Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Monday, February 26, 2007
ET phone home
It's reassuring that I can call my parents at 1a.m. (their time) and have them not only answer, but also have them call me back 45 minutes later to see if what they said helped.
Monday, February 19, 2007
Relaxing with some books...
Today I got quite a surprise at the office... it was a UT holiday. I actually got up, went into work, sat there for about five minutes before it hit me that I was the only person there. Heading back to my car, I missed the shuttle - so I walked the mile back to my car in really nice weather. I'm definitely not complaining, this holiday could not have come at a better time... Actually I'm sort of kicking myself for not having lined up subjects to run in the MEG while everyone else is out of the office! Modified Wisconsin Card Sorting Task (WCST) anyone?
Trying to maximize my day off - I attempted to go for a run around Rice around noon. I ran about a mile, had a little fall that made something pop, and hobbled back to my car the best I could (now a mile away). Spent the afternoon so far working on a presentation and studying for neuroanatomy, all the while keeping ice on my leg. The old rule of 20 minutes of ice on and 20 minutes off just wasn't cutting it since as soon as feeling came back, so did the pain. Might be a couple days before I really get back into running.
The Houston Aero's vs Chicago Wolves hockey game was really fun. Houston ended up winning by a decent margin and the entire game was really fast paced! It looked like there would be no fights, but with about a minute to spare in the third period, a fight finally busted out. Other highlights included: the little kids playing hockey during one of the intermissions; the cameras that caught people dancing and put them on the big screen; one very strange "dance off". It was all very good times with old and new friends.
Trying to maximize my day off - I attempted to go for a run around Rice around noon. I ran about a mile, had a little fall that made something pop, and hobbled back to my car the best I could (now a mile away). Spent the afternoon so far working on a presentation and studying for neuroanatomy, all the while keeping ice on my leg. The old rule of 20 minutes of ice on and 20 minutes off just wasn't cutting it since as soon as feeling came back, so did the pain. Might be a couple days before I really get back into running.
The Houston Aero's vs Chicago Wolves hockey game was really fun. Houston ended up winning by a decent margin and the entire game was really fast paced! It looked like there would be no fights, but with about a minute to spare in the third period, a fight finally busted out. Other highlights included: the little kids playing hockey during one of the intermissions; the cameras that caught people dancing and put them on the big screen; one very strange "dance off". It was all very good times with old and new friends.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
To Oregon, and Beyond!
I just got back (well I guess it was last Saturday) from a week long vacation... err conference in Portland, Oregon. There were lots of fun people from several places I've worked in the past, including Louisville, Yale, and SIUC. Additionally, Portland is a really fun city, and the conference was pretty enlightening at times. This conference, INS, is going to be in Hawaii next year, so that means I'll have to hurry up and do some research to present for that. Scheduling SCUBA diving around poster sessions -- it could be kind of rough...
The only bad thing about taking a week off of school is the rush to make up the things that were missed. This week has been a lot of catch up! I think I'm averaging 5 hours of sleep, and about 200 pages of reading a day. I think I'm ready for another vacation already! March (Spring break) seems so far away at the moment, even though I'll blink and it will be here... Anyway, I'm exhausted and pondering a nap so I'm going to wrap up this sad excuse for a blog entry and promise something more substantial after this weekend. Maybe something about the second hockey game I've ever gone to (this saturday).
The only bad thing about taking a week off of school is the rush to make up the things that were missed. This week has been a lot of catch up! I think I'm averaging 5 hours of sleep, and about 200 pages of reading a day. I think I'm ready for another vacation already! March (Spring break) seems so far away at the moment, even though I'll blink and it will be here... Anyway, I'm exhausted and pondering a nap so I'm going to wrap up this sad excuse for a blog entry and promise something more substantial after this weekend. Maybe something about the second hockey game I've ever gone to (this saturday).
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Post hoc ergo propter hoc
"After this, therefore because of this"
It's been raining for days. Pretty much since the semester started, it has rained the majority of days of each week. So since the semester started, it has rained - therefore the semester starting caused the rain. Sounds like a fairly logical argument, right? Maybe not.
Here's a picture from Darius and Acacia's wedding reception. This is right before Darius removed the garter and then had to throw it, not once, but twice (they don't go very far). The bouquet toss was between 4 women, and the garter toss was between roughly 12 men. Fortunately for all involved - there were relatively few injuries and the couple that ended up with the garter and bouquet were dating -- so I think we can expect them to get married before most of the rest of us.
It was also at this wedding that Paul and I realized that out of our cohort of musketeers so to speak, that he and I are the last two who are not married. I sadly didn't get to stick around too long, since the reception was Saturday and I had to be back Sunday in order to get my thesis together, learn neuroanatomy for a quiz, and do all of the normal things graduate students do. For the most part, there is no way to read everything that is assigned in graduate school (says the guy who's typing this blog instead of reading statistics), so there's a lot of picking and choosing - trying to figure out what will really matter 20 years from now - or more likely what the professor will ask in class as he's looking directly at you. I have a number of fun books to read (at the top is "The Tipping Point" by the author of blink), but I'll hold off starting them until I get at least a little bit ahead in my classes.
Anyway, lots of adventures coming up - so hopefully more interesting blog posts soon.
It's been raining for days. Pretty much since the semester started, it has rained the majority of days of each week. So since the semester started, it has rained - therefore the semester starting caused the rain. Sounds like a fairly logical argument, right? Maybe not.
Here's a picture from Darius and Acacia's wedding reception. This is right before Darius removed the garter and then had to throw it, not once, but twice (they don't go very far). The bouquet toss was between 4 women, and the garter toss was between roughly 12 men. Fortunately for all involved - there were relatively few injuries and the couple that ended up with the garter and bouquet were dating -- so I think we can expect them to get married before most of the rest of us.
It was also at this wedding that Paul and I realized that out of our cohort of musketeers so to speak, that he and I are the last two who are not married. I sadly didn't get to stick around too long, since the reception was Saturday and I had to be back Sunday in order to get my thesis together, learn neuroanatomy for a quiz, and do all of the normal things graduate students do. For the most part, there is no way to read everything that is assigned in graduate school (says the guy who's typing this blog instead of reading statistics), so there's a lot of picking and choosing - trying to figure out what will really matter 20 years from now - or more likely what the professor will ask in class as he's looking directly at you. I have a number of fun books to read (at the top is "The Tipping Point" by the author of blink), but I'll hold off starting them until I get at least a little bit ahead in my classes. Anyway, lots of adventures coming up - so hopefully more interesting blog posts soon.
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