- Las Vegas is kind of terrible. I don’t know why people like that place so much. It’s a very expensive weekend getaway, and my throat hurts from all the indoor smoking. Although I must say that the club “XS” in Encore hotel was pretty nice (and quite excessive), despite the fact that I hate going to clubs.
- I can hear in my left ear again! Earwax was the culprit. Getting a professional ear cleaning is a strange yet satisfying experience.
- This real analysis class will be the thorn on my side all this quarter. Proofs are just so frustrating, because if they’re trivial, then it’s a waste of time to write them out, and if they’re hard, then they take forever to figure out. The things we do for the Ph.D. dream, which I’m not even 100% sure I want to do.
- My fantasy team is off to a tepid start in the finals. I’m hoping for some kind of miracle here, since my team is the weaker one here.
- The new Kelly Clarkson album is pretty catchy, if also a bit loud.
- I’m trying to lose about 5 lb. It’s a little hard given my diet. I hope this will alleviate some of the knee and ankle pain. Also, I could lose this bit of fat that never seems to go away.
Things on my mind
- I don’t wanna start classes again tomorrow. 🙁
- These sectionees are kind of brutal in their evaluations. But I guess I’m not a terrific TA. I’ll just have to try harder next quarter, or something.
- New Lene Marlin album!
- My ankles and knees kind of hurt. I think I’m going to start trying to swim instead of jogging to the gym. The pools at Avery Aquatic Center are heated, which is pretty sweet.
- I think I’m losing hearing in my left ear. When I’m asleep, somehow I can’t hear anything through it. Usually, I regain hearing after an hour or so of waking, but I think it’s getting worse now. Not sure if it has to do with swimming, but it started before I swam, so I’m probably going deaf.
Too many movies…
In accord with boringest spring break bylaws, I watched many movies over the past few days: Australia (kind of weird and unfocused; not Baz Luhrmann’s best), The Seventh Seal (interesting), Let the Right One In, Ghostbusters (not exactly how I remembered it), The Wizard of Oz (never saw the whole thing in one sitting; Judy Garland is kind of pretty in it), Metropolis (Lang, pretty incredible especially for its age). I’m still trying to work up towards watching Match Point. Maybe tomorrow. A good bunch of films overall, though.
Let the Right One In is a great movie, pretty much the most adorable yet creepiest vampire movie. Oddly enough, I’ve had a bloody nose the past few days due to the dry weather. Also, I learned that eating spaghetti while watching scary vampire movies makes one lose one’s appetite rather quickly.