Childhood's End -- Children of Eden

1. Put your music player on shuffle.
2. Press forward for each question.
3. Use the song title as the answer to the question.


What does next year have in store for me?
I can do better than that -- The Last Five Years
At first I was concerned, but then thought this means that I won't peak next year. That's reassuring. Or maybe it means that I can do better than I've already done? hopefully.

What does your love life look like?
Flying Through Red Lights -- Birthday Boy.
hahaha, if only.

What do I say when life gets hard?
The Long Shadow -- Birthday Boy.
Appropriate, but it would take more than a bit to explain.

What do I think of when I get up in the morning?
Little Wing (Acoustic) -- Jimi Hendrix.
Interesting...

What song will I dance to at my wedding?
Kero Hireyo -- Cirque du Soleil.
Weird pick but neat song.

What do you want to do for your career?
Oh the things you can think -- Seussical the Musical.
Perfect!

Your favorite saying?
Don't Stop Me Now -- Queen.
On a roll!

Favorite place?
The White Stuff -- Weird Al Yankovic.
Durhhhh...

What do you think of your parents?
Long Sunday Afternoon/My Friend -- Blood Brothers
Weird....

Where would you go on a first date?
Love Montage -- Rue Plumet/A Heart Full Of Love
I am apparently hella sappy.

Drug of choice?
Glass House -- Ani DiFranco
Now that's an unhealthy thing to ingest any way you slice it.

Describe yourself.
Mongonucleosis -- Chicago.
What?

What is the thing I like doing most?
You Had Time -- Ani DiFranco
I like accusing people?

What is my state of mind like at the moment?
Stone Cold Fox -- Wicked in the Mix.
Haha, sort of.

How will I die?
Suite (Partita) in A Minor: Gigue - Double -- Bach
I will die twice. To an up-tempo 6/8 beat.

The song that will be played at your funeral?
Speak to Me (Breathe) -- Pink Floyd
haha, give it up guys!

The song you'll put as the subject?
Childhood's End -- Children of Eden
Ok.

The song that describes my friendships?"
Done Wrong -- Ani DiFranco
a) hilarious b) why do I have so much Ani DiFranco

The song that describes my future (present) marriage?
Saturday Night Fish Fry -- Louis Jordan
come on over you kids!

The song that describes my future children?
The Lady is a Tramp -- Frank Sinatra
Owh! Better have only boys.

The song that describes what this summer will be like?
Ain't No Good -- Cake
o mai. Good thing it's a ways off

The song that describes what people think of me?
Starlight -- Muse.
hahahahaha

The song that describes how I will do in school?
Una Limosna Por El Amor de Dios -- Miguel Llobet
doomed!

The song that describes how nice of a career I'll have?
I'm Always Chasing Rainbows -- Harmonious Wail
Hopefully I catch one every now and again?

The song that describes my personality?
Feeling Good -- Muse.
Yup.

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senior year

just started watching The Hours with roommate... looks like it should be good.

the penn state game just ended. More than anything, I wanted to post from seeing lincoln tower in the background at the beginning of the game. the lincoln tower part of my osu life is really over (and has been), and my whole osu life will be completed in short order. well, done at least, hopefully complete.

I spent much of today working to try to push that towards the "complete" end. at the ling department (I have a key now as a grad student) I chatted with a grad in syntax about linguistics, worked on my NSF app, and sent a longish email to a prof at Edinburgh in scotland I'd like to work with for my Ph.D. At the end I asked her about writing me a letter of recommendation for my NSF app. I heard from someone yesterday that it's a good mark to have a rec letter from the putative host institution.

haha, which brings me to yesterday. Nothing big, just gave a talk about my NSF research proposal along with two other grads at Clippers, the comp ling discussion group. I went last and started about eight minutes before the end of the group meeting. Almost everyone stayed about 15 minutes over, which is presumably good? It's hard to read people's expressions... audience members usually look slightly constipated during these presentations. I did my best to be animated during my explanation and sort of felt like a dancing elf.

Tomorrow I'll need to be up early-ish. Some classmates from my computational semantics class are meeting at 3 to work on homework, and I'd like to have most of it done by then.

With grad school apps etc., this is definitely one of the most stressful quarters I've had. But, as research is going well and it is directly tied to what I most want to do, it's also one of the more rewarding ones. It's nice to know that research is something that so reliably pays dividends when I put time and energy into it.

If I do go to Edinburgh, I think my PhD. is only supposed to take three years. That just makes me think: really? PhD at 25? The reason is that PhDs in Europe are different from the US. They are purely research and do not include course work, requiring in every case a masters degree. Because of my APs in high school, I was able to finish the BA/MA a year ahead of time. If my PhD is solid and sets me up for a long career at a stable well-supported tenure track position, then I think the decisions that have begun in high school will have been worth it.

time to focus on watching the hours. later.

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next up

http://www-lipn.univ-paris13.fr/~poibeau/cognitive/

here's what i do ^_^

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