Spring break!
Wooo! Break is finally here! Last week's take home quantum midterm was pretty rough in terms of it's learning/tediousness ratio. (I know, I know, EVERYONE enjoys calculating umpteen million clebsh gordan coefficients and troubleshooting nonsensical mathematica quirks). But no matter, now I can start thinking about interesting physics again, like the radion stabilization problem.
However, first some relaxing is in order...last night we had a bunch of people over for general ridiculousness and several games of uber-werewolf (much like mafia, but with 3 factions: the werewolves, villagers, and zombies, not to mention a seer, guardian angel, and occasionally a rampant ninja). After that Seth, Stephen, Krishna, and I stayed around and played a game of Pirates Cove - it was fun, even though I had the worst luck of anyone ever in the entire history of the world. And I, of course, say this with the deepest respect for all of the unlucky people in the world (a fine example being the upstanding citizens of Pompeii).
So it appears that there are a LOT of auditions coming up (in april/may) for musicals in the area over the summer: anything goes, miss saigon, man of la mancha, 42nd street, damn yankees. Hmmm, I must ponder this....hmmm, what roles do people think I should go for? Of these, I've actually only seen la mancha.
I'm also getting excited to see Emmanuel Ax and Yefim Bronfman play piano duets next weekend (Program: Debussy/En Blanc et Noir; Ravel/Rhapsodie Espagnole; La Valse; Stravinsky/The Rite of Spring). It should be REALLY good, given that they are both amazing pianists, and these are all very cool pieces.
Okay, off to see Hitch. In the words of tigger...TTFN!
However, first some relaxing is in order...last night we had a bunch of people over for general ridiculousness and several games of uber-werewolf (much like mafia, but with 3 factions: the werewolves, villagers, and zombies, not to mention a seer, guardian angel, and occasionally a rampant ninja). After that Seth, Stephen, Krishna, and I stayed around and played a game of Pirates Cove - it was fun, even though I had the worst luck of anyone ever in the entire history of the world. And I, of course, say this with the deepest respect for all of the unlucky people in the world (a fine example being the upstanding citizens of Pompeii).
So it appears that there are a LOT of auditions coming up (in april/may) for musicals in the area over the summer: anything goes, miss saigon, man of la mancha, 42nd street, damn yankees. Hmmm, I must ponder this....hmmm, what roles do people think I should go for? Of these, I've actually only seen la mancha.
I'm also getting excited to see Emmanuel Ax and Yefim Bronfman play piano duets next weekend (Program: Debussy/En Blanc et Noir; Ravel/Rhapsodie Espagnole; La Valse; Stravinsky/The Rite of Spring). It should be REALLY good, given that they are both amazing pianists, and these are all very cool pieces.
Okay, off to see Hitch. In the words of tigger...TTFN!