First Published: 2022 January 1
I just finished a read through1 of the blog on here. It’s really interesting to see a glimpse into my life three-ish years ago. I noticed a couple of major things. First, it’s really fun to me that I’ve basically just caught back up to the point in the liturgical season we’re at because readings loop every three years. Second, seeing my public2 comments on different portions of my life let me remember some of the parts of my days I didn’t write which is fantastic.
Since my last end of/beginning of year post had five things I was most grateful for and the same number things I was looking forward to, in 20213 I was most grateful for4:
Meeting fantastic people, including a special person in my life
Composing again (for the first time since graduating)
Really learning about my research5
Got vaccinated!
Presented at my first conference as a graduate student!
Five things that I’m looking forward to6 in 2022 are7:
Passing my Thesis Background Exam
Growing deeper in my relationships
Continuing this blog again8
Taking a class on the interstellar medium9
Growing more independent in my research
Going into 2019, I never could have predicted what fantastic things would happen,10 though all five of the events I was hoping for11 happened and were wonderful, so I can only assume the same will be true in 2022.
Anyways, since this blog more or less exists nowhere visible anymore, this may be functionally a virtual diary. I’m excited for it nonetheless.
Posts I’m planning12 include:
Talking about writing villanelles
Writing about good books I have read/am reading
Studying for the Patent Bar13
Anyways, happy 2022!
It’s been a little under three years since the last time I wrote on here. It seems like it might be a good time to restart for a variety of reasons, which may be elaborated on further. This post is very short because my goal is relearning how to update my blog
read-through?↩︎
ish↩︎
wow it’s weird that it’s 2022↩︎
in no particular order↩︎
I joined my research group in November of 2020, but had minimal idea what my research would look like before January↩︎
hopefully happening↩︎
again, in no particular order↩︎
the older I get the more I feel like ’blog might be the correct spelling↩︎
getting the opportunity to do research that fascinated me, and so much more that is flying out of my mind right now↩︎
other than debatably the “learning the accordion” item↩︎
for my own reference↩︎
also probably an explanation of why I’d study for that↩︎
First Published: 2019 March 3
I’m still so far behind. That’s ok, I’ll catch up now.
First Published: 2019 February 25
For I think the first time since starting this blog almost 6 months ago, I’ve fallen so far behind that I can’t catch up all at once. But, c’est la vie.
First Published: 2019 February 25
On this day, I received help from the amazing librarians at Grinnell in both learning how to search for music papers and how to read microfilm.
First Published: 2019 February 25
As each month slowly passes by, I find that I will think in rhymes and rhythms that obey the poems I should ink. And so today I thought I’d try to write a post like that. But wow, it’s hard conveying thoughts when each beat has a place.
First Published: 2019 February 25
I forgot to write for a little more than a week. Whoops.
First Published: 2019 February 25
Jeremiah 17:7: “ Blessed are those who trust in the LORD; the LORD will be their trust”
Today’s readings speak about trusting the Lord, for better and for worse. Should we trust in the Lord, we are told that we will be cared for in times of sorrow. However, we are also told that those times of sorrow will come If we are weeping now, laughter will come to us.1 If we are laughing now, however, we will weep later.2
Now, this isn’t to say that we should be in a perpetual state of weeping, with hopes that our joy will come later.3 Rather, we are to remember that the good in our lives will comes to an end, just as the bad will.
First Published: 2019 February 15
Today was the second and final day of the Conference Championship diving meet. I placed fourth. I threw my 203a for the first time, and it went pretty well. All in all, it was a fun season.
First Published: 2019 February 15
Today was the second and final day of the Conference Championship diving meet. I placed fourth. I threw my 203a for the first time, and it went pretty well. All in all, it was a fun season.
First Published: 2019 February 14
Today was my last practice before Conference. My coach decided it would be a really short practice. Hopefully I do well tomorrow.