Between teaching class and juggling several projects at lab, not much time has been left for anything interesting in recent weeks. Melody and I ended up spending Thanksgiving this year sittin’ at home watching a movie and eating napa-pork (my mom’s recipe for a delicious napa cabbage and ground pork stew). We did bus down to NYC over the weekend to visit home, taking the opportunity at the same time to do some window shopping and also to be disappointed by yet another sub-par ramen experience. Otherwise, work’s been the same old hell that continues to dominate my life. Until my upcoming thesis advisory meeting in 3 weeks, I’ll probably be immersed in experiments up the wazoo.