Since I finished my homework for the week at last, got some research in, I feel like I really have reclaimed my life. February (I know it isn’t over yet) as been a pretty bad month for me. I’ve been on pins and needles waiting to hear back from grad schools (nothing in either direction, [...]

I’m not sure how, but this past week has been hellish. I know we’re into the 7th week of class, but it was overwhelming with schoolwork. Part of me wonders if I put too much on my plate to try to do so much research and do well with my classes. My back is stiff, [...]

Schoolwork is overtaking my life. I don’t know how much blogging I’ll have time for until now. Hope everyone is holding up well! Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on FacebookShare on FriendFeedshare via RedditShare with StumblersTumblr itTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this postBookmark in BrowserTell a friend

In an attempt to figure out my readership, I devised a little poll. I primarily cover who I think is most interested in my blog. Thanks for filling it out! [polldaddy poll=1391174] Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on FacebookShare on FriendFeedshare via RedditShare with StumblersTumblr itTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this postBookmark in [...]

Experiments unfortunately do not have a straightforward path (see: CERN), since not everything can be predicted. We are density matching our food colored glycerin today. The scale that we use is sensitive up to 4 past the decimal. We can basically watch water evaporate, which is surprisingly really cool (or I’m not surprisingly nerdy). Density [...]

Last week when I was in a lesson, I noticed that my right wrist has this weird tendency to turn when I do an upward swaying arm move (Danielle calls it a snake arm up, even though it’s basially done with the wrists). I think that sparked Danielle to quiz me on why certain aspects [...]

I talked with one of my teachers recently about the teacher-student boundary. Even though the Middle Eastern dance community largely wants to be friends with one another, my teacher talked about how she wants to keep a boundary. Why? She feels that most people have trouble separating the person as their friend and when that [...]

I finally watched the documentary Underbelly, which played select theaters last year (not Chicago, though). I had heard many positive things about it from friends, so I sucked it up and purchased my copy from Amazon. I enjoyed the movie overall despite the beginning. Princess Farhana is a bellydancer based in Los Angeles. The comedian [...]

Hopefully, nothing bad will happen, but my experiment is up and running. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on FacebookShare on FriendFeedshare via RedditShare with StumblersTumblr itTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this postBookmark in BrowserTell a friend

After discovering the kerosene didn’t work the way we had hoped, we are using food colored glycerin. By food colored, I mean we mixed food coloring with glycerin. This appears to work, but if you’ve been following my story about the diffusion experiment, we should’ve began I think sometime at the beginning of February/end of [...]