Category: on my mind

• Got back from Cabo for a friend’s bachelor party. I think that was the first time I visited Mexico, despite having lived in San Diego for so long. Some mixed emotions about the trip, but positive overall. Some more in-depth reflections will probably see their way here at some later point.
• Stanford football is off to a pretty good start. Hopefully things don’t fall apart.
• Stanford women’s volleyball is incredible, finally ending Penn State’s amazing 3-year winning streak.
• Work is finally picking up. Having weekly deadlines on Thursday makes things kind of busy early in the week. Going on vacation on a Monday doesn’t help things much.

Lots has happened since the last post: finished grad school, Europe trip, moved to a new apartment,  started working. I don’t have much desire to write about how crazy Danish high schoolers are when they graduate, how starkly awesome fjords are, or how very French Paris is, but maybe another time.

• It’s amazing to me how quickly one becomes acclimated to one’s surroundings. Here, I am talking about working at the Googs (endearingly, the “Googlag”), and how quickly I can start complaining about the free stuff that they give me. But still, I see why it is my friend says working here (in engineering) is akin to winning at life: super smart coworkers, interesting problems with lots of data, and billions of dollars to throw around. Do I really need a 30″ monitor and a Dell workstation to basically work out of a browser and terminal? Probably not.
• However, my body still hasn’t adjusted to the working schedule. I’m still super tired after a day’s work, and most days I don’t feel like I’ve been particularly productive. Learning the ropes takes time, but maybe it should take a little less time.
• Will Elana Altman get promoted to principal this coming season? I think there’s a good chance, though far from certain. I guess it’s also still a little early to tell. It would be fun to see SFB in CPH, but oh well.
• Still have random dreams about tp girl. Emotions are really mixed about this, but unattainable perfection always incites thus. Also haven’t seen google girl in a long time.
• Bought Starcraft 2 and am slowly getting through the single player campaign. I haven’t had the desire to play against crazy Koreans online yet.
• Finished reading Ulysses a short while ago, a momentous achievement and a release of a great burden. Now I can read a bunch of other crap without that book looming over my head.
• Should I buy Stanford WVB tickets? A friend thinks it’s weird to go to games post graduation. Maybe he’s right, but maybe I also have nothing better to do on Friday and Saturday nights.

• It’s hot and the memory foam mattress seems like a terrible idea.
• Complete lack of ambition to finish up the last Computational Biology project, or to study for Stochastic Processes.
• College girls back in open adult classes. There’s something really magical about really tall girls on pointe.
• Desktop computer is crashing because I haven’t done anything about the broken video card fan.
• NBA Finals! Lakers off to a great start.

Just a few more days to go, and then sadness.