post #320
happy merry holidays. hope they're crazy mad wicked awesome good.
it's true, this is post #320. i just noticed that as i clicked to "new post". funny how time flies and thoughts wander and half/some/most get vaguely recorded in different formats in writing, photos, and media on and off the interwebs these days. these are here, so be it.
i'm supposed to be asleep but for some reason, traveling 3 hrs east and getting adjusted has been harder than traveling 9 hours east. thank god for the west coast. (whether that's linear logic, well, that's for someone else to decide).
i went from stanford --> menlo park --> saratoga (and loop those paths like 83 times) over the past 2 weeks. then from sfo --> jfk... then shuttled it to ct. where i currently am. eventually, i'll be in boston and suburbs, then bos --> sfo. ahhh, the holidays. i have a 3-week winter break. it confounds me. it's amazing and confusing and busy as hell. i have also been surrounding myself with families of all kinds, of all ages and stereotypes, and i get conflicted feelings about those things all the time. it's natural, isn't it? it totally is. i love family, and family also drives me mad wicked crazy. i'm trying to fit back into new england, see?
i also really enjoyed nyc yesterday. not exactly the 56 blocks that we WALKED like maniacs (though admittedly, the exercise and window shopping were quite nice). but i really liked the city. makes me wonder if it's time for me to up and move again. or at least to sf, right? i'm done with suburbs? eventually...
i finished my first quarter of grad school. it was wonderful and interesting but also tiring and trying, and i think i'm still glad that i'm here. i love the people most of all, and i'm excited to continue learning from my peers and professors, and i hope that doesn't diminish or dwindle as the year goes onward ho. and onward-ho does it go from here: we add on internships, masters projects, and a FULL courseload in jan. maybe i should stock up on sleep these days.
as 2011 hurtles towards its finale, i wonder a lot about 2012. it's like a big free year of new opportunities and wild ideas. it's funny -- when i finished galileo, i was like. wow, now what?! but it'd already been planned. the answer: grad school. but when i finish grad school, i think i'll really be able to wholeheartedly ask that question with true aplomb: wow, now what?! kinda excited and kinda nervous to see what that brings. what 2012 will be like, and what i'll make of it. i ain't no spring chicken. and interestingly, as i venture forward into the future, i think of my past more and more often. i know that's vague and philosophical, but it's true. i wonder what it means.
it's true, this is post #320. i just noticed that as i clicked to "new post". funny how time flies and thoughts wander and half/some/most get vaguely recorded in different formats in writing, photos, and media on and off the interwebs these days. these are here, so be it.
i'm supposed to be asleep but for some reason, traveling 3 hrs east and getting adjusted has been harder than traveling 9 hours east. thank god for the west coast. (whether that's linear logic, well, that's for someone else to decide).
i went from stanford --> menlo park --> saratoga (and loop those paths like 83 times) over the past 2 weeks. then from sfo --> jfk... then shuttled it to ct. where i currently am. eventually, i'll be in boston and suburbs, then bos --> sfo. ahhh, the holidays. i have a 3-week winter break. it confounds me. it's amazing and confusing and busy as hell. i have also been surrounding myself with families of all kinds, of all ages and stereotypes, and i get conflicted feelings about those things all the time. it's natural, isn't it? it totally is. i love family, and family also drives me mad wicked crazy. i'm trying to fit back into new england, see?
i also really enjoyed nyc yesterday. not exactly the 56 blocks that we WALKED like maniacs (though admittedly, the exercise and window shopping were quite nice). but i really liked the city. makes me wonder if it's time for me to up and move again. or at least to sf, right? i'm done with suburbs? eventually...
i finished my first quarter of grad school. it was wonderful and interesting but also tiring and trying, and i think i'm still glad that i'm here. i love the people most of all, and i'm excited to continue learning from my peers and professors, and i hope that doesn't diminish or dwindle as the year goes onward ho. and onward-ho does it go from here: we add on internships, masters projects, and a FULL courseload in jan. maybe i should stock up on sleep these days.
as 2011 hurtles towards its finale, i wonder a lot about 2012. it's like a big free year of new opportunities and wild ideas. it's funny -- when i finished galileo, i was like. wow, now what?! but it'd already been planned. the answer: grad school. but when i finish grad school, i think i'll really be able to wholeheartedly ask that question with true aplomb: wow, now what?! kinda excited and kinda nervous to see what that brings. what 2012 will be like, and what i'll make of it. i ain't no spring chicken. and interestingly, as i venture forward into the future, i think of my past more and more often. i know that's vague and philosophical, but it's true. i wonder what it means.
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