i never anticipated that I'd actually be blogging.

this exercise in frivolity and self-indulgence, though, has been spawned by nothing other than unadulterated boredom -- not some fanciful delirious notion that someone in this intangible ether will actually find any of what i say interesting or insightful.

you see, i'm working in a photonics lab right now trying to get my research done for my master's degree in physics -- a degree that i've since decided i should never have started. not only are my motivation and enthusiasm for this research essentially completely quenched, the scans that i'm currently taking involve an awkward amount of waiting -- an average of about 3 minutes: not short enough to keep me constantly occupied, but not long enough for me to be able to leave and do something else while the scan does its thing.

oh, and i'm also in a pitch-dark room, making reading anything other than whatever's on this computer screen more or less impossible.

so here i am. keeping a journal isn't really a bad idea, i guess. thanks for visiting, and hope something here piques your interest...