life in ithaca so far

i've been here for over a month now, so here's the 411 so far

pros:
- ithaca's natural beauty goes pretty well with its hot and humid summer weather. nothing like cliff diving in to one of ithaca's many gorges!
- cornell's student theater is awesome - cheap, and great selection of indie movies
- lotsa stuff to do on campus. i plan on doing hockey and swing dancing on a regular basis
- my office mates - all girls - are a pretty entertaining group to work around
- academically, i'm learning a ton
- my room is HUGE

cons:
- summer's over soon, so i expect it'll get balls-clinking cold in a month or two
- i've started on a research project, which is great, but i'm expected to produce results by january. this means that unless i finish early (read: work my ass off), my winter break will be compromised...
- disappointingly, very few of the first year PhDs are enthusiastic drinkers ('alcoholic' is such a strong word...)

so all in all, things are going well and i'm diggin it over here!