417

Work has started to pick up here, partially due to the sudden realization of deadlines not vanishing just because you didn't think of them, and partially because this last week has been filled with start of term events, information meetings, and meetings with people who work here (who I'm talking to to try to get a feel for how my and their research fit into the big picture of things). The weekend was spent in SF with some new friends, I tagged along with a group of new international grad students and did the tourist thing again. If you're proactive, there is no problem at all finding things to do around here. For the coming week or two I think I will mainly focus on getting a bit more ink on paper though. The update frequency of this blog will most likely suffer, but I will try to at least haul my camera with me when I venture out for some vitamin D fixes in my new shades. 417? The number of steps you have to climb to get from campus to LBL building 50B. Don't worry, there are also lots and lots of hills without steps, a brisk 30 minute walk if you start at the south-west end of campus. Today's illustrations include a funny traffic sign, a really big bridge, a few shots of the SF skyline, Pier 39 (a tourist area in Fisherman's Wharf in SF, the guy with the bushes makes his living from sitting there and jumping out scaring tourists), a few shots of campus (recruitment stands and fliers everywhere), some of the steps I walked to get to work after an early lunch at campus, and one of the natives.