Had an interesting experience last night. Erin Dowd was back in town for the weekend, so Kelcy, DJ, Ginneh and I took her to Sunset for food and drinks. The problem is that there's never any parking near Sunset. You can either park about a mile away and walk, or you can park in the lot of the grocery store that's already closed for the night. I ( Read more... )

My Halloween costume was awesome this year. I spent entirely too much time on it, but it came out great. Here's a picture:


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The good: I got all the sewing done for my Halloween costume! So it's about 2/3 done now, since I still have some painting and gluing to do. With luck, I'll have time to finish it before Friday ( Read more... )

I just went out and ran for 20 minutes. Afteer not excercising for a week, I'm entirely out of shape- after 5 minutes, I was having trouble breathing and was starting to feel a bit queasy. But gradually, my muscles started to relax and I was able to enjoy the night air. It's a warm night tonight, a luxury that's hard to find after October in Boston ( Read more... )

I've just realized that 80% of my LiveJournal friend posts in the past 2 weeks are from Sam. Does this mean that once you graduate and get into the real world, you have time for such things? Consistently? That would be cool ( Read more... )

After making it through a ridiculously busy week of SCOPE, Sustainable Design, and New Tech Ventures, I've survived until Thursday night. I'd like to say that the hard work for the week is done and I'm in the clear, but I've put off all my independent study: I'm continuing my research with Diana Dabby from two summers ago and doing my self study in ( Read more... )

I love mixi. Nao (Ayumi's friend, not the one that stayed at our house) wrote a blog post about how there's been construction in the middle of the night near her house. Sounds like a pain, but it's good for me: I learned the word for "earplugs" (耳栓ーみみせんーmimisen. for those who were wondering).

I take back my previous post. After working for 6 hours straight, my brain crashed and needed a reboot. I always forget that crashing is hard for me to recover from. If I go overboard, it can take days before I can actually do quality work again, which is counterproductive in the long run. Today I managed to get away with just spacing out for two ( Read more... )

Over the summer, I started reading Seth Godin's blog. It's a blog about marketing, but there's a lot of insightful stuff there that can be applied all over the place. Most recently, I appreciated this list of things to do to improve yourself in your free time:

• Exercise for thirty minutes.
• Read relevant non-fiction (trade magazines, journals, ( Read more... )

Mel is my hero. She somehow manages to write a) very often, b) in great quantities, and c) very well. This is something that I find very exciting. I've been having trouble using my blog as a method of letting people know what's going on in my life, let alone using it as a way to explore my thoughts. While I don't think there's any chance of me ( Read more... )