Packing my Wellies

So tomorrow afternoon, Nick and I fly for our week-long trip to Italy. I have to get to Gatwick in the morning, which is going to be tricksie, but not impossible (Nick is responsible for getting my giant suitcase there himself). We then fly to Venice, which is now somewhat less flooded than it was a few days ago, and stay there until early Tuesday morning. Then, we take a train to Florence in the morning, stay there just for the day, and take another train to Rome in the evening. We stay in Rome for four nights, until Saturday morning, at which point we fly back to England!

I have a number of other quick Nika updates/comments:

As Eugene pointed out, on Wednesday Barbie beat Bratz dolls pretty decisively -- it looks like there won't be any more Bratz within a few months. Now, I think the judge was being pretty strict with his interpretation of the jury's verdict, but at the same time, I really like Barbie over Bratz, so I'm not too distraught.

Then, on Wednesday night, I went to the OUMC Christmas dinner which was fun. I don't have many stories to tell about it, which actually means that it was quite successful.



Another interesting thing that is going on is that HLS is apparently considering moving their On Campus Interview program for 2Ls interviewing at big firms way earlier. Traditionally, Harvard has held OCI quite late, beginning in late September, but now there is a proposal to move it almost a month earlier so that HLS students are interviewing at around the same time as students from many other schools. In the past, HLS didn't seem to be too concerned that all the jobs would be filled before their students got to interview, but I guess they're getting more worried. There's a memo about this, but you're only going to be able to get to it with an HLS username/password.

Finally, Zeb, Rachel, and some others we know are competing in Continentals this weekend. There's a live feed of the event available, but good luck trying to make out which blurry short girl with a ponytail is which. The running order is, in theory, available here, but in practice the difficulty running order doesn't seem to be listed at all, while the speed competitors are at least, listed, but not necessarily in running order. Good luck USA!