ramen bowl carriage

nothing beats an undergrad-drawn ramen bowl carriage. jorge cham is awesome.

rainy again today, even though it was hot as hell earlier. actually, it's still hot. it's just now you've got to add wet to it.

i eat a lot three times a day, but i'm still hungry like a starving bum. i think something has gone wrong with the digestion system.

entering fourth week. it's unbelievable how fast time went by. i have done barely anything and i'm almost halfway done with this REU. the CORRECT plot was finally produced today. it is also unbelievable how it took two-and-a-half weeks to produce ONE plot. not because it's hard to plot, but because i kept being given incorrect data and was too stupid to realize that something wasn't right with it. in the end the professors solved the problem that's been keeping me from producing a plot for 2.5 weeks, and in the end i am still just a lab rat doing all the dirty work for the professors.

i wonder if defending thesis is uber-nervewracking. i know at least one graduate student in my lab is defending his thesis in the not-too-distant future, and the only word that's been coming out of his mouth is "GODDAMNIT." i guess a "maybe you should chill a little" would not be a good advice. judging by his apparent temperament, the improbability for all hell to break loose once those words are uttered is infinitesimal. in other words, it is highly unlikely to not happen.