Agnieszka and I talked on the phone yesterday, about mostly graduate school stuff. Can't say that I gained any additional insight through our conversation but it was beneficial nonetheless--it validated what I've already been thinking about the application process. We also talked briefly about the De Waal the pop scientist. Agnieszka mentioned that I had a reluctance to ask for help...which is scary insightful, considering that my parents once said that about me too.

Mark got back yesterday, and I unintentionally encouraged him to check my website and read my blog. I don't know how I feel about people I know reading it closely. Strange thing about this blog phenomena: you don't care about complete strangers reading it, but you feel uneasy when it is read by people whom you know and trust. Regardless, once the site is more populated I will probably give out the address to a few whom I know anyway. On second thought, maybe I should work on its googlability first.