:: Pedantic Platitudes ::
Greetings! My name is Sam J and I am a student at Harvard University. Perhaps this blog will present a little look into the mundane yet unique events that make up my life.
:: Thursday, April 17, 2003 ::
Ha ha ha! To all those in California... I have stolen Katie from you!
Well, the day started with classes: Vietnam War and math section. I got my math test back from last week. That was a thrill. After lunch, I went back to talk to my TF (teaching fellow) during his office hours to review my test.
I received the latest issue of The Spyglass (the Morro Bay High School student newspaper) in the mail today. It was nice to see what’s been going on at good ol’ MBHS. Reading the newspaper reminded me of how oppressive and conservative high school was (shudder). Teenagers were trying to assert their individuality and independence, yet too many insisted on meddling in the business of other people, actively stifling civil liberties, particularly that of freedom of expression. Sigh. Those painful memories clash so harshly with pleasant recollections of the wonderful times I spent with my friends. It was the best of times, yet it was also the worst of times.
I seriously have got to stop dwelling on the past.
Later in the afternoon, I participated in a psych study. This one studied implicit biases against women in the workplace. I just had to fill out some surveys about these resumes the experimenter gave me. I was supposed to rate how good of a worker I thought each applicant would be. It was nice to make $8 in 45 minutes.
After dinner, I cleaned up the common room and my own room (yes, more glorious details about the mundane things I did today). I also took out the trash, which is always an adventure because I have to walk across the yard to the waste center in the basement of a different dorm. Then it was off to a quick rehearsal for Get Some, the freshman musical that opens in exactly one week!
Posters for the musical went up today. There was one posted prominently on the bulletin board in the mail room that said, “Reason #11,963 to see Get Some: Sam J Lin.” Yay!
After play practice, I rushed onto the T (the subway) to go to the Boston Logan International Airport. Katie, my good friend from home, has come to visit Harvard! So I went to the airport to pick her up. We got back, and we toured the campus just a little bit. Then, we went with a lot of people in the entryway to get pizza at Pinocchio’s. Katie seems to be enjoying the East Coast, despite its frigid temperatures!
The rest of the night, I did some schoolwork that needed to be done for tomorrow.
Current Song: Santa Monica, by Savage Garden
“On the telephone line I am anyone, I am anything, I wanna be.
I can be a super model, or Norman Mailer, and you wouldn’t know the difference.
And on the telephone line I am any height, I am any age, I wanna be.
I could be a caped crusader, or space invader, and you wouldn't know the difference, or would you?"
:: SL 4:45 PM [+] ::
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