You’ll probably be hearing more from me now.
Clare — 2008-11-25 19:11:50
Congratulations!! Did you already eat your lollipop?
Nicole — 2008-11-26 09:27:16
Way to go! Congratulations!
Noelle — 2008-11-26 18:16:46
Congratulations!
Cameron — 2008-11-27 12:46:39
Whoop!
bryan — 2008-12-11 15:29:05
I ate it IMMEDIATELY. It was See’s taffy… not a bad lollipop.
Ellen — 2009-02-17 11:27:49
Wow, oh, wow! Way to go, Bryan!
Tomorrow, I start my last week at Berkeley. A week later, I start my new job. So yeah, I’m kind of busy tying everything up. But someday, I will write something.
Let’s discuss a number of awesome things, some sarcastically and some earnestly. In an awesome meeting this week with my advisors, we decided that my schedule for finishing my dissertation was too aggressive to get all the necessary results in and text reviewed, so my graduation slipped by a month! Awesome! Leslie put together an awesome invitation to this year’s camping trip to Utica reservoir:
How could you not go? Looks too awesome to miss. Also assuredly awesome is our upcoming road trip out to Colorado with the pup. You would not believe how many motels will let you bring your dog right in the room with you.
You’re probably thinking that there are too many awesome things in the world for you to keep track of all of them in your head, and you’re right. That’s why God created Awesome Overload as an authoritative source on awesomeness. Don’t miss it… they need submissions!
Yesterday I gave Jonathan the first three chapters of my dissertation for review. There will be many more chapters and many more drafts, but its a good feeling anyway. Summer is here, the puppy is six months old and infinitely more tolerable. You should check out the three new albums Leslie just perfected on the gallery. Let me whet your appetite (this one was taken by Clare):
Beware the ferocity of the puppy!
It was January 18th when we drove away from the Pet Food Express in Palo Alto. I was up front, trying to take it easy on the turns, Leslie was in back, trying to comfort the 11-pound puppy honking like a monkey. I don’t think I was well rested again for 3 weeks.
Now I’m typing this and Sous is quietly chewing on the ground beside my desk. She’s free to wander around the living room and kitchen, but usually settles down somewhere near me. I can more or less work all morning now, with a few pauses for a training session or a game of fetch (which, so far, she only plays indoors). It now takes her at least 2 minutes out of sight to get into trouble, which is like an eternity compared to the 4 seconds it was those first days. She has tried to put everything in the apartment into her mouth at least twice, and is starting to show signs of recognizing just how small the class of things allowed in there really is.
Things are in fact so much easier now that topics other than the dog occasionally cross my mind. Last week I finished my contract job, and I’ve been able to really turn my attention back to thesis research. The plan is to work with maniacal intensity for the next two months so that when I give my dissertation talk in May, I won’t have to fabricate the second half. I’ve also been trying to find worthwhile games to play. Most recently I’ve been toying with Super Smash Bros. Brawl, which I can’t figure out why everyone loves. Yes, it has a bunch of Nintendo characters, but how is the game actually fun?
Cameron — 2008-03-19 06:22:08
I don’t get the SSB craze either. Now Mario Kart…
Jake + Amanda — 2008-04-09 10:59:02
FYI, I love reading the dog updates. Glad to know we’re not the only ones! Although the leave its on the paws is pretty awesome. The best we’ve gotten is Samson to wait before he devours morning breakfast. I’m trying to get him to balance it on his nose…keep your fingers crossed.
bryan — 2008-04-09 12:05:25
Hang in there! I’ve found the most important thing is persistence… you can get them to do anything. It’s fun to know that someone is reading my puppy updates ;)