the adviser referred to me in an e-mail today as dr. ___, which, aside from the fact that there are 8 days till graduation, just feels so very wrong. as i was articulating to the brother, it's like how after we graduated from ri/rj we continued to address all our teachers as mr. or mrs. x; hierarchical relationships once established feel like they should be immutable, once ones adviser, always ones adviser, etc. minz says this is very asian, and perhaps she is right, but it still feels that it's the way things should be.

in other news, i would like to make cassoulet, so if anyone has a good recipe please e-mail it to me.