Pandemic Atlanta Lockdown - Week 15

Mochi from Trader Joes

After the grant deadline and the conference, this week, everything is back to normal. I made my project into open source, after cleaning it up. Still, a long way to go, to make it flexible and readily usable by anyone. I also made some progress in my research, which is good. I am working on a paper with a deadline on July 15th. I foresee myself getting busy with that the coming week. I aim to seek more collaborators after my current deadline. Need to wear that researcher hat strong. :)

Not many updates this week. I got some excellent desserts such as Mochi from Trader Joe's. I have been waiting for these for almost four months now. I am happy I have them now. Trader Joe's never fails to amuse me. My fridge is also filled with liquors now. I must stop buying more liquors until I finish what I already have. I may buy Everclear, though. :)

I have had some fun conversations with friends and strangers this week on Twitter. Two questions that stood out and made me think:

1) Travel writer
2) Journalist
3) Restaurante Pastelaria no Parque das Nações
4) Climate scientist in Antarctica/Svalbard
5) Software company in Gansu or some remote China
6) Nomad with random jobs along the road
7) Liquor taster
8) Beetroot farmer in a relatively unknown country https://t.co/MBW47KYqwH

— Pradeeban (@pradeeban) June 25, 2020

1. Trying to find and redefine myself
2. Search for the meaning of life
3. Adventure
4. A desire for change in self and world
5. Curiosity
6. Learning to learn things on a meta-level
7. Flexibility
8. Collaborations spanning nations
9. Ability to switch domains at a high-level. https://t.co/ykcvBZ8PTF

— Pradeeban (@pradeeban) June 26, 2020

A photo thread on countries that I have visited (still on-going at the time of writing this blog post):

#Andorra, a beautiful #Catalan nation.

May 2015. pic.twitter.com/al2gabKF5p

— Pradeeban (@pradeeban) June 27, 2020

These days, I am just continuing the boring cycle. Boring and uneventful, but still alive. Being thankful is part of the COVID19 lifestyle. See you again next week, as a long weekend reaches us this Friday!