Life & Research Notes

I’m in one of those weird limbo periods when it’s hard to decide how to invest in the present when I don’t know what the future holds. Reminds me of the mellow uneasiness I felt in Fiji almost two years ago, right before I came to the lab.

I have some pressure to wrap things up here, both self-imposed and external, and each with different expectations. There is also a lot of practical stuff to take care, like changing addresses, packing and mailing belongings, and cleaning up my house to in preparation for Anita to take over the lease in two days. Not to mention saying goodbye to friends.

This weekend my good friend Burak was in Detroit for a music visualization performance at the Detroit Electronic Music Festival. I’ve been keeping up with him on his photo feed, and his post has some great videos of previous performances. Wish I could’ve gone with him. Only a year out of PLW and el Burak is already emerging as a rockstar.

I haven’t written in two weeks, and I’m not sure that last one even counts, since it was just a copy-paste job and an upload. I’ve been distracted in catching up with life: friends, jobs, sleep, moves, music, flights, movies, books, bikes… It has been a strangely busy few weeks.

I have a “lite” version of promiserver in the works, as well as the portfolio I stalled out on a few months back. Mostly I’m looking forward to seeing Jenn and my family in a few weeks when they come out for graduation, and I’m gearing up to move back to the bay area. I’ve been passing around my resume to folks there, and I’m lining up some potentially interesting opportunities.

The main new development is that I seem to have really shed some stress that I wasn’t even aware I was carrying around. I don’t have a solid plan, yet it all feels very effortless right now. I’d like to keep this feeling going.