[csail-related] GSB Tonight: Love

[jamoozy at csail.mit.edu (Andrew "Jamoozy" Correa)]

I never understood why people put pictures of their loved ones on their 
desks at work.  I always thought it would serve as more of a distraction 
than anything else.  Well, I guess if I noticed everyone digging 
pointless holes and claiming it was the most fun thing (since Portal 2 
or) ever, I'd probably try it myself just to see what all the fuss was 
about.

As you may have guessed by now, I now have such a picture.  I put a 
picture of my girlfriend and me on my desk about a week ago.  It's a 
picture she gave me [1] of us at a New Year's party [2].  "I love you 
:)" is written at the bottom in a nice shade of italicized blue.

Well I don't know about some of the rest of you graduate students out 
there reading this [3], but I came out to MIT all alone, thousands of 
miles from friends and family to be a grad student.  Of course since 
then I've managed to make friends here and my girlfriend moved to NY, 
but I'm still rather alone.  Resultantly [4], I can get depressed from 
time to time when sitting at my desk with nothing but my thesis proposal 
looming over my head [5].

This happened to me just now.  I was sitting here working, when I 
suddenly realized that I was feeling a little down.  I missed my family. 
  I missed my friends.  I missed my girlfriend.  I stared at my picture 
and started to feel better immediately.  There's just something about 
loving and respecting someone so much, that knowing that they love and 
respect you equally can't help but brighten your day.  I now understand 
why people put pictures of their loved ones on their desks. I just wish 
I had put this picture here sooner [6].

Let's talk about meaningless sex, one-night stands, and legalizing 
prostitution at this week's:

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           girl scout benefit -+-  5:30 pm  -+- 32-G9 lounge
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            For those coming from elsewhere: Building 32 is
             <http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=32>
        Once you are in 32, just take the G-elevator to the 9th
    floor and we will be in the lounge that you will be looking at
                  <http://projects.csail.mit.edu/gsb>


[1] about 4 years ago
[2] about 4 years ago
[3] Are there any?  I wonder sometimes ...
[4] I looked it up and, despite what some people tell me, "resultantly" 
is, indeed, a word.
[5] in front of my eyes
[6] about 4 years ago