Saw the orthopedist, picked up Thai for lunch. Spent all afternoon finishing ‘Assassination Vacation’, then returned a bunch of books to the library and picked up almost all of their Edward Gorey-illustrated John Bellairs books (my favorite when I was a kid). Spent the evening reading and watched a couple episodes of ‘Psych’.

2011, a saturday

JPL Open House! Got there around 11am and skipped the long lines for the things I saw the last time. Saw the microdevices laboratory cleanrooms, the area where they do some testing of the Mars rovers in a Mars-ish environment, the giant environmental simulator vacuum chamber and the video about JPL’s missions in the solar system that was very moving. Maybe I was over-emotional after the stressful day I had yesterday, but I was near tears probably three times during that movie (ok, maybe more); it felt so good to have my current life plan validated. The strong feelings brought up by being at JPL, seeing those images of other planets and moons, and hearing people talk about what they’ve accomplished at JPL, confirmed that I am on the right path. Added my name to a long list of signatures to be printed on a silicon chip (one micron high!) and sent into space with Curiosity/MSL! Ate a ‘burrito’ (it was terrible but I’d been walking for hours and was hungry) and listened to the Q&A at the Mars Exploration Rovers area for awhile before heading home. Processed my photos and videos from the day, then finished up my calculus homework. Now for a light dinner (or maybe just dessert) and a review of the calculus notes before something mindless or my PopSci.

2010, a friday

packed and drove to san francisco. had an incredibly pleasant drive – the mountains of the angeles national forest were exploding with wildflowers and the fruit trees were full of little fruits. met up with eric in the afternoon and went to the ramp for nachos and drinks. had excellent pizza and meatballs at goat hill pizza and specialty’s cookies for dessert! watched ‘the big lebowski’ (first time since i’ve lived in LA).

Yoga for the first time in over a month—felt amazing but I’m sure I’ll be sore tomorrow. Played piano for a few hours, called Mom and Grandma for Mother’s Day.

2011, a friday

Up early to move my car. Yoga, awesome breakfast, laundry, decided to be responsible and called Hawaii to see what I needed to do to get ready for school there. Then decided to call CU one last time and found out that all those people I’d talked to previously should’ve done something they didn’t do, and basically my application has been held up for four months. Distraught, to say the least, so blew off some steam playing video games, played the piano, recopied some calculus notes. Could not avoid responsibility altogether though, so did some calculus homework. Am now going to drown my sorrows in tea and Hell Fire Pepper Jelly and maybe some mindless movies and probably a lot of stress-eating.

2010, a thursday

went to smc and took my placement exams. took over two hours. in a really uncomfortable chair. in the desk right by the door. annoying. but opposite of annoying: afterwards, met up with jula for starbucks and randomly luke wilson was in line behind us! fought traffic home, ate, watching ‘castle’, sooo excited for ‘fringe’ tonight!

Slept in, did laundry, caught up on Hulu shows before they expired.

2011, a thursday

Class, prelab, lab, found out I did just as crappily on this test as on the last two. Did a cool experiment though – made a spectroscope and measured emission spectra of elements. Soothed myself with moscato and ‘Fringe’.

2010, a wednesday

worked out, studied math, ran errands, did math practice tests. made delicious roasted cauliflower and ate it all. ate too many girl scout cookies. more math.

Slept in, it rained all day and was kind of gloomy. Saw ‘the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’ then brought home a bunch of Indian food. Gorged myself and watched ‘Pride & Prejudice’, the commentary, then ‘Master and Commander’.

2011, a wednesday

Class, homework, studied for my chemistry test. Took chemistry test; I think I rocked it. ‘United States of Tara’, too tired to read.

2010, a tuesday

more math! endless eating. why why why must I love food so much? lots of TNG in the background. lusted after season 4 wesley crusher. listened to some new (to me) music and heartily recommend graham parker. will now watch more ‘united state of tara’ and read some ‘american gods’ which is starting to get really interesting.

Didn’t set an alarm this morning. It was awesome. Recycled my old laptop battery, hit Target, spent the whole afternoon outside reading ‘Assassination Vacation’ and eating chips and salsa. Then a coconut popsicle. Then a giant bee showed up and wouldn’t leave me alone so I had to pack it up and go inside. Went to see ‘This American Life Live’ and it was totally amazing as usual. I fell in love with Tig Notaro—the whole Taylor Dayne bit was AMAZING. Got a whole list of awesome books to pick up from that show. Home, finally ate dinner at 10pm. Ate that bourbon salted caramel cupcake from Tee & Cakes and holy god it was amazing. Might have to go back there tomorrow and get more cupcakes.

2011, a tuesday

Class, yoga, homework, studied for chem test, ‘the Chicago Code’. Plan for the rest of the night: more studying and some Nutella.

2010, a monday

spent all day relearning math. rewarded myself with chocolate.

Up super early for my physics final. Terrified I was going to fall down the stairs at the Coors Event Center—had to walk all the way to the bottom and there’s no handrail (walking downstairs is the hardest thing to do in this walking cast thing). That place is a lawsuit waiting to happen. Took the final; no idea how I did. Got home and the power in the whole building was out. Read magazines outside for awhile, finally the power came back on (along with the brain-scrambling fire alarm in the hallway) but I had to wait awhile for hot water to shower. Made Mother’s Day cards, sent my physics book back to Chegg, went to the library and got a library card and checked out a stack of books, and picked up a couple cupcakes from Tee & Cakes. Spent the whole afternoon reading books. Watched the finale of ‘Castle’ (Tahmoh!) and ate the strawberry milkshake cupcake WHICH WAS AMAZING.

something new: Tee & Cakes

2011, a monday

Class, homework, class, ‘the Chicago Code’.

2010, a sunday

went to see ‘iron man 2′ which I enjoyed immensely. went to megan’s and did her pilates class, then we went to the store and got stuff for dinner. maria makes dirty rice like no other! watched bits and pieces of chick flicks while clayton played with maria’s new iphone. very nice relaxing day!

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Studied for finals. Took a break in the morning to get groceries. Took Sed/Strat midterm and ehhhh it was unexpectedly hard. Studied a little for physics when I got home. To bed early since I have to get up at 6 tomorrow for my last final.

2011, a sunday

Studied for chem test, did calc homework, more studying, watched ‘Game of Thrones’.

2010, a saturday

worked out, met up with meghan and went to nate and liz’s going-away picnic in santa monica. caught up with some NU peeps, held little calvin and fawned over his super-soft skin and tiny fingernails and oh he is the cutest! went to renee and amanda’s birthday party at the village idiot and had a good time with fancy drinks and friends dressed up more than usual. went to terry’s afterwards and made out with her cat for awhile. well, we like eskimo-made-out. face nuzzling and what not. did this just get weird? maybe.

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