brother is currently living. My sister's graduation date is still up in the air due to a botch in a credit transfer, but she will be graduating within a year and a half, and she's been looking into grad school. Since my brother attends UMASS Amherst, she decided we should visit my brother to see his new apartment and check out the UMASS grad program at the same time.

For those who aren't acquainted with the area, Amherst is way out in the wasteland that is Western Massachusetts. Ok, wasteland is pretty harsh. It just happens to be covered in trees and mountains - basically, it's like the rest of New England once you leave the Boston metropolis - and everything that is not nature out there can be placed into two categories:

-Colleges
-Businesses and housing to service attendees of said colleges.

I am not exaggerating here. Off the top of my head, in the Amherst-Northampton area there's UMASS, Smith, Mount Holyoke, Amherst College, Hampshire College...and I'm fairly sure I'm missing a few more. Those schools are all within 30-45 minutes of each other, and UMASS alone has an undergraduate population that crushes the permanent population of the local towns surrounding it. I can't imagine living in the area permanently, but if you are young and a hipster douchebag unsure of what you want to do or where you want to go in life, it's a fun and enjoyable place for the most part.

The weekend was pretty interesting.

Beer, car batteries and cocks )

Tomorrow's topic: I have no idea, but I suspect it may involve the reunion of my sister and Mr. Mutey. ;)

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