So, I may be spending Christmas in Boston alone...

When I asked my advisor if I could have off between the 23rd and the 30th, he said, "Let's talk about that" when we have our meeting on Monday. So no, it's not a complete death sentence, but his tone certainly didn't give off any indication that he wanted me away for that measley week. *sighs* I guess this is one of the disadvantages of being a graduate student...

Removed for possible offense.

I took down the article I had linked here, mainly because I was using it as an attack on everyone who voted for Bush. It was very immature of me to do that, and so to all my friends that did vote Bush, I apologize.