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Valadius Sep 04 2006 08:18 PM

Howdy, folks! Long time, no see! Or write. Or read. Or whatever... Anyways, I'm back on the forums. A lot of catching up to do I bet. Anybody care to fill me in?

Edgy DC Sep 04 2006 08:21 PM

Um, um. Check the standings, man!

Valadius Sep 04 2006 08:24 PM

I know! I have been reveling in it all season long!!! I swear, my mental image of this season has been me laying in a hammock on a warm summer day, without a care in the world, smiling my ass off as I make a silent toast to the Mets with a glass of lemonade. Just fantastic.

ScarletKnight41 Sep 04 2006 08:24 PM

Welcome back Val :)

DocTee Sep 04 2006 08:32 PM

Me too-- after sixty days in South America. Good to see the Mets and the Pool still taking no prisoners!

SteveJRogers Sep 04 2006 08:33 PM

Dude your KTE Assignment is coming up, and Ya better do it or else... Ahhh I got nothing Your boy Nightcrawler has been pretty darn impressive, well more so than not. Its been a while, how was your summer kid?

SteveJRogers Sep 04 2006 08:36 PM

Err, never mind, your name on KTE is for Wash later in the month, in the early 20's But its your duty as a CPFer! =;)

Valadius Sep 04 2006 08:44 PM

Actually, I don't think I've been around since the beginning of the year. So it's been a long, long while. A lot has happened. My second semester at GW, my internship, my trips to North Carolina and Italy... a lot of stuff.

Willets Point Sep 05 2006 07:17 AM

Valadius, welcome back. You've been sorely missed. It's like you were down in the minors all season and only now are back as a September callup. I'd fire the GM for letting you rot down in triple-A, especially with the forum struggling.

Valadius Sep 05 2006 09:18 AM

The forum's been struggling? What's been going on? I'm glad to be back. I've got a lot to talk about, to be sure. Where to begin... Well, my second semester at GW saw me really crack the books. I didn't do so well my first semester, so that kind of put me in crisis mode the whole time, to bring my grades up. I ended up doing all right in the end. I had to write huge papers at a frenetic pace towards the end of the semester, but I did well on them, so that was worth it. My sister had her bat mitzvah on May 13. I had to rush home on the 12th on the train - that was the day of my last final. I had a great internship this summer, working on Sen. Bob Menendez's campaign. I worked in the research department, which was a fantastic experience. Some of my research has made headlines, which is awesome. I went to Italy for a week in August - four days in Rome, four days in Venice. It was AMAZING. Living in the US, you don't really get a sense of just how LONG people have been around, and how long people have been using the same streets, the same buildings, the same squares. It's unbelievable. Well, now I'm back at GW. Classes started today, and it is POURING in DC. I'll do more elaboration on what I've been up to later.

MFS62 Sep 05 2006 09:44 AM

Good school, GW. Got my Masters at the B-School there. Later

Valadius Sep 05 2006 10:19 AM

Have you been back lately? The brand-spanking-new Business School building is an absolute marvel.

MFS62 Sep 05 2006 10:24 AM

Last time I was there was in Y2K. Later

Rockin' Doc Sep 05 2006 11:21 AM

The prodigal son returns. Welcome back, Valadius.

Willets Point Sep 05 2006 12:14 PM

Valadius wrote: The forum's been struggling? What's been going on? It's just been rather slow this summer unlike last season when you and a handful of other new members breathed new life into the forum. Now people register with the Crane Pool and don't post anything or if they do it's spam.

Valadius Sep 05 2006 12:25 PM

Well that's no good. I've got plenty of stuff to post, so hopefully it won't be as slow here.

TheOldMole Sep 09 2006 10:27 AM

So, get to it!