One of the perks of being a PhD student in my field is being one of the daytime idle. While I usually work either in my room or in my lab, when the weather’s nice and no deadlines loom, I’ll toss my PowerBook and some papers into my messenger bag and spend the afternoon working…
unfiled
Posts from my previous blog, which have not yet been recategorized.
oh, The Onion, you do make me laugh sometimes
The worst thing about Garden State is not that some people really do like it (though that’s pretty bad), but that people think that I would like it.
David Cross vs Pitchfork
One good thing about my my insomnia of the past few days — it’s left me cranky enough to really enjoy David Cross’s two albums of stand-up, Shut . Not that I don’t usually, but it helps to listen to his albums with an appropriately pissed-off and foggy-headed view of the world.
The Terror
Has a ship ever been as suitably named as the HMS Terror? A guMy most recent bout of insomnia has allowed me to finally finish off Dan Simmons’ 784-page novel, The Terror.
Adventures in Asia, Part 7: Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam
First off, I just want to thank all y’all who have told me you appreciated my pics and/or stories about my trip to SEA. If you have anything to say, please do feel free to leave a comment, or email me. I’ve left holiday adventure mode behind and am deep in paper-writing mode (well, recovering-from-flu-and-writing-paper…