Brief updates
Whoops, two months without an entry.
In March, I:
-participated in Grad Recruiting Weekend
-wore a necktie every day for a week or so
-drove to & from the airport a lot
-saw Watchmen
-saw Benjamin Button
-went to Ithaca, then Corning
-started a travel journal (in a real notebook), which I have a hard time keeping up with, what with long/late nights & then the getting-back thing
-grew facial hair
-ran a bunch of subjects in what's basically my first dissertation experiment. Bad: I failed at spelling "dissertation" my first time through that sentence. The data's coming along, and we've laid out a good series to follow this. TOOT TOOT! Word learning! science! Math!
-attended Maple Weekend
In April, I:
-had dinner with Matt Goldrick, who is the first person I ever worked with in the field
-renewed my lease (maybe now I'll unpack?)
-watched a little girl meet a chicken
-ran, or tried to run, a bunch of subjects in one week. No-shows abounded. Kids these days.
-went to Corning for a night
-attended a seder
-went to Baltimore briefly for Homecoming/Reunion. I barely got to see any of you reader-types, which was my fault: I went to DC for a night to see DKlein. In the morning, I had brunch with photofigment, ithinksobrain, radlab0, and schmitty. I haven't seen the last two in yeaaaars. It's lovely how the world works out, though. I also managed to have sushi with two Iraq War veterans and a pastry chef. Hmm...
-presented results of the dissertation-whatnot-sofar in anlab meeting. One faculty member walked out halfway through. I'm not taking it personally.
-saw the This American Life live simulcast with magpiesd
-participated in the city'z Cleansweep of the southwest quadrant of the city with magpiesd, jisalynn, and Kevin. In vacant lots and abandoned property, we found bald tires, a denim jacket, spices, empty tiny ziploc baggies, syringe plungers, and other delightful urban treasures.
-lost in lizzybeth529's annual Rock Paper scissors competition
I don't like that the tag auto-completion thinger on LJ.com sometimes leads to premature posting.
I have a lot to do today, including some housework, some schoolwork (for the final project in Field Methods, which I'M NOT EVEN TAKING FOR CREDIT), and some cooking of semolina pudding (suji halva). I've never made it before. Wish me luck. Also, the Buick's alternator is wonked out. Or maybe it's the starter. Boo hiss.
Obligatory "can't believe it's May/end of semester/year" comment here. No, really.
In March, I:
-participated in Grad Recruiting Weekend
-wore a necktie every day for a week or so
-drove to & from the airport a lot
-saw Watchmen
-saw Benjamin Button
-went to Ithaca, then Corning
-started a travel journal (in a real notebook), which I have a hard time keeping up with, what with long/late nights & then the getting-back thing
-grew facial hair
-ran a bunch of subjects in what's basically my first dissertation experiment. Bad: I failed at spelling "dissertation" my first time through that sentence. The data's coming along, and we've laid out a good series to follow this. TOOT TOOT! Word learning! science! Math!
-attended Maple Weekend
In April, I:
-had dinner with Matt Goldrick, who is the first person I ever worked with in the field
-renewed my lease (maybe now I'll unpack?)
-watched a little girl meet a chicken
-ran, or tried to run, a bunch of subjects in one week. No-shows abounded. Kids these days.
-went to Corning for a night
-attended a seder
-went to Baltimore briefly for Homecoming/Reunion. I barely got to see any of you reader-types, which was my fault: I went to DC for a night to see DKlein. In the morning, I had brunch with photofigment, ithinksobrain, radlab0, and schmitty. I haven't seen the last two in yeaaaars. It's lovely how the world works out, though. I also managed to have sushi with two Iraq War veterans and a pastry chef. Hmm...
-presented results of the dissertation-whatnot-sofar in anlab meeting. One faculty member walked out halfway through. I'm not taking it personally.
-saw the This American Life live simulcast with magpiesd
-participated in the city'z Cleansweep of the southwest quadrant of the city with magpiesd, jisalynn, and Kevin. In vacant lots and abandoned property, we found bald tires, a denim jacket, spices, empty tiny ziploc baggies, syringe plungers, and other delightful urban treasures.
-lost in lizzybeth529's annual Rock Paper scissors competition
I don't like that the tag auto-completion thinger on LJ.com sometimes leads to premature posting.
I have a lot to do today, including some housework, some schoolwork (for the final project in Field Methods, which I'M NOT EVEN TAKING FOR CREDIT), and some cooking of semolina pudding (suji halva). I've never made it before. Wish me luck. Also, the Buick's alternator is wonked out. Or maybe it's the starter. Boo hiss.
Obligatory "can't believe it's May/end of semester/year" comment here. No, really.