only the beginning

Yay google: making social interaction without physical proximity easier every day. I'm starting a blog here that I would like to keep for the duration of my time in graduate school. We'll see if it survives that long. My last one on xanga didn't make it more than a couple years. Just to get us started, a few fun facts about me:

• I've lived in Colorado for my whole life, but I won't be able to say that for much longer.
• I like Jesus. A lot. Knowing him and following his teachings has changed my life.
• I'm pursuing my PhD in chemical engineering at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
• I get excited about equations and solutions. I especially like the elegant ones.
• My ears were pierced for a while, but I took them out and the holes healed, sort of.
• I have a wicked watch tan and a worse farmer's tan.
• I used to run track, but I quit because it wasn't the best use of my time. I ride bikes now.
• I was the chapter vice president of Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honor society, for a year.
  
• I hate the cold, which is ironic considering my choice of graduate school.
• I want to be a professor someday, because I like teaching and working with people.
• I don't watch TV. I think it's a colossal waste of time.
• I really like music, especially music that is artistic and demands skill.

That was hopefully a good start. New post to come soon!