Last night was the ring premiere— when the design of the Class of 2006's brass rat was revealed. With my tiny fingers, my ring will be way too small for anyone to see any of the fancy little details they put in, but oh well. I liked it a lot better than last years— the beaver was rather cute, and there’s a way two 2006's can join their rings together to spell out MIT :). But even though I like the Stata Center, I thought it was excessive to show the new Computer Science/ EE building 3 times— as it neither appeals to or is relevant to most students. Sarah won one of the door prizes, a $75 gift certificate, so that was exciting too :). I used to win those sorts of things when I was younger, but lately, almost never... But at least now that I’m working, I can pay for my own ring.


We all went to see Lost in Translation again, since it was showing at LSC. Lindy and Matt, the only 2 of us who hadn’t seen it before, really enjoyed it. Oh, Max hadn’t seen it before, and didn’t like it, but he doesn’t count. He can’t appreciate a good movie when he sees one ;). And then we headed over to a Mardi Gras party on Jim’s floor— 3rd West. I was a bit wary of going— because when I get excited about a party, it usually ends up making me disappointed. But I’m so glad I went. It was the first time I’ve gotten to dance in... a long time. And the music was so good :) ---- not the trash I put up with at parties just because I’ve come to expect it. When did I first start to like dancing? It’s actually not been to long ago. All through highschool I used to loathe dancing totally... and then my last year of highschool, I thought it was okay, but pointless, and then very recently somehow I switched to really liking it— it gives me so much energy, and makes me feel so happy to dance. The change also mirrors my slight increase in general outgoingness, I guess. And my comfortableness around people. Not that I’m completely comfortable around people. I still think I have no sense of social proprietary. And I don’t form friendships easily. Because I tend to get annoyed easily, and more so, I’m very annoying. But my current group of friends make me comfortable, and they mean a lot to me, and so I’m trying to get better.