It's final week...

The very last days of a very long semester... So there won't be much posting before thursday evening...

Well...

It's going to be a bit difficult to tell people that I spent the whole week-end at the lab ;)


Also there won't be any pic of my face for quite some time... You all know how a lighthouse looks like anyway ;)
And thanks again to Bonnie for the chocolate ;-P I may need some help on that one because I'm not quite sure my liver alone is going to survive ;)

All Hokies

I first woud like to thank the few friends who sent me an email asking if I was fine. I'm at GT, not VT so yes I'm fine, though really affected by the events. I'm realizing that it could have been any of us. You wake up, go to class and never come back home. How can events like these happen on a campus? How can one person break so many lives and families?
I'm also pretty sick with the way the media are covering this tragedy. Could we leave the monster's childhood/behavior to the psychiatrists for a sec? Also do we really need to know where his parents are living and what their house looks like??? Do we really need to see his face everywhere??? The media are giving this guy exactely what he wanted: worlwide coverage and fame. It's not by playing his video or broadcasting his rants that we will prevent copycats. I don't really want to see another twisted mind taking classmates' life so that the rest of the world can hear what he has to say.
I don't know how we can prevent this violence from happening. I don't even know if this is really possible. You cannot suspect every single classmate just because he seems lonely or angry. Otherwise you would put all the engineering students on the Watch list. It's school, it's grad school. We have bad days, we're going home sad, frustrated and depressed sometimes. It's part of the experience, it's part of life.
Just remember the ones would lost their life and keep their families in your thoughts.

From the US to Switzerland: the Google way

Reblochon, turbines and lots of work ahead

I think I met the only American guy who would drive all around town (it’s ATL, remember) to find a Reblochon (a very smelly French cheese, but also one of my favorite), look for the recipee of the Tartiflette online and finally surprise me with one for diner… And yes, his Tartiflette was reeeeaaaaaally good ;)
Besides stuffing myself with cheese, I’m going to visit an Air Force base in TN today and see huuuuuuuge wind tunnels. This is really cool, except for the 6 hours on a bus.
Finally, there are only 3 weeks left before the end of the term and honestly, as much as I love what I’m doing, I can’t wait to take some vacations…
OK, bus boarding time here…

Happy Easter!

I know, it has been more than a week... Last week was busy and frustrating. Very frustrating. The nice thing though is that there are some really good times ahead. I'm taking some vacations in 4 weeks and flying to Oregon in August. I also took off yesterday with Cyril for a short 7-miles hike in the Northern Georgia mountains. We were freezing but definitely happy to be away from work for a day. There are also some really great things happening in my life right now, things that I wasn't expecting anymore...