Softball

I didnt realize how blue the sky can get. really. We're right at the ociean, and the contrast of the green, blue and brown is driving me crazy. San diego is a lot prettier than I remember... definitely better than LA, and posisbly prettier than Pasadena. i blame caltech for keeping me away from this for so long.
Its so much better to travel for work (this kind of work anyway). Feel like I'm on vacation, but still get to do my work on the paper, minus the distractions of univ... I also got to visit the scripps and the Salk institutes. the views are amazing, and I may never want to leave.

I also played my first softball intramural game the night before leaving boston (which, I must add, seems exactly like baseball). I played with the CSAIL team called "Exponential run time". To my surprise and angst, it was actually the B league, not C. So some of the players were pretty decent, but they encouraged me a lot. My first innings were pretty crappy, but what happened next, would best be described in the email from our captain:
"To recount the highlights, newcomer Jesse Smithnosky had some sick plays at 3B, robbing the Canicular Hebrews of many an extra-base hit. But there can be little doubt that MVP status goes to rookie Neha Soni. With a bat in her hands for only the second time, she drilled a solid liner down the third base line, and showed expert base running to score the go-ahead run in the pivotal fifth inning." This kind of flattery will kill me and my game : )