I'm sort of starting to write short fiction again. I might even submit something to one of these contests open to UC Berkeley undergrads. Or even submit to the Berkeley Fiction Review.

My dad told me about this Indian news-site's article about the Indian prime minister's visit to St. Petersburg. I find it refreshing that Atal Bihari Vajpayee can say, in good conscience, "I must confess that …

I got this very surprising good and fast grade on the Russian test I took yesterday. I got an almost perfect score on the listening section, and five out of five points for the bonus …

I had a rather eventful evening. I practiced my handball with Robin (not the same Robin with whom I studied history a week ago, for the midterm on which I got a lower score than …

Rich Fromm, a.k.a. The Guy I Met on BART, on avocadolounge.org: well, "we" is really just my house. which also happens to have a bar.

I'm catching up on e-mail while listening to this terrific CD of mp3'd music that Steve gave me. That is, he gave me the media, the CD itself. Whether he gave me the music...well, I …

Joke that Professor Filippenko read in lecture:Please stop jumping up and down on my wooden board. I'm trying to keep my Planck constant.

I went to another of Alexei Filippenko's Astronomy 10 lectures today. I've heard terrific praise of him all the years I've been at Cal. And it's quite true. If my Computer Science 3 professor had …

I skipped handball and studied for my Russian test. I might have even done well on it. Won't know for a week. I also turned in my long-delayed sochinenie (essay), which I wrote on the …

Today was the first time in ages that I've started and finished a book in the same day. Connie Willis's To Say Nothing of the Dog amused me and certainly pulled me along. She surprised …