The new sushi place <2 blocks from us is SO good. really. i'm not just saying that to help their business. but if it helps their business at all, please, go there and have dinner (they are only open for dinner), and help us keep them around! here are some reviews, address and phones:
i haven't posted in so long...
some important updates:
1. starting with the very good news: i was offered (and accepted) an awesome postdoc job for 3 years, to start as soon as i graduate, at the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics at the university of chicago. that means that we will have 2 salaries (hurray!) and i get to do whatever i want with mine. i mean, work on whatever i want :)
ooh, and i'll have an office with a window!!
2. the last 2-3 weeks my friends and i have been monitoring the 'Astrophysics Job Rumor' page, to see who got offered what in the job market this year. had some happy days (and celebrations) when my friends got good offers. seems like things are settling down now when all the big fellowships are out (hubble, spitzer, chandra, big names :))
3. i had a bad cold for a few days, and ben took good care of me. i hate being sick, but i love being taken care of :)
4. the middle eastern restaurant on our street closed a few months ago, and this month a japanese restaurant opened instead. we went there last week, and we intend to go there frequently just so that they stay in business. a reasonably priced sushi that tastes good on your street is an important resource, so we'll do whatever we can to support them.
5. the scroogim developed an annoying habit of standing in the doorway and barking at the door (they say 'miau', of course, but they're really barking). at first i thought they were missing ben (it started when he was away) but now we don't know why they do it.
6. i started going to pottery class - tonight will be my 2nd time. they teach us how to make clay into bowels and other round things on those spiny wheel thingies. it's fun, and messy, and i like it so far. expect to get bowels for presents next christmas ;)
ok, it seems like traffic is moving better on lakeshore now, so we can start thinking about driving to work.
we spent the last week away for holidays, in Cadillac and Canada. more stories and pictures to come... today we're taking it easy and relaxing after the looooong drive back from the cabin.
oh, and it's our anniversary!
i'm being haunted, or more specifically, my dreams are being haunted, by a guy that i hardly know, who is the author of a paper that i was refereeing earlier this month.
it's the 2nd time that guy was in my dream. the first time i saw him on tv in my dream, and last night he gave a talk (and was much more eloquent than in real world).
it's one thing to dream about work, but why do i have to be haunted by obnoxious people???
anyway, i don't know why this happens.
