2017 was a watershed year for me. Roughly in chronological order, I: Went to therapy for the first time in 5 years Got over a case of prostatitis Got a Nintendo switch, which is dope; Zelda: BoTW is clearly one of the best games ever made Drifted away from close friends and romantic partners in … Continue reading
Category Archives: Life
Areas in which I’d like to explore during my career
When I was entering into graduate school in nanoscale science, I did not have very many clear career goals besides, “I’d like to perform cutting-edge research in computational physics”, “I’d like to work on green energy technology”, and maybe “I’d like to use my talents to make the world a better place.” Perhaps if I … Continue reading
What I did at RC
An inexhaustive list of things I’ve done during my retreat at the Recurse Center: (explanatory links will be added when summary posts are finished) Worked on the Instacart Market Basket Analysis competition (1577th place at 0.3772453; max score 0.4091449) Did some introductory exercises with javascript coding and syntax on Freecodecamp Tried to implement a way … Continue reading
Body stuff / Feelings / Life / Photos
Periwinkle
Sheila used a ~1:1 dilution of the Arctic Fox “Periwinkle” hair dye with conditioner to achieve this effect. I love it! My hair was so dark that it required 3 bleachings to get to a point that it would properly take color, and we didn’t read the instructions properly on the 1st bleaching. Anyway, it … Continue reading
Recurse Center Admission!
Good news, everyone! My admission application to The Recurse Center has been accepted and I will be moving to New York City in early May to attend the Summer I batch from May 22 to August 10th. I’m really excited for this opportunity and think it’s perfect for my career trajectory. I’ve been dissatisfied with … Continue reading
I am a bad human for not updating this more often
Wow, I’m embarassed. I need to update this more, especially if I’m paying for the domain. Anyway, for what it’s worth, my Ph. D. defense went super well. It was nowhere near as nerve-wracking as I thought it was going to be and my last month in Troy/Albany was spent seeing a lot of family … Continue reading
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