Statues of giraffes seen: 5 (on three separate occasions)
Number of unfamiliar items purchased at an Asian supermarket in Richmond: 3
Loads of laundry done: 0
Pounds of buckwheat I bought for my parents: 8
As you can infer from these statistics, I've had a great weekend. Speaking of statistical inference, I've been kind of busy at work. All of a sudden, I have three projects, all of which have deadlines in the next month. I think we newcomers to the team were eased into things slowly and now we're all finally getting the amount of work we're supposed to have. But even in between complaining and overeating the chocolate that my office mate always brings, we still have fun. Also, one of my new projects is more research-y and I get to actually think about what to do and propose metrics to calculate/analyses to conduct. Having this much control over something makes me feel kind of important but also quite nervous because I feel like I'm back at school trying to BS my way through a research paper, except now, instead of detached professors, my audience is people who know the data 10 times better than I do, so there's not much room for BS-ing.
Aside from work, things are going great. I hung out with a new friend (a Russian girl!) on Friday night, had shrimp and grits at a delightful Southern cafe with a coworker on Saturday, and spent the rest of Saturday hanging out with an old friend from high school. Including yesterday, I've seen the girl twice in the last 7 years since she moved away, but not much has changed. We spent hours walking around downtown San Mateo, where the giraffe figures kept popping up for no apparent reason, working up an appetite for our Beijing-style (supposedly) dinner and subsequent bubble tea.
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