In Search of Memory
The theme of today is memory. I worked on a confidential project today at work that fundamentally is trying to solve the problem of gaps in human memory (taking that in a lofty, thematic sense). I...
View ArticleEnd of the Week / Growing Up Brings Lamer Fridays
Thursday: I photographed my desk space above, all 27″ + 17″ of Mac-tastic display. The colors are so clear, I’m sometimes overwhelmed by it and want to step backwards. When I go home and look at my...
View ArticleWinter Weekend: Snowboarding
Saturday: I went snowboarding for the second time ever at Camelback! I went last year in February with Dean, Ten, and Lulu as well, but this time we did the night ticket. Our Hertz reservation had a...
View ArticleRecovering
I didn’t have Monday off for MLK, and actually ended up being first in the office at 9AM and last out at 7PM. My shoulders are still crazy sore, and I still feel like I’ve been pulled through a...
View ArticleSOTU, Cooking, Reading, Learning
Reading List Update (1/20): DONE Understanding Comics, Scott McCloud Proust was a Neuroscientist, Jonah Lehrer IN PROGRESS Missing Out: In Praise of an Unlived Life, Adam Phillips Nothing is True and...
View ArticleOrdinary Evenings
Where did the day go? Where did the month go? Today felt like as much of an “autopilot” day as ever, as I got into the rhythm of work and managing the flow of my day. I feel like I’m getting heavier...
View ArticleWeekend Provided by R.Kelly
On Friday, I was singing Remix to Ignition and none of my coworkers knew what this song was. I quickly corrected this grievous gap in their cultural canon, but in case anyone else has somehow missed...
View ArticleBlizzard Juno
This time around, commentary will be added later after the photos. I’m going to move to Flickr storage soon; my WordPress can’t handle any more photos, haha. Filed under: Happy Panda Tagged: 2015 photo...
View ArticleWork, Eat, Dance, Repeat
I’ve started batch-combining some of these posts so it’s not thousands of entries of similar topics. I broke this off from the Blizzard set since this second half of the week felt like a week in...
View ArticleWeekend
Saturday, 1/31 It was a beautiful, sunny, frigid winter day. I haven’t gotten the chance to see all of Central Park in the snow, but even peeking in from Museum Mile, the sheet of white looks gorgeous....
View ArticleEarly February
T’was very rainy today, but it promptly became sub-zero and then all that rain froze. I really need some snow boots. I met up with Dean after going to the gym late at night! He convinced me to get some...
View ArticleWeekend: Murray Hill Dinners, KDPhi Karaoke, 50 Shades the Musical, Brooklyn Zoo
Ting-ting and Dean wanted to do a Murray Hill dinner series, and so we all piled into Pio Pio on Friday evening (2/6). Pio Pio’s green sauce is like crack; what the heck is in that? But other than...
View ArticleThe “Ordinary Workweek” kicks in and I’m constantly exhausted
I’M SO TIRED ALL THE TIME!!!! If I work out or get dinner after work, I come home and clean up/derp around on my computer, and then it’s nearly midnight. I’ve been trying to work on a freelance project...
View ArticleValentine’s/President’s Day Weekend
When I sit down now, there’s a few things that are running through my head and I haven’t had a long enough stretch of time to myself (surprisingly enough) to get any of them done to any satisfactory...
View ArticleSelf-Imposed KFT Moratorium, Mission Chinese Food, and Pan’s Labyrinth Creepy...
Tuesday, 2/17 Started off this short week with a lovely chat with Ariel at NYU’s Kung Fu Tea! It’s always lovely catching up with her, but while I was drinking it, Amyma texted me about the very same...
View ArticleLots of birthdays, brunch, climbing — good stuff life on autopilot
Lots of birthdays!! Friday, 2/20 Happy birthday Wayne! For you, I trekked to Long Island City. Your apartment is technically close to Manhattan, but takes 20-30 minutes doubling back from Court Sq....
View ArticleProject Check-in
20/20 Interviews Done with 18/20 of the interviews! Have to type up PLu’s interview Holding Cortney’s (#19) on Thursday Need to find someone to interview me! Reading List Update (3/2) DONE...
View ArticleThe one where she ate everything and turned into a plump snowman
There is starting to be a little bit of spring. Just a little. For instance, this week, instead of being buried in a snow storm for the ENTIRE WEEK, one day had merely freezing rain! Not even hail,...
View ArticlePhotos from March social life thus far (so behind!)
Friday, March 6 Murray Hill Dinners, Turkish Kitchen Saturday, March 7 Andrew’s housewarming, JTai in NY, Souvlaki GR! Sunday, March 8 Ana’s birthday, WSq Monday, March 9 Dinner with Dillon Tuesday,...
View ArticleEarly onset adulthood and the awareness of growing up
I am very intimidated by the persistent march of time. Not for fear of my own mortality, but more so that I can’t freeze these good moments like I can pull out of the casino with my winnings, having...
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