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July 4, 2003
open up to light / just let it flow through / my body
happy july 4! which i actually celebrated on july 3. my advisor had all of us up to his house for food and fireworks. (yes, chicago and willmetta, have their fireworks on the 3rd. cuz of rain, they say, as if it rains the 3rd, then they can do them on the 4th) what i thought i would just going to survive, i actually ended up having a good time. he has a daughter also named christina who is my age who i had not met before. we ended up getting alone well. seeing my advisor in the dad role with her reminded me of my dad. they have the same type of relationship.
anyways, christina is attending medical school in the fall in hong kong. my summer student, christy (hee, all these chris people again), is from hong kong. my advisor mentioned to christina that she should practice her Cantonese on christy. The comment coupled with an earlier conversation between christina and i about the elliptical trainers at SPAC, recalled the memory of working out that morning next to a girl that had a intro to Cantonese book. (i thought it was random then.) i asked and it turned out it was her! random.
Plus, on the small world tangent, our other summer student is named patrick. he is a family friend of my advisor. he is brilliant, majoring in physic and math at U of Chicago (not UIC). It is where Fermi taught (illustrating how good of a school it is). anyways, patrick's sister, nora, dates a guy in my class. nora and the boy met at amerhert. she is in england on marshall and is going to harvard med school in the fall. my adivosor was very amused at the smallness of the world.
anyways, the fireworks were nice. we laid in a park with lots of other people and watched them. i think it has been a while since i watch a fireworks display up close. it was warm and humid. i enjoyed letting the sound and the color wash over me. fireworks are amazing things. i am amazed at the science. i want to know more. my favorite part is when the lit ash is in the air floating down. we were behind a tree (not a problem becuase the firework were above it) but it was so beautiful to watch the glittering sparkles fall behind the tree branches - to see the light between the branches. i wish i had a camera (and the capabilities to take that picture). it was so much nicer than i had expected (i usually hate things like that becuase of the crowd factor - being that i don't usually like crowds).
yes, yes, and a relaxing morning. now i have to make a decision about the rest. yeah. i think i am going to make the choice that i know will make me happy. ah, small happinesses.
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Posted by christina at July 4, 2003 1:07 PM