from the desk of stinkpot

the weather was gorgeous today. i walked around and played frisbee in sandals. first time i’ve gotten dirt on my feet since probably october. and, we got to go to a bbq in the afternoon. what a wonderful day.

christina and i got pre-approved for a mortgage the other day. craziness. over the past couple of months, we’ve doing some math regarding how much it’s going to cost to live in boston for 5-7 years. it turns out we’d spend over $100K in rent – who knew we had that kind of money? whereas […]

got to host some prospective csbi phd students today. it was quite exciting – i sat on my very first grad student panel. dinner was also fun (although embarrassingly implemented). it seems that no one was sure who was actually in charge of organizing the outing. luckily, on something of a lark, i had made […]

my god – it’s actually warmer outside than it is inside my apartment. what wonderful weather. i knew this day would come – but i had resigned myself to waiting until april for it. of course, it figures that i’m completely swamped with work this weekend and won’t be able to enjoy the weather. i’m […]

so i found out a couple of weeks ago that my cousin, francis estrada, made his way into “time out new york” (one of the trendy nyc weeklies that hip new yorkers read). i thought i’d link to his slick interview, to provide proof that there are in fact cool people in my family. oh […]

such an eventful day today. funny, considering that i thought it would be rather tame. i woke up this morning still not having finished my homework for my computational biology class (7.91); i was unprepared for the amount of busywork in the assignment. in any case, i was forced to stay home (and miss a […]

woohoo, i’ve actually received some responses from city council members concerning the private reservation of public parking spots following a snow storm. council member craig kelly wrote: Lawrence- I forwarded your email to Lisa Peterson of DPW (Lpeterson@Cambridgema.gov). In the past there’s been talk about picking ‘street furniture’ up when it’s saving spaces, but I’m […]

it’s funny: christina and i were both thinking yesterday that we’d finally gotten used to boston. perhaps it’s the fact that the red sox are deep in hibernation, but nonetheless, we thought that spending the next several years here might not be so trying after all. but then, following yesterday’s blizzard, we saw the folding […]

inspired by the winter games in turino, christina and i ventured out into the blizzard today. i brought along my camera. here’re some photos i snapped: the lot of them, most of which didn’t turn out so well (since it was so dark), live here.

having successfully tended to our plants for the past couple of weeks, christina and i have decided to get some more interactive pets. of course, a dog or a cat would be ideal, but would also violate the terms of our lease. i’ve had some bad rodent experiences too; the last one i had (childhood) […]