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July 25, 2005

I met Carolyn for lunch today at the Faculty Club.  It was the first time I really got a chance to talk to her – about her life before, during, and after Stanford.  I was surprised when she told me she had three nieces that went to Harvard – she was there for the class of 2004 graduation when I was too.  A weird coincidence. 

After lunch I spent some time retaking photos of old newspaper articles at the East Asian library.  I edited them at the A3C, took a nap, and talked with some SAAAC folks.  After dinner at Manz, I went jogging with Raylene, watched Elektra (HORRIBLE), a few episodes of SATC, and chatted a bit when Alex, Anna, and Chris stopped by. 

This summer has been quite interesting.  If I could measure it in movies, lunches with Chris or Harry, miles run, or pages of books/microfilm read, it would be high.  I guess that would correspond with a high level of satisfaction.  But, when I think about what expectations I had before SRC – reading more outside of my research, going to the gym, doing other work, or how things have panned out the way they have, there have been some let-downs.  The good has outweighed the bad though.  I suppose I can still strive to do more things I wanted to do this summer.  Perhaps this is just a sign that I shouldn’t have any expectations :-P.