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Party time!

Sometime this week while walking around on campus.

Me, head of UU Cinemas

Past few days have been getting exciting again. There's that sort of pre-move-in adrenaline rush that seems to hit campus about this time, every summer. Today was in fact the first day of freshman move-in. Classes on Monday. The energy and confusion that surrounds those guys when they come here is just amazing.

I went out to see a lecture earlier in the week, on the IDEA algorithm.

The new chip design allows for fast IDEA calculation using fewer operations, as you can clearly see in this picture

Then, today, an impromptu party at Haizhi and Leland's house.

Leland, me, Haizhi (left to right)

This was most interesting, as I was sort of a personality there. Haizhi and Leland are from China, Kyoong-Sook is from Korea, and Christian and Norka are from Venezuela. Most of the conversations were asking about me. Why did I become a vegetarian? Why did I want to leave the country? How do I ride so far? :).

A girl. Because I think a lot of things in this country are wrong. I was angry about being fat.

They all seemed to reach a consensus that I would miss my current home when I move to my new one, especially because my new one is recovering from environmental disaster. I don't know if I'll miss this place. They all seemed surprised though, that an american felt the way I do about my own country. They agree that most of the world hates the US, but they were never told of any dissension in the ranks.

All in all a fun and eye-opening evening.

Posted by reid at August 21, 2002 10:31 PM