Rain
The Boston skies have not been too happy since I got back. This is the third weekend that I’ve spent here, and in that time period, I feel like we’ve had clear skies for less than three days. That doesn’t bode too well when you’re trying to play tennis every day - that darned 60% chance of precipitation is always looming over you, and you never know if you’ll get to go out. Muh! This isn’t what Summers are supposed to be like! I wish the sun would come out…
On the other hand, life here hasn’t been too bad. This summer has been a summer of doing things that I’ve been meaning to do, and I’m really happy with it so far. My UROP is going all right. I’m working with Scott Aaronson at CSAIL. What does that mean? Well, right now, I’m working on a problem for him, and in the meanwhile, I’ll be looking through literature for other problems that I could try my hand at. As for the problem that I have now, I have a partial result, which is encouraging. Research is a lot of fun, and I’m very glad that I chose to do this this summer. There are also a few grad students in the area, and it’s nice to talk to them. I share an office with a chinese student, and when I can, I try to practice my mandarin with her. Also in my office is Brendan Juba, my TA for Complexity Theory this past term. He’s in around his fifth year of school, though, and getting ready to graduate, so he isn’t around too much. In all, this floor of the Stata Center is pretty quiet.
What else has happened? Well, when it’s not raining, I’m playing tennis nearly every day. It’s been a while since I’ve played regularly, and I hope that I can get some good feel again. There have been a few days when I’ve felt like I was hitting well, which is encouraging. The problem is that my fitness level isn’t very high, but I’m working on that. By the end of summer, I think I’ll be play at a good level again.
What a nice summer! What a nice life!
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