June 2006 - Posts
So, this post doesn't have anything to do with the MTV show...it's about me getting used to my life post-MIT.
I have to say, it does take some getting used to. I mean, I have been living away from home for the past 4 years. But now I'm not a 10 second walk away from a bunch of friends. So it forces you to actually plan time with friends. I feel like I've been doing more on my own. But sometimes it does feel good to know that I'm working,
Well, speaking of work...I do have a job! This is good news, seeing as a few months ago, I wasn't certain of where I was headed. Anyway, I'll say as much as I can. I'm a researcher at DuraFizz, a startup company in the Food Science industry. I would link to their site, but currently, they don't have one....and they want me to work on it if possible....which is funny to me, since my web design skills are rather limited...but I digress. I like it so far, since I get to design and run experiments. It's funny...I only started like working in labs after my internship last summer...I did like the course 3 labs, but I feel like my internship prepared me for what you would actually do...in other words, I like having a reason for doing an experiment other than to get the answers for a worksheet or paper for class.
Anyway, so work has been good. The people there are pretty darn cool.
Oh, and I think I have time to talk about a restaurant I've went to tonight. When I first mentioned to one of my relatives that I was going to be in the Davis Square area, she told me she was jealous and hoped to hang out in the area with me. She also mentioned that she really liked going to
Johnny D's. The food was decent (I didn't get anything special, just a chicken quesadilla) and I also was a fan of their chocolate lava cake (I have now tried that kind of cake in 3 different places in Boston...
Finale and
Sidney's Grille... actually, I guess that's 3 different places in the Cambridge area) They often have
live entertainment there, which I hope to take advantage of later this summer. They also have a triva night with free pizza on Mondays. I know that
the Asgard and The Thirsty Ear also have trivia nights. (Asgard: Tuesday nights, Thirsty: Monday nights).
Anyway, I'm thinking I should go ahead and get to sleep, seeing as it's nearing 3 AM.
So, goodnight!
-S
Well, I'm done. Four years at MIT. I have to admit, I still can't believe it's over.
Graduation was Friday. Moved out Saturday. Came home Sunday. I'll be heading back to Cambridge in about a week to start work.
And it suddenly hit me that I may never see lots of my friends again. And I started wondering what I've actually learned....
And I also realized that I'm actually starting my life in the "real world". I won't have long breaks when I get to come home. No more TechCash for eating. Gotta cook every day on my own...
I guess it never occured to me that things are going to be really different...cause I'm going to be in relatively the same location...and my older sister never moved out of NJ...so she always was able to come home.
I don't know.
It's all going to be different.
But so much is still going to be the same...
So, I finally got around to seeing
The Da Vinci Code. A little more bloody than I would have wanted...but overall a pretty good movie. I suppose it was a good thing
I read it last summer...I think I would have been a bit lost otherwise. Of course it wasn't as good as the book...but some of the lines were pretty good/funny...I don't remember them being in the book.
Anyway...when you don't have classes, you have a lot of time to watch movies. So what have I watched recently?
I went on a Disney kick for a few days, so I watched some of the Disney movies I never got around to seeing.
I watched
A Bug's Life. Cute, basic storyline of the underdog saving the day...I was a fan of the fact that he invented new tools and gadgets...very MIT-esque.
And to add to my kids movies streak...
Brother Bear. I have to say, it got me a little confused about when/where the story took place (some time around the ice age or something? All I know is there were mamoths and glaciers...maybe they were chilling in Alaska...) I loved the moose brothers (played by the guys who were Bob and Doug McKenzie...if you have no idea what I'm talking about...hmmm). So Canadian! (hmm, maybe this was somewhere in Canada?)
I also watched
Monsoon Wedding. Good music. There were quite a few story lines going on at once...but overall good movie.
Wow, I would make the worst movie critic in the world: "The movie was pretty good, as movies go..."
Oh well, I'm pretty sure nobody reads this anyway...but I like posting anyway...I have the free time to do it now!
oh, and I'll even talk about a restaurant, too!
My friends and I went to
Fajitas & 'Ritas before the movie tonight. Mmm...fajitas....
Definitely good food...fast service when it came to getting the food...but I think I confused the waiter and he thought I wasn't done eating, so he didn't bring us our check for quite a while.
Well, that's it from me. I should be sleeping (or maybe packing and cleaning).
-S