Faffing About at RPI

Currently I am sat in my room watching "Tales from the Darkside" on the SciFi channel (which has actually undergone a recent name change auntie Gianna style to SyFy) while waiting for class to start--PHYS 6900, Physics Colloquium. It is Ten-Thousand degrees in my apartment (plus or minus five degrees) and the fan isn't helping very much anymore. It is becoming truly unbearable--my own private hell from which I cannot escape.

I blame the heat for my slightly delirious state these days--which seems to carry over into my dreams. For example, last night on the phone with my sweetheart I was given an errand to pick up cereal from the supermarket for when she visits. I suggested a granola-like cereal and Farah was quick to remind me that she can't have nuts (I remember most of the time okay!). Incidentally, "Grape Nuts" do not contain nuts, so I would have been safe either way, but I believe the incident lead to the dream I had--I drempt that I bought Cocoa Pebbles--but that when I opened the box, it was FULL of almonds. Needless to say Dream-Ben got slapped haha!

Another microdream I had was even more disturbing: I drempt that I took up smoking. The only thing I remember about this dream is that in my dream I took up smoking to deal with the stress of graduate school and qualifying exams and I really liked it--and it was awesome. I also remember trying to hide it from my friends and family and Farah (wow all words that start with F...suspiiiiiiiiicious...)--while simultaneously rationalizing how many times I should smoke per day to not get super-hooked...very weird...very crazy...

In the mornings I watch PBS-kids before class--its a good way of warming up for the day--and oddly Sesame Street and Arthur reruns have a way of getting you ready for school in a way that Spongebob cannot!

Here is me getting ready for my first day on the job as the Teaching Assistant of "Earth and Sky".

And here is my favorite MIT engineer being adorable as usual.

Till Next time...
-Ben