cyclocross!!!

fast one right now, since it's late and i have to get up early, but...

just got back from my first cyclocross race of the season, and it was AWESOME. I didn't place terribly well (3rd from the bottom of my category) but I was racing against women's B category racers, when I'm used to there being a category C or 3 or 4 or whatever. but 3rd to last is not last, and I had hella fun, met some cool people, and am starting to feel okay about oregon in general.

also started my first rotation, and my gut instinct is that i've found a lab i could see living in for the next 5-6 years, and a project that i could see turning into my ph.d. thesis.

awesome. oregon is not horrible.