Sandy

I don't really believe in fate, but I ended up choosing this article to write an essay, and I'm going to pretend I'm being told to go to Germany and study schizophrenia. Probably not Dusseldorf though. And it doesn't have to be schizophrenia (though it is incredibly interesting). That sounds like a pretty good future- no?
Maybe it doesn't even have to be Germany. The countries I've been to are: USA, Canada, Mexico (Cozumel though, it was super touristy so it doesn't really count) Israel (but not since I was eight and half) Germany, and Russia.
There are other countries out there.

Bard barely got hit by Sandy. That is, Sandy didn't hit us at all, all the while two hours away havoc was brought down on Manhattan, as well as areas not two hours away, but much closer (and further) away.

Our electricity didn't even go out. It was the first time classes were uniformally canceled, because everyone was worried, but hurricane Irene last year made a much bigger impact on campus (we had to re-build half of the chapel) than this, and even earlier this year the rain fell harder and we lost power.

One of my friends went down to Boston until NYU gets running water and electricity back.
I hope that everything will soon be well in places that were hit harder than Bard.