Sometimes I wish I recorded my life. My brother says the most bizarre and perspicacious things. I never understand what he means, but he always means a lot. He is a random sign generator. Why is it we humans must find meaning in everything? English indoctrinates us to think that everything has a meaning. Every [...]
Entries from March 2008
March 10, 2008
Letters
Last year, I applied to seven or so graduate programs. Every single program rejected me. That was a really hard time for me. I had to live with the fact that I wasn’t good enough. It’s crushing having a letter come every week telling you that your work is in vain and [...]
March 5, 2008
Skimming Ze Krausen
Here’s a snapshot of my fermenting Belgian Trippel. It has about 10 lbs of malt extract and 3 lbs of sugar and should weigh in at about 9%abv. The krausen is the big layer of foam you see in the picture which occurs at the beginning of a fermentation. I skimmed all that nasty brown [...]
