Happy pi day...

Just got back from training camp in Lexington VA. We dropped 12-13 hours of riding in three days. All of it was pretty intense. Friday was a wet 90 mi jaunt in the mounains that put us on the blue ridge parkway for a while. The descent into buena vista was awesome. A bit sketchy but there is something about bombing downhill at 45+mph in the rain. It made the climb up Vesuvius worth it.

It was a shame that is was cloudy most of the time we were there as the area has some awesome views. Below are a few pix of the hills surrounding our weekend home base.


But the sun did come out for a little while on Sunday morning. Lovely.

The grass...

"the grass is always greener so I want to hop the fence and bask In what my neighbor has grown".

I think that is a pharcyde lyric but I can't remember. In any case I return to bmore tomorrow night and am expecting some drama. I'm not one to give relationship advice but things are getting a bit out of hand in my crew. I just hope that I manage to stay out of the fray.

NASA furries...

Not sure what is going on here, but this interview was taking place across from my poster at the conference. There was free beer so pretty much anything goes.

Pi...

4:35 AM, re-state my assumptions. 1. Life is meant to be enjoyed. 2. This enjoyment should directly affect those surrounding you. 3. This shared enjoyment should improve the overall quality of life. Conclusion: Fun Jamie should stick around for as long as possible.

I spent most of the day stressing about small things in the grand scheme, and entertaining perspective graduate students. I'd like to think that honesty trumped entertainment value in both these situations, but we'll have to wait and see. With the latter it is pretty apparent that these students need answers that are to the point and above all not BS. I think that our department showed that life as a graduate student is not "all work and no play".