So Michigan finally rejected me, but to be honest I wasn't all that disappointed. I had originally wanted to go to Michigan to work under Kannan Soundararajan, but he's apparently leaving to take up a position at Stanford, so the main reason I even applied to Michigan in the first place would no longer be there (that's probably why they rejected ( Read more... )

I seem to have developed a new love for Queen, particularly the music from the Highlander.

"Princes of the Universe" is the COOLEST song ever!!!!

Well so I got in somewhere, so worse comes to worse I will still get a Ph.D. It'll just have to be from UCLA, which I don't think is a good school. However, Steve Miller keeps telling me they have an excellent math program and he knows a few of the faculty members that he'll introduce me to should I choose to go there. Props to my professor ( Read more... )

Alright, so I am pissed, and for once it has nothing to do with women. I have spent four years at this goddamned school working my ass off all the time in my classes (Bamboo can attest to that, since we often made fun of those whose academic lives ended after undergrad....that whole "finding yourself" bullshit), I've published a paper (with a ( Read more... )

Ok not really. I've been thinking a lot about this game I played maybe 10 years ago, called Treasure Quest. The game was set up a lot like Myst, except that instead of solving puzzles in the game to get some nice ending, you go through the game looking for answers that lead you to deciphering 10 quotes (one for each room) and then you are ( Read more... )

Ok so last night, with the Ducks big win in Vancouver (gotta love that right Bamboo? Anytime Bertuzzi's team gets fucked over we're all happy!!) they are now just 2 pts behind the Queens for the 8th and final playoff spot, and the Kings have played 2 more games than the Ducks have. The Kings play tonight and then both play tomorrow, so with some ( Read more... )

Professor Rosen's first paper was rejected when he submitted it. So I suppose I'm not in so bad company with this, huh ( Read more... )

I am officially fucked ( Read more... )

I'm on a slight emotional high after the Mighty Ducks (who will next season lose the "Mighty" in front of their name) swept a home and home series with the LA Kings (won in LA 6-2 on Saturday; won tonight in Anaheim 4-3 OT). That makes the Ducks 13-6-6 since the beginning of December (a .640 win percentage) and are now only 3 points behind 8th ( Read more... )

It's like a love triangle...except not really....more like a "love segment" with an extra point hanging out on the side (thank you Steve Miller for that unknowingly accurate description of my current love life ( Read more... )