I was going back and looking at old posts, because I vaguely remember writing something mean about something that might come back to haunt me today and I was trying to find it to belatedly hide it. Anyway, I was pleasantly surprised at what I used to write. Sure, the pictures are all broken and I was clearly very wrong about some things, but I am not totally embarrassed about what I wrote in 2007. Some of it wasn't so bad.
At times I used this thing like Instagram, but well, now there's Instagram, so I probably won't do that anymore. I can't believe I started writing here in 2006, over six years ago! Little did I know visiting MIT in March 2007 that I'd be spending the next five years here (p.s. I just did a linking thing that I hate, using each word for an example of the phrase, but look at little 2007 neha visiting MIT!). Actually at that point in time I was fairly sure I'd be back in SF real fast.
It's funny, I'm having some of the same dilemmas today that I had five years ago, like the question of where I want to live the rest of my life. I lived in New York for a few months AGAIN and wasn't totally taken with it... I might just have to give up on having a life there.
Also, I think I was like half libertarian back then. Defending chain stores? Yikes.
Most of my sharing has spread to other services, but a lot of it just doesn't happen anymore (unless you happen to find me when I'm particularly up in arms about some issue [sorry Brian]). No place has taken over as the comfortable place to rant. I would like to start writing essays on contained topics. Fear of being wrong or regretting what I write has kept me from doing it for years -- but looking back on this blog makes me feel a little bit better. I was particularly moved by my friend's article on doing academic inquiry in public (spell check is telling me enquiry is wrong even though being an enquirer is a thing? WTH english language). Not writing means you aren't part of the conversation.
I'm still working out where I will write research stuff and where I will write personal stuff, but for now, I will just put everything here. One of my New Years resolutions is to write a couple of sentences about every article I read, so I started a little tumblr here: Neha's Grumbles. It was initially called "Neha's Tidbits" or something but then I realized everything was negative so beware. Anyway it's amazing how much less crap you read when you are forcing yourself to write about it.
Oh and re: TV go watch Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, and Homeland. I also really like Nashville but that might just be because I'm starting to enjoy (tolerate?) country music. Damn you Taylor Swift.
At times I used this thing like Instagram, but well, now there's Instagram, so I probably won't do that anymore. I can't believe I started writing here in 2006, over six years ago! Little did I know visiting MIT in March 2007 that I'd be spending the next five years here (p.s. I just did a linking thing that I hate, using each word for an example of the phrase, but look at little 2007 neha visiting MIT!). Actually at that point in time I was fairly sure I'd be back in SF real fast.
It's funny, I'm having some of the same dilemmas today that I had five years ago, like the question of where I want to live the rest of my life. I lived in New York for a few months AGAIN and wasn't totally taken with it... I might just have to give up on having a life there.
Also, I think I was like half libertarian back then. Defending chain stores? Yikes.
Most of my sharing has spread to other services, but a lot of it just doesn't happen anymore (unless you happen to find me when I'm particularly up in arms about some issue [sorry Brian]). No place has taken over as the comfortable place to rant. I would like to start writing essays on contained topics. Fear of being wrong or regretting what I write has kept me from doing it for years -- but looking back on this blog makes me feel a little bit better. I was particularly moved by my friend's article on doing academic inquiry in public (spell check is telling me enquiry is wrong even though being an enquirer is a thing? WTH english language). Not writing means you aren't part of the conversation.
I'm still working out where I will write research stuff and where I will write personal stuff, but for now, I will just put everything here. One of my New Years resolutions is to write a couple of sentences about every article I read, so I started a little tumblr here: Neha's Grumbles. It was initially called "Neha's Tidbits" or something but then I realized everything was negative so beware. Anyway it's amazing how much less crap you read when you are forcing yourself to write about it.
Oh and re: TV go watch Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, and Homeland. I also really like Nashville but that might just be because I'm starting to enjoy (tolerate?) country music. Damn you Taylor Swift.