Matter, Energy, and Life of Michaela A. Castello.

Category: Short Reads

Updates that are comfortably bite-sized.

  • Flowering Tea

    We had our friends Dan and Ashley over a while back, and they brought some amazing flowering tea. I had never seen anything like this before and I was quite impressed.

  • Snorkeling in La Jolla

    We’re in La Jolla right now, where thanks to the magic of smartphones and 3G I can share a few picture. I’ve never been snorkeling before, and it is incredible. Turns out the aquarium actually does make their environments look like the ocean. I doubt there’s a conspiracy theory about that, but if there were,…

  • Happy Anniversary to Us!

    Three years ago today Rachel and I got married, and we’re even more in love than ever. Go us! I haven’t gotten Rachel a present yet, but year three makes this our leather anniversary, which may give me a few ideas… We’re celebrating in a manner of sorts by going with our church, Re:Live, to…

  • What Happened Here?

    When we put the chicken away last night the bowl was fine. This afternoon we got it out for lunch and found this scene of devastation. Especially odd is that it looks like it’s missing a whole piece, but we didn’t find any yellow plastic sections anywhere. Hrm… Anybody who was at my house yesterday…

  • Post-Exam Boba

    One thing we got introduced to when we moved out here was boba tea, a delicious blend of tea, milk, and little balls of tapioca (the boba). You drink it carefully through a large straw and try to make the boba last until you finish the tea. We went after our exam today to celebrate.…

  • More Beach Pictures

    Time has clearly been traveling too fast, causing me to get horribly behind on posting pictures. Here are a few cell phone shots from a beach trip we took last month (April). Tania volunteered to hold sunglasses while people were in the water, and ended up wearing four pairs.

  • Free Pancake Day at IHOP

    Free Pancake Day at IHOP

    We heard that IHOP was giving out free pancakes yesterday. Being grad students, a whole group of us went, got the free short stacks, and ordered little else. Delicious!

  • The Jeff Lam Experience

    A bunch of the musicians who play for our church let loose on some classic rock last night to benefit some of the community programs. We had a great time—here’s some phone camera photos of the amazingness.