What's going on

So I realize I haven't posted anything juicy for over a week (though, that article about my trip to Guyana is pretty good I've got to say), but to be honest, there hasn't been too much going on. Last Tuesday I have 4 people over from my MatSci class to make Indian food, and then of course, consume it. That was a lot of fun. My friend Alpana had to show me how to make roti the correct way, since apparently I couldn't do it right when I tried a few weeks ago. I think the secret is folding in a layer of oil into the dough when you're rolling it out because I didn't do that, and I think when it heats up on the stove, it helps it poof up. On Wednesday, I realized there was this nanotechnology symposium going on that Northwestern was hosting and I had registered for, but had forgot that it was going on that day. I would have missed it, except my quantum mechanics professor was giving a talk and had to cancel class, which clued me in on my error. Anyway, I went to see a few lectures given by Angela Belcher of MIT, Mark Hersam (my quantum professor), and Joe DeSimone of UNC, who developed the polymer I used to mold fly's eyes at UNC (I was in his lab a lot). The convenience of the symposium being on campus was nice, and I hope it becomes and annual thing. Haha, Thursday night I randomly decided that I should format my hard drive on my computer because I hadn't done it in a while, so I stayed up til 4 am for no apparent reason and formatted my drive, reinstalled Windows, and then reinstalled a majority of my applications. I've got to say, my computer has been running a lot faster after I trimmed the fat. Haha. This weekend has been devoted to study for my test that's on Wednesday/Thursday (a two day exam), so I probably won't have anything exciting to post until this weekend. I'm currently planning to take the train to Champaign on Friday, though I still need to get my ticket. It's more expensive now since I waited so long, but since I don't have any other transportation expenses, I guess it's not too bad. More to come later this week. I hope you're all doing well.