So several weeks ago I lost one of my favorite flip flops while wandering from the gym to my office...which is like a five minute walk. I suppose it had fallen out of my bag. I spent a week looking for it at about every lost and found on campus. Then yesterday, on my trek from the gym to the office, what do I spot....the mysterious flip flop, just hanging out in front of the financial aid building....
How strange! So the flip flops have been reunited...and are happy again! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Sunday, June 25, 2006
dr's tom and kathy's excellent adventure
so...many of you may know that my parents, the aforementioned drs tom and kathy came all the way from historic lewiston, ny to palo alto to see me graduate....well....dr kathy has posted many of her pictures on her blog...i suggest you check them out...
dr kathy's blog
this has inspired sir gb to want to go to yellowstone....hmmm...i declared only if i didn't have to stay in a tent or walk too far.
also an fyi...thank you all for the graduation good wishes and pressies....thank you notes will be on their way shortly...the damn move got in the way of good manners...i hate it when that happens.
oh and good luck italia tomorrow....i need a team to cheer for to battle off sir gb's england squad...
dr kathy's blog
this has inspired sir gb to want to go to yellowstone....hmmm...i declared only if i didn't have to stay in a tent or walk too far.
also an fyi...thank you all for the graduation good wishes and pressies....thank you notes will be on their way shortly...the damn move got in the way of good manners...i hate it when that happens.
oh and good luck italia tomorrow....i need a team to cheer for to battle off sir gb's england squad...
Saturday, June 24, 2006
moving time
so we are in the new place. it is very charming....
All of the books are unpacked (Sir GB has 7 bookcases full, many shelves double stacked), I am about halfway through the clothes, so now we are just trying to organize.
Tiger is adjusting nicely to her new surroundings...I am adjusting to living with a cat. Tiger has not noticed Cheetah (the life sized ceramic cheetah, who is not actually life sized, but i like to pretend), but she does love Grandmother's coffee table....she doesn't have claws, so she isn't doing any damage.....I'll have to get some good pictures of her lounging on it.
I have to publically give a big thank you to our helpful movers, Curtiss, Ena, Tahu, Terri and Phillip....yes, Phillip the dog...he was quite helpful.
All of the books are unpacked (Sir GB has 7 bookcases full, many shelves double stacked), I am about halfway through the clothes, so now we are just trying to organize.
Tiger is adjusting nicely to her new surroundings...I am adjusting to living with a cat. Tiger has not noticed Cheetah (the life sized ceramic cheetah, who is not actually life sized, but i like to pretend), but she does love Grandmother's coffee table....she doesn't have claws, so she isn't doing any damage.....I'll have to get some good pictures of her lounging on it.
I have to publically give a big thank you to our helpful movers, Curtiss, Ena, Tahu, Terri and Phillip....yes, Phillip the dog...he was quite helpful.
Monday, June 19, 2006
May I introduce Dr. Gerbil
So, yesterday I walked through my graduation ceremony. My dissertation should be finished in August or September, but I went through anyway. Next year I'll be a research associate at Stanford (that is my offical title). But it was a good time....Here are a few photos.... one of me and my boys....Sir GB and Curtiss and one with the parentals...Drs Tom and Kathy.
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
European Adventure
So Sir GB and I are headed to Europe for Christmas and New Year....
The original plan was to fly probably into London and go to Otley to see Mum and brother Michael and his wife Penny, and then head to Sleaford to see Dad and Anita. Then on to London for a few days....
Well that wasn't really working out on airmiles....so....instead we are going to Paris first, then flying to Manchester going to Otley, then Sleaford, and then Madrid. It will be exciting nontheless I have never been to any of these places. So we'll be gone for about 2.5 weeks...at which point after a hectic summer and fall, we'll both need the break....
So it should be an interesting winter break!
The original plan was to fly probably into London and go to Otley to see Mum and brother Michael and his wife Penny, and then head to Sleaford to see Dad and Anita. Then on to London for a few days....
Well that wasn't really working out on airmiles....so....instead we are going to Paris first, then flying to Manchester going to Otley, then Sleaford, and then Madrid. It will be exciting nontheless I have never been to any of these places. So we'll be gone for about 2.5 weeks...at which point after a hectic summer and fall, we'll both need the break....
So it should be an interesting winter break!
Friday, June 09, 2006
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
The tale of the tam.....
So...I am lazy...I have had my regalia for about a month....It has been sitting in a box in my bedroom....ooops...
Tonight I took it out of the box...and I must say I am a big fan of the hat....who knew I would look cute in a tam....I will have to take some pictures....perhaps when sir gb returns i can make him take some....
maybe this means i can transitions to berets....what a wide world of hats for me....although there is one i can never wear....that sweet pope hat. But you can learn how to make one here.
Tonight I took it out of the box...and I must say I am a big fan of the hat....who knew I would look cute in a tam....I will have to take some pictures....perhaps when sir gb returns i can make him take some....
maybe this means i can transitions to berets....what a wide world of hats for me....although there is one i can never wear....that sweet pope hat. But you can learn how to make one here.
Grim and Mandy aka the Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
I have realized that I call this show Grim and Mandy, I feel it is because Billy is inconsequential to my existence.
Back about a year ago, when my hair was significantly blonder, people noted my physical similarity to mandy (yes I have a pink dress with a black ribbon around it...if it only had a flower). In addition apparently I have a personality to match. I think it might be the sneer....
But I must say, this is one of my favorite cartoons....which is actually a big component of my television viewing.....much to Sir GB's dismay....
Any show with an angry little girl bent on world domination who enslaves the grim reaper...well that is ok with me.....
Monday, June 05, 2006
HAPPY MONDAY
So we just found out we got the National Science Foundation (NSF) grant we applied for in January. Unfortunately b/c I don't have my Ph.D. yet, I couldn't be a PI. The NSF has rules about these things, but I am a Senior Investigator on the grant, which is cool and can go on my vita...sot hat is always good....adding lines can never hurt....well unless you make them up.
That is about it for Monday. Sir GB is out in Monterrey with the Ladies, and then to Hearst Castle tomorrow....meanwhile, I hold down the fort in the park.
That is about it for Monday. Sir GB is out in Monterrey with the Ladies, and then to Hearst Castle tomorrow....meanwhile, I hold down the fort in the park.
Friday, June 02, 2006
I survived
That is the trip to Lake Tahoe with Sir Grizzly Bear's mom and her friend Sybil (whose name invokes one of two images to people....Sybil from faulty towers, or the lady with all of those personalities...fortunately this Sybil was much more sane). The lake was beautiful, but it had snowed on Saturday which is kind of next level....snow in late May....
I only had one temper tantrum....clearly I can't wait until 3pm to have lunch when I haven't had breakfast....but luckily i kind of made a joke of it, and made everyone laugh by noting how important it is to keep me on my feeding schedule.....which Sir GB realizes it totally important for everyone's safety.
But I feel I have won them over...as I usually do, with my charm and wit.....I don't know why, but parents love me....
Pictures will be arriving shortly.....
In other news, the parental units arrive in two weeks for graduation....should be interesting...dr kathy has never been to California, and dr tom hasn't been since he was a wee slip of a lad, so Sir GB and I will show them around. We are headed to SF on Friday, Half Moon Bay saturday during the day, and then we have a party on Saturday night, Sunday graduation and then dinner at Three Seasons...which is super yummy....Then they head home.....but we will see them soon in the outer banks....
Which I know you will all be delighted to hear we have gotten back up spongebob games....
Poor Sir GB has no idea what he is getting into...but it will be fun, he just needs to remember that a certain amount of alcohol is necessary to survive such events....
I only had one temper tantrum....clearly I can't wait until 3pm to have lunch when I haven't had breakfast....but luckily i kind of made a joke of it, and made everyone laugh by noting how important it is to keep me on my feeding schedule.....which Sir GB realizes it totally important for everyone's safety.
But I feel I have won them over...as I usually do, with my charm and wit.....I don't know why, but parents love me....
Pictures will be arriving shortly.....
In other news, the parental units arrive in two weeks for graduation....should be interesting...dr kathy has never been to California, and dr tom hasn't been since he was a wee slip of a lad, so Sir GB and I will show them around. We are headed to SF on Friday, Half Moon Bay saturday during the day, and then we have a party on Saturday night, Sunday graduation and then dinner at Three Seasons...which is super yummy....Then they head home.....but we will see them soon in the outer banks....
Which I know you will all be delighted to hear we have gotten back up spongebob games....
Poor Sir GB has no idea what he is getting into...but it will be fun, he just needs to remember that a certain amount of alcohol is necessary to survive such events....
Saturday, May 27, 2006
Things I learn from the mass media vol 1.
So...from reading and seeing the Da Vinci Code....clearly I.M. Pei is the new head of the Priory Scion.
Also learned from television....vampires and succubi can't enter your threashold unless you invite them in....so be careful who you let into your house....you never know if they are a force of evil, a mormon...but what is really the difference?
Also learned from television....vampires and succubi can't enter your threashold unless you invite them in....so be careful who you let into your house....you never know if they are a force of evil, a mormon...but what is really the difference?
lacrosse semifinals
so, I am watching the syracue vs uva game....and I am disturbed by the commentary on the duke lacrosse situation.
1) The denial by lacrosse pundits that there is a problem with lacrosse...and this is purely a duke lacrosse problem. I will not deny that Duke had its problems, but....I have rarely met a men's college lacrosse player that didn't feel a certain sense of entitlement and this sort of feeling that they are above the law.
2) One point I think they did point out correctly, that a lot of the problems we are seeing across college athletics are caused by alcohol. Having spent a large portion of my adult life on college campuses, it is not just the athletes, it is a pandemic problem. I think partially caused by the rather puritanical view of most Americans to not let their children learn to drink responsibly before college. Europeans have us on this one. What these commentators have missed is that this problem is not just limited to athletes, it is across campuses. It is just that when athletes are involved, the university is involved and thus, heightened media attention.
3) The major thing these commentators are missing is group behavior. All of these people are asking for individuals to stand up in the face of wrong doing. Well....home many people do that....what have we learned from many years of social psychological research, people tend to conform to the group. Even a token group identity produces a great deal of pressure to conform due to the effects of social desirablity. Do we not learn lessons from the past....oh wait...we don't....and that is why we are doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past.
