Life in Ithaca

So I suppose I owe an update...

Life in Ithaca is good. Work has finally picked up. We're working on this project for the local art museum that takes previous visitors' comments about an exhibit and displays them on this big screen for future visitors. We'll eventually study what effect seeing previous museumgoers' thoughts has on one's museum experience. So its half really boring: sitting next to an exhibit and asking people to write down words they associate with the object. The other half is thinking of the most engaging visual display for the words, which is the part I really like. Its challenging both from a programming point of view but also from a graphic design point of view. Its lots of fun, and is great experience for the future.

Ive started studying for the GREs, in preparation for applying to the co-term program in Symbolic Systems. Its really boring and tedious. It's just a harder version of the SATs, something I had hoped to never deal with again. It's especially frustrating because the professor who judges my application is someone I know fairly well and have taken a 4-person class with, not to mention the 50 page honors thesis I will turn in with the app. The idea that my performance on 30 analogies will make one lick of difference is absurd. So I plan on putting in a bit of mediocre studying and calling it a day.

And in the most exciting piece of news, I've started a bit of a summer romance. (I can see all of you were scanning suddenly pay really close attention). Yeah, she's really great: her name is Golf, and I'm pretty sure I'm in love. We've flirted on and off for a few years, but this summer I decided to take our relationship to the next level and get serious. Though I'm still pretty awkward and bad (ohh, the parallels to real relationships), it's still so much fun. She's pretty much all I think about, and I do her at least 2 or 3 times a week. My best friend growing up also fell in love with her at the same time, so we do her together (again, the parallels to real relationships). Sadly, she's a very expensive girlfriend, and I can already see myself spending inordinate amounts of money on her. Its ok though, she's worth it.

That said, I want to try and play a weekly game once I get back to school. Anyone interested? Sam, I'm looking at you...