2a) I've had this idea of doing a 4 seasons shot of Old Campus from the third floor of Durfee for a while now. I have the spring and winter shots already. I'm still awaiting Old Campus to turn all golden so I can add another season!
2b) April incorrectly insisted that Princeton was prettier than Yale. It's not true. I used to wonder whether I would ever get used to living in a place with all the beautiful gothic architecture and just wake up one morning and not see the magic. It's been a year, I still see it. and  Sometimes, I'm too busy, too tired, too sleep deprived to stop and look. But on 60 degree autumn afternoon, when the weather matches my mood, I can't help but notice.

1) CSL / StarCraft / TL
Recently, a TL blogpost asked whether writing about StarCraft (and the mindset of a good player -- exploiting opportunities, being attentive, efficient, methodical, etc) would be an acceptable college essay. 
--will talk about this more after I sleep.
 

This was something I found in "sdf.txt" which was my txt journal file before I turned to an actual diary.

Context: end of sophomore year (June 2006), AP Chemistry with Jones.
 

6/12 – 95% on Chem final. That made me happy.

We received our final exam grades, with an intricate curving system (5 differnt cuves, max of them). I looked at the thin slip of pink paper, wondered whether I wanted to know how I did, and then proceeded to simply flip it over. 95.83. Certainly not bad, almost a 96, pretty good. Until I heard of the others. Jack, Jesse: 99. Francis: 100.53. Haitao : "not so well", but probably better than me. I'm defeated once again. Even though my grade is a secure A, I did not gain the satisfaction of being amongst the elite