For me, it appears to be very easy to lose sight of Jesus in the face of chores of life. Just look at how easy it is for me to despair over the matroid assignment due Thursday... I even prayed dearly in the morning and handed this burden to Him, but somehow I've lost that almost immediately after. I guess this is another example of how little faith that I have. In a related note, I'm at a point where I would ponder a question that a lot of other students have pondered already: why am I studying this? There is a standard answer that I always had, but that was for other people...what does it mean to me? What's the point of studying this apparently pointless material? How is it that I can honour God in all of this? I don't really know.

I guess I'm hanging out with the fellow grad students more often these days... There was a lunch and an afternoon milk shake for today. I don't know...it somehow feels a bit...empty?

Yeah, Deal or No Deal is just the most stupid game show ever...and I'm addicted to it. The online game, too...I played it more times than I should. (As an aside, I did pick the $1 million case twice. The most I've ever won on that is $750K.) Last time Tony started a conversation with Carlos and me about this show, which now I've heard attracted the attention of Ashkan, Daniel, and a pure math prof...heh.