Interregnum
February 6, 2013
Hello, Shaanan’s loyal readers! Shaanan is not allowed to write a blog post right now because he hasn’t slept in 24 hours and has an interview at 9am, and I refuse to let him spend time on anything that isn’t sleep. If he tries to talk to you, you should tell him that he needs to go to sleep.
Shaanan, if you’re reading this, GO TO SLEEP.
Aggressively(?) Yours,
Molly
Monday – Day 188
February 5, 2013
Today was up early again for physics, I seem to be handling it a little better thus far but the timing of the homework clashes really badly with my timetable. Monday’s is when we have the recitations in which we can get help on the homework before Tuesday, so I diligently attend. However, following 9AM I have no breaks till 11PM at which point I have to write up the entire weeks work before sleep!
Other matters that arose today were paying my rent for the first time, dealing with the bank (not really a super fun experience) however, Steve, the manager at my local branch of the PNC bank was really helpful as he always is and helped me to get my issues sorted. A quick lunch at Hillel and then an hour and a half long briefing on the next project due for networking. Security at the moment is really just repeating all of networking and adding a few details here and there otherwise, so it’s not super enjoyable.
Rehearsals tonight were both good but I have way too much work and Steph and I ended up cancelling our weekly chat. Next week isn’t looking great for it either with Glee Club Hell Week for our Spring Show which opens next Thursday.
Superbowl – Shabbat/Sunday – Day 186/187
February 4, 2013
Shabbat was fairly stock standard for me, sleep in till late, trying desperately to catch up on a missed week worth of sleep. In the evening I worked with Charu on some code for networking and managed to complete my assignment, which was great. Then moved on to dinner with Shadia Al Shafei, a Saudi friend of mine from computer science. Pasta in my apartment tasted better than expected and we hung around for a while chatting, eating pistachios and strawberries. I again worked late into the night.
Sunday (wow, I’m writing about today for once), was a combination of work and fun. The morning was spent on physics until Charu came by and pointed out a bug in my code (for which I was most grateful) and she hung around till around 2PM. From there I raced to the Rose Recital Hall for the final violin recital of a good friend Amalya Lehmann. She performed beautifully and managed the difficult and demanding Kreutzer sonata, (by Beethoven). She was so wonderful that the audience threw multiple roses at her by the end! After that I was late to PGC rehearsal and burst in just as I was meant to have a solo (didn’t end well) and stayed there for a good two hours doing an initial run through of our show.
Next up in the day plan was the Superbowl! For those of you who don’t know the Superbowl is the equivalent of the NFL (US Football League) ‘grand final’, and is watched live by many millions. First stop on my party tour was Hillel where they were eating ‘dougie’s’ for dinner, an apparently famous NYC kosher restaurant. I wasn’t so impressed. Next up on the list was the exchange student party where I engaged in spirited political debate with a somewhat drunken Sam Murray of Australia. I watched the half time Beyonce spectacular (really was pretty spectacular) and then went off to the ‘Glouse’ to chill with Glee for a bit. However, due to my outspoken nature I ended up in another political debate and with another new friend Lainie Huston.
My night however was not over! From ten onwards I worked with Pulak Mittal (a veritable celebrity in the computer science department) the head TA of my algorithms course and, with Grace Wang, another co-ta. Together we assembled parts of homework four and at just after midnight I came back to my room to write and hopefully (soon) to sleep.