Here’s the Windup

We’ve got our second test on Monday, so this week I’ve been more and more occupied with studying and preparing for that. In other words, I’m going to be less busy starting this coming Tuesday. Last week our good friend Kyle (formerly of this now-defunct blog, currently with no internet home sans Facebook) made good on his promise to come visit us, meaning he actually bought plane tickets and flew here.

That’s pretty incredible. While he was here, we went into LA for the first time since moving here and had a great time hitting some of the touristy highlights and taking pictures. After he left, though, there was a bit of an emotional letdown and then I was back to studying.

This test is also getting in the way of Neuroscience 2010, a science conference to the tune of 40,000-some researchers going on right now. Unfortunately, the test is on Monday, and all the posters from the lab I’m rotating in (including the one I’m on) are being presented before I could possibly get there. I’m still thinking I might drive down for the day on Wednesday to see a poster from Danielle, one of people from my old lab. We worked hard to get the experimental model set up for her project and I want to see the results she’s gotten.

Our close proximity to the school means we’ve been having people over to study or hang out pretty frequently. As a result, I’m realizing I’m going to need more than two Xbox 360 controllers and Castle Crashers. The hunt for cheap wireless controllers and button-mashing fighting games is on! My friend J also thinks I should get a Kinect. If only graduate school came with an “entertainment stipend,” right?

Yesterday was the 20^th anniversary of the web (remember folks, this isn’t the same thing as the internet). If Tim Berners-Lee had tried to get a patent on it, it would not exist the way we know it today.