Between the packing, and the commuting to work, and the general funk, I've been ignoring the watermelon halves in the kitchen. I go in there maybe once a day, and otherwise the door is always closed to keep the noisy-ass refrigerator out of mind.
Anyway, I've been noticing the little civilization growing on the watermelon the last couple of days, but was stunned to see how it has evolved in the last 24 (48?) hours. The grey-green puddle of toxic sludge is the most fascinating. At least now I know what fermented watermelon smells like...

Not. I've gotten this far. It's almost all books, so far. 20 boxes of books. 20 very heavy boxes...

Yesterday I went hiking with some Cal EECS peeps in Muir woods. Been there before, but it's always nice (except for the part where I bit my tongue).
After that, some of us went to Benziger winery and took the tour, then tasted wine. You're allowed to try tiny samples of two wines from a list. Then you coax them into giving you one or two more tries. Then you wait 'till they walk away and ask the next helper for a recommendation. They'll usually give you two or three things to try, also. And even if the tour guides tells you that the vineyard owner's personal stash isn't available for tasting, you can probably get one of them to let you try that, too. Wine tasting can be fun. I'm sure everyone was very impressed with my record-breaking 8 trials.
Benziger recommended a restaurant called Doce Lunas. Delicious food, and the sweetest, cutest server (Jolene) one could ask for. They offer family-style (combo) and a la carte versions of most of their entrees, and their Sticky Toffee Pudding dessert was amazing (it needed more ice cream, but everything does).
All in all, Saturday was decently salvaged, despite having imploded the day before.

As of today, I have officially graduated from UC Berkeley, with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. It only took me 19 years to finish.

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If you put a cylinder around the Eiffel Tower just big enough to enclose it, the air inside the cylinder (from the surface to the "edge" of the atmosphere) will weigh more than the tower.