All that glitters is gold.

I know that some famous guy or gal said that all that glitters is not gold. Smash Mouth disagrees, and I am going to have to take their side on that one. Here's why: I used an electron beam to put gold on a polymer needle today! Super awesome stuff. Well, Max the grad student actually did it, and I helped a little and mostly watched. Which will have to do for now. Soon enough I'll be doing it myself.

I love the view from my dorm room. Although it is not the Charles River, like I'd hoped, it's some Harvard building that you can see behind trees, and at night it is lit up and absolutely beautiful.

I am finally finding my way around this place. It's fun to be able to walk with lots of stuff around you, without the craziness of NYC.

Locals in my program (mostly just Allison, the other REU working with my postdoc), have told me how awesome JP Licks, an ice cream place, is. I finally went today; chocolate brownie brownie batter ice cream is soooooo good. :-) Like whoah.

However, the highlight of my day, by far, was getting to see my dearest Catherine Farrell! <3>

Currently reading: One Big Damn Puzzler by John Harding.

"I thank the lord for the people I have found..."

- Rachel