Following the leader...

Ford GTs on their way to a rally in Long Beach last year. I'm taking a class called Philosophy of the Human Person: Race Issues this semester. For my midterm/final paper I have to watch the movie Crash and analyze how racism is used - I couldn't even watch the film all the way through before having to shut it off. I'm not looking forward to putting it back on again tomorrow. At least that means my paper should be pretty easy to write, since the effectiveness is shocking. On the other hand, my day was pretty great overall. Nothing in particular stood out, but I was calm and content and happy throughout. I'm not looking forward to my math test next week, or writing this paper, or the quizzes and tests in 2 weeks, but I'm doing well in my own way.

NASA Grants are fun

The physics department got a grant from NASA this year - so they purchased 3(!) 12" Meade telescopes with all the bells and whistles - They're amazing machines and so much fun to use. One caveat - the rooftop that we have night sessions on is completely open to as much wind as San Francisco cares to supply us with (which is TONS) It's ridiculously cold up there and the wind makes for really touchy viewing. But looking at the Orion Nebula is fantastic - we haven't stayed up there late enough to get some of the dimmer deep sky objects, but I'm thinking we'll head up late one night just for fun sometime soon. I unfortunately don't get to use the 20" research scope they also bought, because its DOME hasn't been built yet - but I've been granted admission to use it whenever I come to visit the physics department :)

I'm not buying a camera

I'll use the one I have. Here's a glass bowl Marie made for me.