Earthly Stuff

I guess my past few writings have been a little off in space. I guess its about time for a good ole down to earth update. Classes are going well for the most part. I've dove in head first to Physiological Psychology which is about the only neuroscience type course I have had or will have as an undergrad. The professor is awesome, and I got a book he recommended reading before grad school that has been exetremely useful. Example, our book for the class only has 3 pages listed in the index for info about the Basal Ganglia, the new book he recommended has an entire chapter on it! Obviously a little better. Its not that he picked a bad book, the book we have is great. Its just that at the undergrad level you don't usually get as in depth about things. But since I'm taking the class purely to prepare for grad school, I figured I should go the extra distance.

Health is going good to. I've hit a little bit of a plateau in weight loss, but I'm determined to beat it. I've moved up to working out 6 days a week. MWF and Saturday I run 5 miles on the eliptical rider, and on Tuesday and Thurs I do 2 and a half. I added the tues and thurs to help with the plateau, and to help with my energy levels. I seem to do better on days I work out, so I thought maybe I should work out every day. So far its working pretty well. I'm exhausted by the end of the day, but being at school 7am-6pm 5 days a week will do that to anyone.

Research is coming along also. I'm finally getting close to some results worth viewing. I also started writing my thesis. I think it should end up being pretty good. At the very least I've learned A LOT for grad school. And I'm happy to say that I finally feel ready. As some of you know, about a year ago I was ready academically, but I just didn't feel ready. I'm beyond that now. I feel totally prepared, now I just have to get past the GREs.

Things are going well with Evie also. We're hanging out with her parents a lot more now, and I love them. The other night we all went out for sushi and I asked her dad if I could try some of his Saki. I've always wanted to try it, but never had the chance. For those who don't know, Saki is a Japanese form of wine made from rice. The big difference is that unlike typical wine with ~7% alcohol, Saki has ~15% by content. By the end of the night we had finished four bottles, and I was feeling pretty good! We were supposed to all go to a jazz concert with a blind pianist, but it was cancelled due to bad weather where the band was coming from. So Evie and I went to Barnes and Noble instead, and in my drunken state we had a two hour discussion on everything under the sun. It was very philosophical, and enlightening. Honestly, I don't know how she put up with me! :)

I guess thats enough for now. I'll try to start writing more regularly about life events in addition to my occasional crazy philosphical entries. By for now.