Going nuts, awful stats project driving me to an advanced state of resigned misery

. . . so I came up with this in five crafty min out of self pity.

Ode to my stats project and co-sufferers in Bio 330

Sick of being tired and tired of being sick
alternately wired then molasses-slow and thick
why is it always something? why can't I just chill?
instead of always stressing till the point that I feel ill

Does everybody get this? are your teeth grinding too?
masking the wild with a calm face
facing the wild with a calm farce
act like you're mild though your hearts race
that's what we all do




Oh yeah, originally 'molasses' was 'sluglike', but barring limericks, anything with a slug in it just can't be that poetic, right? Though slugs fit in well with the theme of misery . . .

Melly and Konrad's visit

An old friend from my exchange year in Germany (2000/2001) came to visit me on Vancouver Island for the second time last week. The first time Melly and Susi stayed with my family for over a month. This time she stayed for a week with her boyfriend, Konrad, and we didn't get to do nearly enough catching up and bumming around, though it was still fun. Unfortunately I had tons of midterms, so I farmed them out to the parents for two nights, and set them up with old friends that Melly remembered from 5 years back on her first visit. Naturally I went around with them a bit as well, despite the homework pileup . . . and I don't regret it.

She's putting pictures from her stay up on a subset of her Melly in Canada blog.


If you want to take a look at them, I'll send you the password (ask me in a 'comment').