from the desk of stinkpot

i feel am so scientifically unproductive.

christina and i have just gotten back from a mid-week 2-night trip to NY.  (we went to watch our buddy Cecil Mamiit try and qualify for the US Open, and to bask in the tennis talents of the world’s 100 best players.)  this trip immediately followed the 3-day weekend i took to go camping in rhode island last week.  a camping trip which proceeded by 1 week the 8 days i took off for francis’ wedding in san jose.  a wedding that took place only one month after the 3.5 weeks we spent in europe.

i feel so guilty.  especially because i actually love my work: i get paid to dream up algorithms for understanding evolution.  how cool is that?  in fact  (cross-my-fingers), it looks like we’re about to make a useful contribution to our field.  very exciting!

and yet, i still find it so hard to resist the temptation to run off and play in the sun.  partially because the sun graces this bostonian wasteland only 3 months of the year.  but, i mainly try to escape because i figure most of favorite memories of grad school won’t involve me progamming.  (of course, this kind of attitude usually means i’ll have plenty of grad school memories; you usually need to be in lab to produce a thesis.)

so many things to do and places to see!  someone here at mit really needs to figure out how to squeeze an extra 18 hours into the day.

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