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

Short Reads

Updates that are comfortably bite-sized.

  • Giant Story!

    Here’s an interesting work story from this past Tuesday I had forgotten when I tried to write it down.   I was on one of the express lanes. Even though both lanes were open there were still two huge lines of customers. Looking up in desperation I noticed two people from the old barn where I used to…


  • Wither

    Forward he marches through scornful laughterUndaunted eyes set on hopes of here afterA gauntlet of piercing stares line his wayCondemning glares say all hate can say As he strides ever on stepsIn time with his hearts rhythm and rhymeTo the end of his dayForever seductive smile shatters senseAnd bids him acquiesce from this solitary life…


  • Screamin’ Fast!

    Whoa. I just got a screaming fast internet connection with my 56K modem. It’s a whopping 48.0 Kbps! That’s the fastest connection I’ve gotten out of my house, ever. Yeah. I need to get cable. Badly. The internet is not designed for the dialup user anymore. There is so much content out there that is unavailable to me thanks to my internet connection. It’s…


  • I. Am an Idiot.

    I lost my sunglasses. The sunglasses that I haven’t lost in several years that I love. They’re awesome, not to mention expensive. Oakley. Now sitting in the grass somewhere at a friend’s house, where I travelled all over their neighborhood. Thinking backward: Wears sunglasses while driving. Exiting car, forgets to leave them behind. Stupid. Oh, I didn’t bring my case. Clips to shirt. Stupid.…


  • Reality Check

    I get to see Rachel this weekend…always a good thing. When I picked up my pictures, the fellow had given me seven prints instead of the three I ordered and paid for. So I have three bad ones, and seven good ones. My little brother saw them on the computer desk and said, “You know one of these…


  • Frustrations

    I took my pictures back to the guy. After about four hours of fiddling and reading about resolutions and aspect ratios, I think I finally got the image in the correct proportions. I delivered him the new image, but he made me pay again to make prints of it. Whee. So just shy of $20 and who knows…


  • Huzzah

    I don’t think people like reading long journal entries. I don’t blame them; I don’t think I would either unless I really cared about what was going on with the person. That, and then when somebody writes all this personal stuff everybody reads it and then there’s this awkward feeling. I mean, what are you going to…


  • I’m Back

    I got in at 2:00 am EDT today. Aside from the fact that I missed Rachel every minute of every day, the trip was awesome. I met a ton of great people and had the opportunity to participate in a number of unique experiences. Some of the medical related highlights included the anatomy laboratory at UCSF, where…