3 years ago, I was excited as all hell about coming to UT. The mere thought of my future and the unpredictability of my life as a collegian made me giggle like a schoolgirl. Now, this schoolboy is almost a school-man, and I feel old, somewhat grizzled, and eager to tell my war stories to the incoming freshmen floating around the Plan II office where I'm working now. I'm almost coming up at such a juncture again, which would warrant the latest update on my life:-A-town is nice, but slow. It's fun spending my evenings gaming with the guys now that sports are over, and I spend my days swimming around the pool. I've gotten into good shape, I have something of a tan, and I just plain look kinda cute.-Austin in summertime. Ahhhh. It's relaxing and frenetic at the same time, which is confusing because Austin is supposed to be hectic and frenetic. Life here moves especially slow during summer, which is nice until I realize that I came down here looking for something to do. Needless to say, I'm kinda bored. To that end, I've finally found something to do:-I'm going after Rhodes and Marshall scholarships. Now, the Rhodes is really famous, but some people don't know what it entails, and most don't know the difference between those two. So, here it is in a nutshell. Rhodes = 3 years, all-expenses-paid, at Oxford; Marshall = 2 years at any university in the UK. Of the two, I stand a better chance at getting the Marshall. That leaves me with a couple of decisions to make: where to study, and what. Right now, I'm deciding between international relations and a Master of Law, and as for where, I've really got no clue. Somewhere good. Someplace interesting. I have a friend of a friend who just got a degree from the London School of Economics in IR, and that sounds kinda cool. Maybe I'll do that.-Other than that, I'm just preparing to move down to Austin. I take over my apartment on August 7th, assuming the Austin Real Estate Establishment, a subsidiary of Satan, Inc., a subsidiary of Dick Cheney, doesn't find some magical way to screw me over. Anyone care to help me move in? Pizza and liquor's on me.