Bloody Vivaldi, originally uploaded by Mister Wind-Up Bird. Janelle + Eric + photo booth + the random album game = the best new album you’ve never heard.
me
I haven’t been sleeping very well lately, and I’m not sure why. At first, I thought it might be all the coffee I drink, but I cut my intake down to 1-2 cups a day, and that just made me sleepier and crankier during the day without making me more inclined to sleep during the…
thesis status = begun
So I’ve officially started writing my PhD thesis. I’ve downloaded the latex template and written an outline and everything. My typical thesis-writing day goes like this: 9 AM Bike to the lab. 10 AM Procrastinate. 11 AM Procrastinate. 12 PM Stress out about procrastinating. Man, that was a long bike ride into school. I’ll be…
San Fran w/ Jan
SF cable car, originally uploaded by Mister Wind-Up Bird. (More photos on Flickr.) Janelle’s flight back to Australia departed from San Francisco in the early morning hours of Wednesday, so I went down there with her for a few days beforehand. Aside from a single day in 2001, and an airport transfer or two since…
January was a Month of Adjusting
The lovely Janelle has been visiting, so I’ve been neglecting the ol’ blog in favour of spending my free time doing things with her, like eating calf brains at Boneta (verdict: delicious) and watching Project Runway (verdict: hell of a lot better than I expected). But she’s in the spare room sewing and listening to…