don't unplug me or just shut me down.

I LOVE how much i vacillate between ideas. Legitimately, I don't have the same ideas from one day to the next. Yesterday, I was praising Wellesley, and today, on a whim off a conversation with a friend, I start checking out Viterbi. I'm like an academic courtesan, courting any and all of the options on my academic menu. Theoretically, being a TO and viterbi student, I'd have it alllll. Top 10 engineering school in the country, and top humanities program where I will figure out how to articulate myself and acquaint myself with a variety of topics.

I found out I have taken all the bio and chem prereqs and would be on track to graduate, probably. [things holding me back i can remedy in summer school.] & because lots of the reqs are 2 or 3 credits, I would most probably finish on time.

hmmm. seriously mulling this over. going to figure out meeting an advisor next week (when sched permits it :P )

BUT THIS OPTION is something i was seriously considering in 9th and 10th, before discovering neuro. and with the neuroengineering concentration, i can have the best of both worlds and a definite career.

ranjani auntie was onto something suggesting olin for me :P

and i think being an engineer legitimizes me. makes me seem less stupid for coming here.

and bme's are ubiquitous in this global age of biotechnology.

job offers and ideas and opportunity lie everywhere. one just has to seek it.

and grad school isn't impossible with it. (even for neuro) .

i think i'm going to go for it.

i just have to work tons harder though.

just getting by will NOT suffice.

and speaking of not getting by--

THAT"S (getting by) ALL I DID TODAY. my brain refused to concentrate.

ive been up all night for almost zero purpose. i got a rudimentary equations sheet done, not even my TAKE HOMEEE : (

this is going to be a very very very long day.

what i DID get done was getting amphetamine abec 7 bearings, cambria 62mm 82a duro wheels from 3dm, skatetool, and wave cams to FIX UP GNARLS BARKLEYYY :D

i miss the tightness i had when i just got him, and this will hopefully rectify how it's been riding lately. and in the last week i have become an aware longboarder--finally learning maintenance and keys to good longboarding hygiene. [changing bearings if rain, etc.]

can't wait to put it together and have it ride nice and smooth : )

(and look brand new with sick new wheels :D)

and hopefully the skatetool works as planned. i think it's the same one a longboarding club person used to "tighten" my trucks (kingpin)

one thing that worries me are the scratches it's accumulated... but i think that's natural.

i'll def consider upgrading to S8s or a new board in a year. [spring semester next year....lots of decisions around then]

and i cannot wait to ride around boston on it. my boston walks were so serene and slow and peaceful, but riding on a longboard? exponentially increase the awesomeeeee of boston. speed, agility, i can be across harvard bridge in like a hop, increasing longboarding's exposure and awesome along the way. ; )

and with mom's promises of driving to boston with her, i can definitely roam boston like a playground with my board for at least a stint of a week! :D

yep, definitely one thing i DONT want to give up ever.

longboarding made me and makes me brave.

:O)

xoxo

maithreyi