Hot Summer = Fruit Flies

Thursday, August 5, 2010 at 3:49 PM
I've managed to hunt all the fruit flies near my trashcan...except for one. It's dead hot now, and plus because my roommate left, the trashcan gets emptied less often. All this led to a mini invasion of 5 fruit flies. I counted. My buddy Dan once told me that if I saw fruit flies, I should get rid of them immediately. Otherwise they'll lay eggs and multiply. Hence, I hunted those 5 fruit flies. The last one remains elusive though, but I'll get him eventually.

Now to just deal with that wasp flying around....(why are there so many bugs in my apartment? It's so empty!)

-Howitzer

Anti-Climax

Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at 8:09 PM
So it turns out that I won't be able to find out if I'm going back to MIT by at least the 10th. Well then. I guess I'll just hang around until then, maybe look into some housing options. I wish I could just find out what it is that I'm headed for.

My days are filled with nothing-ness. No direction, other than to spend some time with my friends that are home. This is quite a change from my previous month spent in Europe. It's back to reality. I've said this before, but I'll repeat it here. I feel like I'm a piece of driftwood, aimlessly being pushed around by the currents in the river of time. I think I need to be around other people to find motivation, which is kind of disheartening. Maybe I should just look at it as, I like to work with other people towards a common goal.

I am looking after Oliver's cats though, for the next week, so I can look forward to playing with them. I played with them for an hour today, after taking Oliver to the airport. They're a pretty cool bunch. I flipped a feather toy around them, baiting those cats to try and catch it. I made a game out of it, trying to jerk the toy out of their reach before they caught it. They batted their paws on the toy, and whenever the cats beat me I let them win, they would gnaw on the feather toy, attempting to kill it. I noticed that one cat was more feral, attempting more to drag down the toy and bite it. The other cat seemed to lack the killer instinct, instead only batting at the toy with both paws. Very cute.

Returning to MIT

Tuesday, August 3, 2010 at 7:02 AM
I'm about to call school to talk about whether I can return for this fall or not. I don't feel very resolute in going back, and I'm equally unsure whether they'd even let me just yet. At times, when I think about school, all I have in my mind is the loneliness and unending work. It begins to feel like an impending crush on my soul. I try to stay positive, but I really question whether graduate school is the right decision for me or not. I guess I just don't know what else I'd do if I didn't go to school.

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