well, in terms of school work this will be a bit of a crazy week, but I'm already looking forward to grad at the end of the week, which will include a boring ceremony at the Chan featuring me in a really cute dress, then dinner with a ten or so of my very favorite people (who all, by happy accident, happen to make up my family) followed by a really great cd release party.

but before then, I must learn phonetic rules, for example the conditions underwhich the voiceless bilabial stop /p/ is aspirated. Say a word with a /p/ in it with your hand an inch of so in front of your mouth. Feel the puff of air? You just said a word with an asporated /p/. Exciting, no?