Archive for August, 2007
Facebook: functionality discovered
Facebook, the online “social networking tool” that often is the source of much unproductivity and time wastage, appears to actually have a function (other than the obligatory keeping in touch…or stalking): scrabble. A new facebook application exhibits less ridiculousness than some of it’s counterparts – allowing facebook users to play scrabble against their friends, regardless of your time zone / physical location / time. In addition, this single game has been responsible for an exponential increase in time spent on facebook (and an increase in time down the drain) in my household alone.
For all you facebook users out there, want to play?
inspiration
Undergrad was long. Long and tedious. Although there was a good amount of social interaction to keep us going, and in the later years of undergrad the courses were more detailed (and therefore more intellectually challenging and exciting), it was still a little bit like torture sometimes.
Research is really, honestly exciting. And I don’t care who calls me a geek – I like to think of it as passion. It’s especially exciting when you work for so long to get somewhere, and you finally reach your goal. Research is exciting because you don’t quite know what the true outcome will be, you are working based upon a hypothesis, an idea, and you are observing and learning about things that no one else has before.
(and it’s so pretty!!)
Cupcakes
I think happiness can be found in cupcakes. The best part about baking them is being the official (self-designated) taste-tester. Or maybe licking the bowl (is that gross?). These are the things that one contemplates when living alone…I’m thinking I need a roommate (to share such yummy desserts with , of course).
On another note, in preparation for a certain upcoming sangria party, and in the absence of contribution from certain Spanish friends, we are currently in the middle of a rigorous sangria-testing protocol. Once a final recipe has been found and approved, a party shall be held and of course, the recipe posted here. Suggestions? Our newest, most exciting, ingredient: cinnamon sticks.
Foresight should be 20/20 instead
After undergrad was over, the end of graduate school seemed all so far away. Now that it’s been over a year, it’s quickly coming to an end, when it feels like it just began. It’s ridiculous how fast a year can go by, and how much can change. This whole idea of facing “the future” is daunting. Narrowing down the options. Making a choice. It’s intimidating.
Teacher? MD? Mother? PhD? Artist (wanna-be)? Vineyard owner? Tea shop owner? A student forever?
Does passion lead to success? How do you define success?
Confused, big-time.
