Aand graduating...

What?!

Had my last class at Columbia this morning. A relaxing hour in Finnish talking about composers, dance choreography, theater, and summer jobs, filling out eval forms, etc. I sat with Aili and my two classmates, a tall steaming cup of mulled cider and a blueberry muffin in front of me, picked up between subway and Hamilton Hall at the weekly outdoor ( Read more... )

This week is crazy - everyone come to my show: Much Ado About Nothing goes up on Columbia Campus April 26 - 28 at 8, midnight, and 8 respectively. It's free!!

I'm exhausted!

Wow, I woke up this morning a little early to finish my short Finnish essay, and quickly starte feeling just terrible. I felt depressed about my social failures at Columbia, terrified about having lunch with a friend from class (whom I don't know very well but like a lot and who is such an interesting person that I was therefore terrified that I'd ( Read more... )

Everyone ought to watch this program if you get the chance. Tomorrow night at 9 on the Discovery Channel: http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/koppel/koppel.html?clik=www_wh_1

http://dsc.discovery.com/beyond/index.html?playerId=203711706&categoryId=226602802&lineupId=225152007Read more... )

My favorite insightful headline from today's edition of the always classy New York Post ( Read more... )

I just had a group conversation with probably one of the world's leading mathematicians. It made my like math less. For more philosophical reasons than before.

I just looked up from my work and saw an amazing snow-storm through my window. The space of air I see over 5th Ave was totally full of snowflakes, and looking up I could see them coming thicker and thicker still from the sky. The strangest part was that immediately outside of my window the flakes were actually falling upwards, caught in an updraft ( Read more... )

Finally back in NYC, for good, like, and have things to do I could have done while traveling, but, you know, I didn't. Strangely enough I have this desire to be a good student again, sort of for old-times' sake, but we'll see how much I actually get done ( Read more... )