A friend who I haven't hung out with since freshman year told me it was so refreshing to see that I hadn't changed a bit. A couple thoughts ran through my head: that must be a bad thing--- I felt, and hoped, that I had grown a little as a person since coming here. But also I've lately been afraid that I've been jaded and embittered by work, junior-ness, and life in general lately. In the end, I'm glad that there is the hopeful, happy freshman somewhere inside and that she shows.

Green, Green, Green


This evening was made possible by the color Green. Endamame, sushi with cucumer, mint green vintage dress with darker green embroidery from Urban Outfitters (what a splurge! I feel guilty), and Green Apple Milk Tea. Not on purpose. I must just be in a green mood ^_^.


I really enjoyed spending the evening catching up with Sally, walking around Harvard Square. I've missed her since I moved off 2E.

There is a place for cuteness in every part of life. Take, for example, the 6.111 Tektronix oscilloscope. Its probe heads can be fitted with pastel yellow, green, blue, lavendar, or pink plastic pieces, to match them with the signals that appear on the screen, which are also yellow, green, blue, lavendar, or pink, as well as the half-transparent pastel buttons on the machine itself. Compare to the old 6.002 oscilloscopes. Imagine me working in lab, debugging, and stressing out, but the pretty Tektronix oscilloscopes (they can also display Japanese text, by the way ^_^) make my day.


Someone took the extra time to make the oscilloscope design aesthetic as well as functional, and see how big of a difference it makes? Cute things make the world better.