Update on life
Despite my recent lack of internet presence, I am in fact alive and here’s what I’ve been up to:
- For the past forever, I have been spending my weekends visiting grad schools. I think I’m going to Northwestern outside of Chicago. Chicago looks like this. I know that I’m not going to Stanford. Stanford looks like this. Pop Quiz: (1) Which place looks colder? (2) What am I thinking?
- I am finally using my iPod regularly. It’s nice. What’s not nice is that every time I plug it in to my computer, iTunes decides to welcome my “new” iPod and makes me go through set-up again. Any suggestions?
- I have just won two small chemistry awards, and both of them involve me receiving a personalized copy of the Merck Index which I’m not entirely certain is something I will ever need to use.
- I plan to try out for Little Shop of Horrors at GCT this summer. It’s not my favorite play, but the music’s fun. If I had a choice of who to play, it would be the evil, flesh-eating, world-domination-planning plant. Unfortunately, that particular part is meant to be played by a baritone man. However, this is not necessary to the script, and if I’m lucky, they won’t have a good baritone man try out. If not, I would be happy playing one of the back-up doo-wop singers. In related news, while trying to sing along with the CD, I discovered that I am completely incapable of doing the nasal New York accent of the leading lady Audrey (same accent as Adelaide in Guys and Dolls).
- I just got new Timberland Boots. This make me happy.
So that’s what’s been happening with me in the last while. And now for a post that I actually wrote last winter: