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Sunday, 08 October 2006

  • Back Home

    I am back at home at the moment visiting my family right now.  I am having an early thanksgiving next week since I am here and I can not come back for the actual event.  The trip has had its ups and downs.  I have been working on my brothers car since it needs some maintenance.  It always seems to break down about a week before I get here.  The weather has been pleasant though and I have been doing stuff with my parents.  I went ice skating a couple nights ago, and that was fun.  I have not done it in years, but it is a little strange to go ice skating now that I have been living in LA, the room felt pretty cold.  I guess living in southern California has made me a bit soft temperature wise.  We have watched some DVDs and played miniature golf.  Also ate some sushi since no one else except my mom likes fish so she really only goes when I am here.  We are going up to Mt. Hood on Monday, and that should be interesting.  I have never actually managed to go up there even though I lived in Washington for 6 years, and now my parents have lived here for 8 years.  It is sort of amazing how time flies. 
     
     
    When did I become 24, it really does not seem like all that long ago... There are times though when it does, coming back to Washington normally means a trip up to Seattle at some point to visit people up there.  The brings some unpleasing memories up though, some shit hit the fan my senior year of college and for quite some time I was broken inside.  I have since put the pieces back together since then, and in some ways I am better now than I was then since I learned from the experience.  But every once in awhile when I see something that reminds me of what happened, or when I am actually going back to were it happened I feel an ache, something cold inside.  Not that I am trying to be melodramatic. 
     
    I guess R.E.M says it best with Everybody Hurts
    When the day is long and the night, the night is yours alone,
    When you're sure you've had enough of this life, well hang on
    Don't let yourself go, 'cause everybody cries and everybody hurts sometimes

    Sometimes everything is wrong. Now it's time to sing along
    When your day is night alone, (hold on, hold on)
    If you feel like letting go, (hold on)
    When you think you've had too much of this life, well hang on

    'Cause everybody hurts. Take comfort in your friends
    Everybody hurts. Don't throw your hand. Oh, no. Don't throw your hand
    If you feel like you're alone, no, no, no, you are not alone

    If you're on your own in this life, the days and nights are long,
    When you think you've had too much of this life to hang on

    Well, everybody hurts sometimes,
    Everybody cries. And everybody hurts sometimes
    And everybody hurts sometimes. So, hold on, hold on
    Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on
    Everybody hurts. You are not alone


Tuesday, 26 September 2006

  • Wow, it has been a long time since I have updated.  Things have been going very busy for me.  I have been to Chicago twice, and Japan once since I have wrote those entries.  It is easy to understand that I can get pretty busy when something like that happens.  There are some other landmarks that have happened.  Several friends have moved off to various parts of the world for various reason.  One moved to Switzerland to do research at CERN.  One moved to Boston to do a MD &PHD program which sounds crazy but is true.  I can’t imagine being in school that long, and just an MD is a lot of hours.  Lastly, one friend moved down to San Deigo.  That is not too far though so I have seen him more often.  The primary reason for that move is he was tired of having a long distance relationship with his fiancé.

     

    Lets see, some changing in my person life are that I have settled down into my research group pretty well these days.  I doubt I will change groups again, which is good since I would like to get my degree at some point.  Our group hired a new post doctoral member who is from Australia, which is cool in its own right.  You just have to love that accent.  We have been getting a long pretty well which is cool.  Plus that means in the future I will have a friend in Australia who will let me crash on his couch. J  Oh, and another group member is expecting a baby in October.

     

     

     

    Also, I moved in a new place this summer with two friends.  It has gone pretty well so far, and plus I really like the place.  We have a huge living room, and nice kitchen.  I will probably bring my two cats down at some point, but not right away though.  It may not be prudent until I get another pay raise. I have been kept pretty busy the last few weekends.  I have been to the Hollywood bowl twice, to see two different concerts.  I have played beach volleyball, games, went to a party in Santa Monica, a party at Venice beach, bowling, rollerblading, been to BBQ’s.  I am also heading home early next month to visit my family and friend up in Washington.  That will be nice; I have not been up there since April.  Well, I probably will update a bit more often since I am trying to make a point of it.

Sunday, 16 April 2006

  • Okay,
    My research trip is over, it actually ended on the 3rd.  So I took some time to unwind back in LA for a few days and then I headed home to visit my family for a little more than a week around Easter.  That is were I still am actually.  I am heading back to LA and will be there to stay, which is nice.  I have traveled around so much for work lately it will be nice to be back at my place with my bed and everything.  Not to mention the weather. :)  Japan was nice though, I have never been to that part of the world and going back again will be fun.

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