The start of wedding season
Even though I promised Amy I would blog about my date, I'm instead going to talk about weddings. I went to Kara and John's wedding today, which was very nice, and it was entertaining to hang out with people from lab, including one of the advisors, outside of work. And we took many trips to the car to "spice up" our dry drinks.
But you know, I had high hopes for this wedding all because of Wedding Crashers! It's so true that weddings are perfect places to pick up women. The women are at a sentimental prime, just edging them even closer to hooking up with someone. And maybe somewhere in our heads, we think the men are going to be more sentimental because they just witnessed this powerful show of love (I know, who am I kidding). But really, they should even do the bouquet and garter toss earlier just so you can see who's single!
I don't want to feel like I'm "behind" in the game of love, but it's hard to not when it seems like everyone is engaged or married! I know it's definitely not everyone, but doesn't it sure feel that way? Especially when all those youngins are getting hitched!
I've been thinking some things I can't blog about. But I can say I'm trying to fight the feeling of regret, and it's only sort of working. :-/
2 Master's?
So I've had a new thought about the
PhD/no PhD question. As I mentioned before, I don't much like research, and I think it's because I haven't found something specific for which I am over-the-top passionate. Research, in a non-application purpose, is a little, well, boring. I do like school, and I like aerospace engineering, but I don't know if there is anything I would want to spend 3-4 years working on a PhD on.
But I digress, so back to the new thought. How about 2 Master's? There is a program called Engineering Systems Division, and they have an Engineering Systems Master's degree. I like MIT, and I like taking classes, so why not get two Master's degrees to give me an edge and to get to enjoy it here a little more?
I'm not feeling very talkative tonight, but these are the thoughts on my mind. Of course, I need to find full funding! And that's a whole 'nother worrisome issue.
When do you know?
Many people ask, "When do you know you're in love?" or "When do you know he's the right one?," but I ask "When do you know you're going to make out?" Now this is a little personal, but it's an interesting subject.
So
Lindsay and I were talking the other day about boys, as always, and we mentioned some recent situations where we ended up make out with some people we weren't expecting to do anything physical with. Oddly enough, I was talking about this with the guy a few days later. Even though no signs had been given all night, he knew what was going to happen after we'd been standing outside my door for more than five minutes talking. In my naive mind, this was just a time to catch up because we hadn't seen each other in a while, and we're friends. I didn't know it was going to happen until it was. But somehow he knew. What is it that he saw that I didn't?
In Lindsay's case, her guy knew the day he met her at soccer. Was it because he wanted to hook up with her, so he knew he would make it so? Do only guys get those kinds of thoughts? Or do girls walk into a bar and immediately know they can get whichever guy they want?
Lindsay says she knew as soon as he put his hand on her thigh. Not too low, not too high. And then he kept it there. So there is something definite about touch. I imagine that this is the single greatest guarantee that something physical will happen between two people (as long as the girl is at least slightly interested, of course. I find that touch is extremely powerful, and most of us are
deprived of enough touch to really meet our needs. Because of this inherent desire to be physically close to someone, when we are touched, that pleasureful feeling may just make hooking up inevitable.
So my basic thoughts are:
Guys know much sooner than girls that the couple will eventually make out
Touch (and I should say
welcomed touch) is almost a sure-fire way to ensure that something physical happens. ;-)
Bye bye random free junk food we always seem to get at school
I measured out my cereal this morning. It's part of a big step for me, but one I've finally decided to stick to - losing 6 pounds. Some people may think it's silly, but I am now admitting that in the past year I put on 6 pounds, and I want it off. Gone! So I've started counting calories, cutting out the junk I've started eating, and making a concerted effort to exercise on more days.
So I'm giving myself about 5 weeks since it'll take some time to see what works, but it officially starts today!
