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September 2019
Flameworking and Runescape mark the summer hobbies of 2019. I make many short trips along the West Coast, from LA to Portland.
Grad school, Year Three.
Solidification
2019-2020
The third year of the Physics PhD represents a shift away from schooling and into research. Having fully passed my preliminary exam, I set to work on the first chapter of my thesis work: How Does Modeling Complexity Arise?
The onset of COVID-19 toward the end of this year, along with the siloing commonly associated with research, made this year less social, Physics-wise, than the previous two. I found new friends through Davis Smash and in Topanga, CA, deepening my relationships with my housemates and girlfriend.
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November 2019
I get word that I've passed my Prelim. The family visits San Francisco, the physicists carve some pumpkins, and I play some DnD.
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January 2020
My coding levels up, I visit Omar in Colorado, and I bring friends from all my life stages together in Concord.
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March 2020
I turn 25 shortly after Genesis 7, the largest grassroots Melee tournament. I visit Darcy's home in Topanga before attending my cousin Josh's wedding back home. Murmers of COVID-19 cast a pall over my arrival from CA.
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May 2020
COVID-19 hits the US. I catch some mice in Topanga and play a bunch of video games.
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July 2020
Year 3 ends in digital static. I adapt to the new gym-free fitness standards. I try my hand (yet again) at visual art.