1. 18 Jun



    what did YOU do this weekend?

    1. Postdoc: How was your weekend?
    2. Me: Good, I finished my 10K on Saturday! [It was really pretty but hilly and I died blah blah blah] What did you do?
    3. Postdoc: Oh, I got engaged.
    4. Me: ...WHAT OMG CONGRATS
     

  2. 13 May



    I have awesome friends

    Who take me SKYDIVING.  WHICH WAS AWESOME.  

    In a nutshell  

    First 5 seconds:  OMGWTF I’M FALLING ON MY BACK OUT OF A PLANE

    Next 20 seconds:  HOLY SHIT I’M FALLING THROUGH THE SKY THIS IS SO COOL IT’S SO PRETTY OMG MY EARS NEED TO POP

    Next 30 seconds, parachute has been pulled:  THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL!  I CAN SEE NEVADA AND THE PACIFIC OCEAN ALL AT ONCE

    Last 5 seconds:  BOO I DON’T WANT TO LAND

    Post-landing:  wtf are all these things sticking to my clothes?  I thought that was grass!

    Yeah, basically.

     

  3. 3 Apr


    I own boxing gloves.  I think my life is now complete.

    I own boxing gloves.  I think my life is now complete.

     

  4. 1 Apr


    In the past three days, I found out about getting the NSF, learned (sort of) how to ski, got my skis stolen (more likely mistakenly taken), got stuck in a snowstorm, learned how to put chains on tires, had a snowball fight, saw the most AMAZING views at Lake Tahoe (SERIOUSLY, LOOK AT THIS), came back to a beautifully sunny San Francisco, and got super sick and have now entered a feverish delirium.  Is this seriously real life???  <3

     

  5. 23 Mar



    21 before 22

    Last year, in my efforts to take control and start being excited about life again, I started making lists of new things I wanted to try or specific goals I wanted to accomplish within the year.  This led me to complete the following:

    • take a yoga class
    • run a 5k
    • go to a shooting range, learn how to shoot a gun, and shoot zombies
    • go rock-climbing
    • try fencing
    • learn how to work with mice (yeah, yeah, yeah, that would have happened anyway)
    • vote in CA
    • read (most of) And the Band Played On
    • start reading The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

    Overall, not a terrible year. And I started taking steps towards new goals that have rolled over onto this year’s list:

    1. run a 10k
    2. run a half-marathon, then maaaaybe a full marathon
    3. take a kickboxing class (April 3rd)
    4. go skydiving
    5. go to Oregon (and take a ride in a hot air balloon)
    6. go horseback riding
    7. try archery (April 7th)
    8. do a pull-up
    9. learn to drive a stick shift
    10. learn to ski (March 31st)
    11. go swing dancing in the park
    12. submit a literary composition to a non-school-affiliated journal
    13. get a new tattoo
    14. finish 1000 paper cranes
    15. read Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman
    16. finish Reading Lolita in Tehran
    17. read El amor en los tiempos de cólera (Love in the Time of Cholera in Spanish)
    18. visit a different country
    19. visit a friend on the East Coast
    20. go rock-climbing and NOT have sadly incapacitated arms for three days afterwards
    21. finish a painting