27 February 2009

This is how all academic advisors should respond to their students' despair.

Me: "So I got rejected from the University of Chicago."
Dr. Chen: (dismissive hand-waving gesture) "That's ok."

I've recently fallen hopelessly in love with Ignacy Jan Paderewski's Piano Concerto in A minor. The second movement, especially. It is *gorgeous.* I can't even count how many times I've listened to the majestic grandioso section of the 2nd movement. Sometimes I wonder what Piers Lane looked like as he played that part. Probably like a king.

2 comments:

Kelsey said...

Brian!
I'm slightly creeped out, but I think I'll get over it.
How's life? What's new? I feel like I haven't seen you in forever!
My family and Kylie did talk about your family though over christmas (don't be creeped out). We had a long heated debate over whether or not your brother's wife was real....

Kelsey said...

Physics huh? I'm impressed. Are you looking for Grad schools far far away or is it just happening that way?

I'm just doing the whole school thing, letting it kick my butt. I'm getting ready to take the MCAT which makes me feel like a big girl and is kind of scary. I'm going to major in Biochemistry, but right now I'm researching neurons and these three receptors that play together. This has opened some sweet opportunities for me, I got invited to do this research in Portugal this summer. Can you believe it? I'm pretty excited. So right now I'm just working on finding some funds to get over there. Pretty wild!!