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Yesterday was worth it even though I ended up going to bed relatively late. I slipped out of lab early around 5 and caught the R3 into Philly. I then went grocery shopping in Chinatown with nightengalesknd, which was a lot of fun. I am now in possession of sufficient ingredients and flavorings to really cook, things beyond noodles and plain rice and omelettes. Sometime soon I think I'll try to make steamed buns with a sweet bean filling.

( Carmina Burana )

In other news, things in the lab are going OK. A lot of rather tedious reading and computations for the time being, until some of the parts Chris has been ordering arrive. Catherine Crouch has sent out an email about reviewing for the Physics GRE, which I suppose us physics seniors have to start doing eventually. While I wish I didn't have to worry about things like graduate school entrance exams this summer, I suppose they must be dealt with eventually.

This weekend should be pretty full with graduation and its surrounding festivities. Tomorrow night there'll be fireworks on campus; I'm pretty sure I'll get a nice view as the Swarthmore and Rutledge fire companies have been asked to provide a fire watch. We'll go up with an engine in case anything hot lands on a roof.

Also, the math department has announced that Don Shimamoto will not be teaching the section of Real Analysis for which I had signed up. Instead, Charles Grinstead will be teaching. This does not bode well; what I've mostly heard about analysis with Grinstead is that it breaks math majors. Grr...