Rest

 Got back late night yesterday, and slept until ten in the morning today. I spent the rest of the day sitting at my couch with my laptop on my lap (a distinct advantage portable computers have over desktops, the matter of comfort), reading through variety of physics and mathematics related websites and ebooks I've been meaning to go through for a while now. It's nice to be able to rest like this. 

I also got out my lab note and did some leisurely note-taking on some of the maths and people I've read about on the net, like Aleksandra M. Walczak, postdoc studying Stochastic Biology at Princeton. Maybe someday I'll be able to study in the frontiers of sciences like her (the whole issue of stochastic biology itself, which is actually statistical mechanics applied to biology, is intriguing enough on its own, btw). 

This evening (or late afternoon, really, it's only around three pm right now) I plan to finish some of the books I got for Christmas (yes, I read ridiculously fast when I'm not distracted), and the Invention of Hugo Cabret. I'm completely captivated by that book. The only reason I;m not finishing it in a single day is so I can savor the book in slow, controlled pace. The experience of reading the Invention of Hugo Cabret is like watching an old classic movie that you can't keep you eyes off of. I'll place this book on the same level with the Ghost in the Shell series and Videodrome in best use of the medium/captivating the audience. A good hot coco definitely adds to the experience. 

The weather is almost hot today. 60 something degrees. It's like a cold summer day, with the rain/cloud and all. I kind of like it. I'm a snow person but it can't hurt to have mild weathers like this once in a while. Besides, there's something in the air that brings back some beautiful memories in my mind, like how a gentle wind stirs up a pile of leaves into vibrant foliage of colors. I can't quite figure out the individual memories, but they are beautiful nonetheless.

Maybe I'll cook up something decent tonight, and get a bottle of wine. The day just seem to call for that sort of thing.