This is friends-locked, because I don't want to brag.
But 25.75 years ago my parents made sweet love and the result was this man that you all see when you close your eyes at night.
Okay, seriously though. We went to Opus for my and Christian (another intern's) birthdays and had a great time. Wednesday is karaoke night. I sang "fire and rain" by James Taylor. Frankly, it didn't go that well. But what can I do? I love karaoke.
Um, that is it. I am pretty crunk. Coming home in three weeks. Can't wait to see you all!
Sincerely,
Guy Fantastic
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Done With Paper! Weekend Planos
Today our project group at Microsoft submitted our paper to the POPL conference. We went from idea to implementation and paper in two months, so I'm pretty jazzed/stoked/pumped. It's in fabulous San Francisco, CA, USA, so wish us luck. (Actually, I have no idea whether I would even go to the conference, but it's always nice to know it's in a neat place.)
This weekend I'm going to Cochin, alias Kochi. I know almost nothing about it because I spent the last two weeks working and trying to avoid just about everything else. But at least based on the wikipedia article, it looks nice. Guess I'd better read up. I'll try to make it hot as usual. Expect many more pictures now that I'm actually going to get to enjoy India.
This weekend I'm going to Cochin, alias Kochi. I know almost nothing about it because I spent the last two weeks working and trying to avoid just about everything else. But at least based on the wikipedia article, it looks nice. Guess I'd better read up. I'll try to make it hot as usual. Expect many more pictures now that I'm actually going to get to enjoy India.
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Time Goes On
Right now, as I sit at my desk at work, a man is washing the floor with a cleaning product that smells exactly like the one used to clean my freshman-year dormitory bathroom. The smell is taking me back to a time that I will always remember as being happy and trouble-free. It's hard to believe that it was six years ago. I feel like I was just there.
Friday, July 13, 2007
Mouth Full of Work
Just in case you were wondering if I'd run off to join the Indian National Ping Pong team, or was kidnapped by bloodthirsty Goan pirates, never fear! I've just had my head down, working to finish this project before a paper deadline. By Monday, 11:59pm Appian Time, I will know my fate and be back to enjoying life in India (we're trying to submit to POPL, a conference for programming languages nerds like myself, and those nerdier).
All the best,
Cpt. Tough Guy
Sunday, July 8, 2007
I Been Eatin' Mangos In Trinidad w/ Attorneys
This morning I am eating mangoes and bananas for lunch, and I felt like it was the perfect time to point out that I freaking love mangoes! I never really got into them before. I always saw mangoes as some trendy fruit eaten by health types. UNTRUE. Mangoes are objectively delicious, and here in India they have about 4000 different types, each tasty in its own way. Indians spend plenty of type arguing about which is the best. I prefer to eat them all.
The reason all of this is possible is because Uncle Bill is nice enough to keep our kitchen stocked with mangoes and other assorted fruits, along with the normal tech-job free foods like coke, coffee and candy bars.
Today I'm working, like yesterday. The POPL deadline is coming up (next Tuesday), and it really would be awesome if we had something to submit...
Wednesday we did go out for Fourth of July to sing karaoke. I wanted to give 'em something USA themed, but when they didn't have "Coming to America," I just settled on "Happy Together" out of a total lack of creativity. Friday night we went to the south side of town to hang out with Astrophysicists at their apartment. Last night I just stayed home and worked on The Grapes of Wrath. Good times all around.
The reason all of this is possible is because Uncle Bill is nice enough to keep our kitchen stocked with mangoes and other assorted fruits, along with the normal tech-job free foods like coke, coffee and candy bars.
Today I'm working, like yesterday. The POPL deadline is coming up (next Tuesday), and it really would be awesome if we had something to submit...
Wednesday we did go out for Fourth of July to sing karaoke. I wanted to give 'em something USA themed, but when they didn't have "Coming to America," I just settled on "Happy Together" out of a total lack of creativity. Friday night we went to the south side of town to hang out with Astrophysicists at their apartment. Last night I just stayed home and worked on The Grapes of Wrath. Good times all around.
Monday, July 2, 2007
6 Weeks!
I also feel the need to point out that this past Saturday marked six weeks that I have been in India. This means that my foreign excursion is half-way over. It also means that, starting Saturday, I have now been in India longer than I have been in any other foreign country (the previous record being my six weeks spent in Madrid on the USC engineering summer abroad program). Great success!
Hampi Times
This weekend we went to Hampi. It was fantastic. It was awesome.
Hampi, as I'm sure you all know, was the center of the Vijayanagara Empire (pronounced laughably close to a part of the female anatomy). It was sacked over the course of 7 years during the 1500s so these days it's basically a ton of ruins, but what a impressive ton it is. This weekend trip has been by far the highlight of this trip thus far. We saw some great architecture, did some out-doorsy sort of stuff, and had a good time hanging out with fun people.
I must immediately proceed to give shout outs to a rad group of astro-physicists; we met Natalie, Nick and Sonnett on the train ride there, as they had initially been planning to travel with our friend Christian (MIA). I had a fantastic time. Everything we did was great, but highlights include bike riding from ruin to ruin, seeing the Jain temples, watching my friends get "blessed" by an elephant (pictured) and taking one of the sketchy-est boat rides of my entire life.
The trip also ended up being somehow perfect for pictures. The light was perfect for portraits and my friends were more than willing to oblige me by hamming it up in front of the lens. You really should check out these pictures if you get the chance. I know there are a lot, but I couldn't help myself (and this is only like a third of them).
Hampi, as I'm sure you all know, was the center of the Vijayanagara Empire (pronounced laughably close to a part of the female anatomy). It was sacked over the course of 7 years during the 1500s so these days it's basically a ton of ruins, but what a impressive ton it is. This weekend trip has been by far the highlight of this trip thus far. We saw some great architecture, did some out-doorsy sort of stuff, and had a good time hanging out with fun people.
I must immediately proceed to give shout outs to a rad group of astro-physicists; we met Natalie, Nick and Sonnett on the train ride there, as they had initially been planning to travel with our friend Christian (MIA). I had a fantastic time. Everything we did was great, but highlights include bike riding from ruin to ruin, seeing the Jain temples, watching my friends get "blessed" by an elephant (pictured) and taking one of the sketchy-est boat rides of my entire life.
The trip also ended up being somehow perfect for pictures. The light was perfect for portraits and my friends were more than willing to oblige me by hamming it up in front of the lens. You really should check out these pictures if you get the chance. I know there are a lot, but I couldn't help myself (and this is only like a third of them).
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