Is this thing on?

hi. do you still read this? i guess so. huh, go figure. so I've been MIA for a bit. well, please no one take it personally. you see, I stopped working, so I stopped having tons of time to dick around on the computer reading people's blogs and writing inane nonsense on my own. i went to maine for a vacation... which was very nice. i went to mount desert island (which, if you didn't know, is pronounced like deserted, because that's what it means. Everyone knows that the only desert in maine is near freeport!) THEN, i moved. i now live in ithaca and i can confirm that it is, in fact, gorges. i am a graduate student now, and no self-respecting graduate student would have a blog or read other blogs talking about their latest foray into ice cream production or whatever the hell it is you guys ramble on about. so i will not be blogging anymore.*

*indicates uncertain factuality of statement