I have a beautiful, more-than-intelligent girlfriend, a witty, dedicated grad student supervisor, an adept, talented lab partner …
I am so grateful to be surrounded by such amazing people!
Archive for March, 2007
This break has turned out really differently than I expected. Truly, truly amazing and warm.
—
Goals for today (Wed.):
– relearn how to do 3D anim in morning while making a few more noodles for lunch
– go to lab (in spare time: read about medical schools – go to Coop during lunch?)
– cook quesadillas for dinner
– work on animations in the evening
… who refuses to acknowledge that she’s beautiful
… but no matter what, no matter when, she’s the most beautiful girl in the world to me
That was so wonderful, it deserves something more than an ordinary blog post. So wait for it ^^. I have two projects for this you =). Shall be started once I bind this score and mail it out to Germany!
It was really heartwarming to see all the daffodils around lab the other day. Not only are the flowers very welcome signs of natural beauty in a setting where nature has been reduced to equations and flow-charts, but they are also a sign of the generosity and thoughtful minds that enter and leave this small room.
When I started seeing flyers for Daffodil Days posted up, I thought that they exuded a certain gentle sense of sincerity and caring. I mean, there are plenty of fundraisers, but this one had lots of volunteer “headquarters” – even in BE and in the music office (although I ended up going to the UROP office location ..) that really made it seem like everyone was getting involved.
So, daffodils make me happy, even though I don’t like the color yellow. I’m afraid I have nothing to show for my contribution, because I bought the teddy bear instead and had it sent to a hospital for someone to have – goodness knows I have enough stuffed animals already! Heehee =). This post is unnecessarily fluffy, isn’t it ( > – <). Well, what can I say ………. I’m just like this! ^_^. I was really overjoyed upon getting a paycheck (er, paychecks, I guess) because it meant I could finally support what I wanted without feeling like, “Ah, this isn’t really my money, though.” ^_^;;; anyone else have that kind of feeling?
Haha, yay ﾟヽ( ´∀`)ﾉﾟ~。~。~。 Oh yeah, this spring break, I also want to learn all of Hikki’s facemarks! Yes yes, I don’t take credit for making these – I’m just doing variants here~
After a splendid afternoon and evening with my multi-talented girlfriend, I’ve really come to appreciate our love as a creative, self-renewing force. We drew doodles together, improvised together (this is SUPER fun – you listen to each other constantly as the melodies and harmonies are woven through mutual decision), watched a movie together, read manga together, played math games together …
I feel content and *whole*, and that is really an amazing feeling for me. Love seems to give rise to more love, spreading farther and farther and intertwining souls on higher levels. What happiness this brings to me ~~
Why am I so freaking incompetent at such a mundane lab task????
At least, a sweet message and a scrumptious rib dinner from Pritchett have made me a little less stressed …
Our floor janitor/cleaning staff surprised us with a basket full of candy set up on a cute kitchen towel over a stool, with a little card to accompany it. It’s quite a bit of Easter-themed candy! Awww =). I love random acts of kindness ^___^.
Steph (W.) and I are planning on baking stuff next week and distributing to whoever’s around ^_^. Making brownies is always so relaxing …
In my dream, there was a piano concert towards the end (it was a relatively long dream). The pianist hit a few weak C chords (ie, not fully harmonized) in this build-up to the very end, and then paused for a split second as if waiting for a conductor’s cue. I suddenly felt the world sliding, and the alarm rang in time for the last chord. It was pretty cool and I woke up right away, because right at the end of a dream is my favorite time to wake up.
The rest of the dream was not really in that vein. Actually, there was a lot about the ethics of assassination (quite a few people died in the dream .. but I think some people died more than once. All made-up characters, of course). I was an assassin, too .. .
*I’m sorely tempted to go watch TMNT (see http://www.applegeeks.com/index.php) over spring break … despite how awful I know it’s gonna be. Maybe I’ll buy the old movies instead and watch those? – now that’s an idea =P. Anyone up for a marathon? Gaaahhhh ((feels torn))*
.. somehow, I can let go of everything else. My petty stresses and deadlines are so far away; every person is my friend.
Now, if only I could stay awaaaakkeeeee …