4) Do you want to know my view on the Duke Lacrosse situation.....at first, I wouldn't have been surprised. When I was at Duke, I was glad I was friends with them, they had my back. But I was always aware it was a situation where I knew something could go horribly wrong. Perhaps we can blame it on the CSI effect...and yes it is real, but the lack of a conclusive dna sample makes me a bit skeptical.
1) The denial by lacrosse pundits that there is a problem with lacrosse...and this is purely a duke lacrosse problem. I will not deny that Duke had its problems, but....I have rarely met a men's college lacrosse player that didn't feel a certain sense of entitlement and this sort of feeling that they are above the law.
2) One point I think they did point out correctly, that a lot of the problems we are seeing across college athletics are caused by alcohol. Having spent a large portion of my adult life on college campuses, it is not just the athletes, it is a pandemic problem. I think partially caused by the rather puritanical view of most Americans to not let their children learn to drink responsibly before college. Europeans have us on this one. What these commentators have missed is that this problem is not just limited to athletes, it is across campuses. It is just that when athletes are involved, the university is involved and thus, heightened media attention.
3) The major thing these commentators are missing is group behavior. All of these people are asking for individuals to stand up in the face of wrong doing. Well....home many people do that....what have we learned from many years of social psychological research, people tend to conform to the group. Even a token group identity produces a great deal of pressure to conform due to the effects of social desirablity. Do we not learn lessons from the past....oh wait...we don't....and that is why we are doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past.
4) Do you want to know my view on the Duke Lacrosse situation.....at first, I wouldn't have been surprised. When I was at Duke, I was glad I was friends with them, they had my back. But I was always aware it was a situation where I knew something could go horribly wrong. Perhaps we can blame it on the CSI effect...and yes it is real, but the lack of a conclusive dna sample makes me a bit skeptical.
Monday, May 15, 2006
New Baby Friend
So my friends Dani and Pat just had their second baby...Jacob.....I think he is pretty good looking for being born on Friday!
Sunday, May 14, 2006
New Apartment Mate
So...in the end of June Sir Grizzly Bear and I will be moving into a new place together. We just picked it out today...so I am moving back to mountain view. It is a nice place, much bigger than my current place, with a much larger kitchen......so I am happy. It also has a huge balcony for my plants, and for enjoying the sun...but not too much, as I burn way too easily....as I was reminded yesterday at Mateo's birthday party.....I am pretty much a lobster today.....it hurts to touch my arms.....
Thursday, May 11, 2006
New Monkey Genus!!!!!!
This kind of made my day....it hadn't been going that well...until.....
this... new monkeys in africa!
And here are the cute little guys in action!
Sunday, May 07, 2006
Gettin' the job done
So truth and i went to get some things at wallgreens...and I needed some tp....
As we were heading home...i read the back of the package....
"Soft... but not too soft. With an extra layer to get the job done."
That cracks my shit up quite literally.
As we were heading home...i read the back of the package....
"Soft... but not too soft. With an extra layer to get the job done."
That cracks my shit up quite literally.
Saturday, May 06, 2006
Meet my new Llama Steve
He is down there at the bottom of the page....he is cool...check him out....
Apparently the name steve is catching on....while reading deadspin today they named a horse steve
In other news we were supposed to go to a birthday party tonight, but the birthday girl is ill....poor thing...although we may still go...waiting to hear from the newcastle and german brigades....
Oh...I forgot to mention....there is another new steve....steve moose stevenson...he is from canada and has a lovely maple leaf sweater. He likes to watch me work and watch the tv...so we get along well....
Apparently the name steve is catching on....while reading deadspin today they named a horse steve
In other news we were supposed to go to a birthday party tonight, but the birthday girl is ill....poor thing...although we may still go...waiting to hear from the newcastle and german brigades....
Oh...I forgot to mention....there is another new steve....steve moose stevenson...he is from canada and has a lovely maple leaf sweater. He likes to watch me work and watch the tv...so we get along well....
Friday, April 28, 2006
Life in the Park
So...I am still recovering from the sprained foot....which means a lot of sitting on the couch....and with Sir GB in Vancouver at a conference, I have to do everything myself....poop....
But I have been rather productive...paper number 3 from the dissertation...it is almost done....paper number 2 will go out in about a week or so.....still no word on paper number 1.
I have done a lot of programming for our next experiment....
I must remember to upload my knitting photos and update gerbil knits as several projects have been completed recently.....damn...i am a slacker....maybe later today....
But I have been rather productive...paper number 3 from the dissertation...it is almost done....paper number 2 will go out in about a week or so.....still no word on paper number 1.
I have done a lot of programming for our next experiment....
I must remember to upload my knitting photos and update gerbil knits as several projects have been completed recently.....damn...i am a slacker....maybe later today....
C is for Cookie
I discovered this hysterical video today C is for Cookie I highly recommend it.....
I like it when they shave rosie's head....it is sweet!
I like it when they shave rosie's head....it is sweet!
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