Some interesting facts

Well, I finished the paper that I alluded to below. I would post it, but it's 13 pages long, and I don't want someone to plagarize it. So if you'd like to read it, let me know and I'll email it to you. (Acknowledgments go out my friend and neighbor Britta K. Phillips who edited my paper into the wee hours of the morning).

I have a moustache, with a soul patch. In case you are interested, you can check it out at my myspace page (see link to the right). If you don't have a myspace account, you probably can't look at my pictures, but it will show up at some point during the slideshow, or you can look at my friend Dan's page, as I am his "hero," as evidenced by my picture. You could also check out my Picasa web hosting page, found at http://picasaweb.google.com/a.a.ghali.

The reason I have a moustache is a phenomenon called Moustache March. I was introduced to it by Fullerites, but apparently it exists elsewhere as well. So now there are is a small but proud minority of men with moustaches walking around on campus. It's pretty funny. We'll all get together at the end of finals (Mar 15) to take pictures. From there on out it's our choice if we want keep it (maybe I will?).

I'm sometimes hard to get a hold of. This is because I'm never home, and I really don't use my cell for just chatting, so you don't phone it unless it's something big. If you want to talk for any extended period of time, what works best is to schedule a time to talk, probably using email, so that I can plan on being home, as I'm usually home from the library much too late to phone people in the evening (especially given the time difference).

I've been pretty good lately, though a bit up and down depending on certain stressors. I had my first final today, and handed in a major paper. Now I've got three final exams and a final project next week, then Spring break from Mar 16-25. Should all work out okay; I don't project that anything will be too crazy, and I'm really looking forward to spring break. Hopefully I can catch up on all the emails and paperwork I've been shirking throughout the quarter. I also want to go camping, I want to go to the beach, and I want to go golfing.