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Happy new week!

And, more importantly, happy Chuseok! (Thanks to Yahoo Answers for the Korean translation of happy Chuseok... :))

It's a Korean harvest festival that coincides with the first full moon of fall... and you eat delicious delicious food, like toran-gook, which is a mountain potato soup. My Halmoni (Korean grandmother) makes it the best. It's essentially a beef broth (maybe a kelp broth?) with taro in it... it's soooo good and soothing, perfect for fall. Aside from that, you eat other Korean deliciousness, like kimchi and kalbi, and hang out with all of your Korean relatives... I talked to my parents when they were on their way to my aunt's house to enjoy the feast, and I miss it so much! I remember going to my Halmoni's house when I was still at home, pre-college, to celebrate Chuseok. Such good times... makes me want Thanksgiving to be now that much more quickly. Maybe when I get older, I'll carry on a tradition like that, as a semi-prelude to Thanksgiving, Korean-style. Somehow, I don't think I could ever do justice to the dishes my Halmoni makes.

Something that makes me want toran-gook even more is THE WEATHER. IT IS SO COLD. The cold wind comes in... even with the windows and door closed, I feel the draftiness. Sigh. Having a big bed is not that enjoyable now because it's even more room that I have to heat up, and more sheet space that is freeeezing.

I have now, on my desk, a squeezy orange brain. It makes me very very happy :) It's from CO-SIGN (College Student Interest Group in Neurology), which I took from our board meeting today. It's a stress brain, so I guess I'm supposed to squeeze it when I get stressed.

Other than that, all is well. I have a full tummy (I starve over the weekends...), and I feel productive. Will go to bed early and get a full night's sleep and will be productive again tomorrow.

Lab presentation tomorrow on my fishies... wish me luck!

Oh, and a parting video for you... smart fish!