for some reason i was stressed during the last 3 days. it wasn't because i was at a research conference; i had been to dozens of them before [0] and i knew what to expect.

in particular, i couldn't get much sleep at all.

just earlier, i figured out why: i hadn't gone running in three days. today was day 4 and i went out for 4.172 miles [1] at a ( Read more... )

today is a day between conferences. i will spend it working on final but important thesis things as to make the rackham thesis submission deadlines.

may 27th, 5pm: that will be when my life is, once more, my own .. or perhaps earlier. no matter. it is as good of a deadline as another.

during this last conference i met with old friends, some of ( Read more... )

well, this is frustrating:

for the second time in a row, i will be missing a friend's wedding (reception) because, of all the possible reasons ..

.. i'm attending a mathematics conference on the same day, in a different city.

so let me preemptively suggest this to my unwed friends: if you are even thinking of inviting me to your wedding, please ( Read more... )

the funny thing is that finland will always be a foreign country to me: even if i were to learn finnish, i would not master it in a decade's time. here i am illiterate and bookstores have no appeal ( Read more... )

there seem to be so many things that i should be doing. i'm moving again soon, and i'm traveling to a host of conferences across the atlantic in the next few weeks.

just today i spoke with a member of my thesis committee, and he asked me if i was still applying for jobs, this year ( Read more... )

well, it won't be the entire month, but:

a week (12-16 august 2007) @ trinity college, oxford, UK, to hear some of the latest in geometric measure theory and to put faces to well-known [1] names.

i don't know how many of my michigan and finnish colleagues will also attend, because this year's summer school in jyväskylä meets at the same time, and ( Read more... )