Category Archives: Random Neat Things

Early weekend for me

Posted on April 17, 2008 by meg

I’m flying to Philadelphia tomorrow morning with Jon for Passover, so today was sort of like Friday, at least in that all my problem sets had to be done…but I finished them *whew*.  Totally randomly, my parents will also be … Continue reading →

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Hehe, the Stata Center wins!

Posted on April 8, 2008 by meg

PhD Comics 4/4/08

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Jupiter is cool =)

Posted on April 7, 2008 by meg

I was going through some of the Jupiter images for my second proposition project and I found some with a moon in them =) So cool!  I think it has to be Io, but I’m not sure.  I’ll try to … Continue reading →

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Sarcastic Fringehead

Posted on April 2, 2008 by meg

That’s the name of one of the fish we saw at the aquarium, native to California I guess.  I thought the name was funny, but it’s a pretty ugly fish: On Sunday we went to Venice Beach and walked around … Continue reading →

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Being a tourist

Posted on March 30, 2008 by meg

I picked up my sister and her boyfriend from the airport yesterday, and we went to see the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach.  It was fun, although I kinda thought the aquarium would be bigger.  I’m doing all … Continue reading →

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In spite of everything…

Posted on March 7, 2008 by meg

…Fridays still feel good. For some reason I feel better today.  I am a little closer to being done with stuff for this quarter, but not much more than I was yesterday, so I’m not sure why I feel better.  … Continue reading →

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Some of my backed-up mail came!

Posted on February 5, 2008 by meg

Not all of them, but a lot of the things I was missing showed up in the mail today, including your letter, Shannon.  Yay!  Too bad I already had my department’s reimbursement check reissued, and no sign yet of the … Continue reading →

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MESSENGER’s First Flyby

Posted on January 17, 2008 by meg

NASA’s MESSENGER mission made its first flyby of Mercury last weekend, and everything seems to have gone really well. It’s so cool! We haven’t been there since 1975, and Mariner 10 left more than half the surface unimaged. This flyby … Continue reading →

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Holly’s visit!

Posted on January 15, 2008 by meg

What a busy weekend! Holly’s flight got in Saturday afternoon, and we went out for sushi and then to a play at the Pasadena Playhouse.  The play was called “Orson’s Shadow,” and it was about Orson Welles and Laurence Olivier, … Continue reading →

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First day of class…

Posted on January 8, 2008 by meg

…was yesterday, and it was fine. We’ll see how the rest of my classes are today. I’m a little miffed that my continuum mechanics class is asking for extra classtime to catch up on lectures. I already have too much … Continue reading →

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