Stairway to Heaven

Theres a lady whos sure
All that glitters is gold
And shes buying a stairway to heaven.
When she gets there she knows
If the stores are all closed
With a word she can get what she came for.
Ooh, ooh, and shes buying a stairway to heaven.

Theres a sign on the wall
But she wants to be sure
cause you know sometimes words have two meanings.
In a tree by the brook
Theres a songbird who sings,
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven.
Ooh, it makes me wonder,
Ooh, it makes me wonder.

Theres a feeling I get
When I look to the west,
And my spirit is crying for leaving.
In my thoughts I have seen
Rings of smoke through the trees,
And the voices of those who standing looking.
Ooh, it makes me wonder,
Ooh, it really makes me wonder.

And its whispered that soon
If we all call the tune
Then the piper will lead us to reason.
And a new day will dawn
For those who stand long
And the forests will echo with laughter.

If theres a bustle in your hedgerow
Dont be alarmed now,
Its just a spring clean for the may queen.
Yes, there are two paths you can go by
But in the long run
Theres still time to change the road youre on.
And it makes me wonder.

Your head is humming and it wont go
In case you dont know,
The pipers calling you to join him,
Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow,
And did you know
Your stairway lies on the whispering wind.

And as we wind on down the road
Our shadows taller than our soul.
There walks a lady we all know
Who shines white light and wants to show
How evrything still turns to gold.
And if you listen very hard
The tune will come to you at last.
When all are one and one is all
To be a rock and not to roll.

And shes buying a stairway to heaven.

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The Mega-Rant, pt. 1

As I talk to more and more people I get the feeling that I'm not even near what I want to believe I am doing. I keep saying to myself that I'm doing my best in my studies, but I'm just a slacking bastard. Of course, I have to take into account that almost everyone here are either accomplished professionals or very advanced students. But, then again, I feel a tendency to depreciate my own work, not because of a question of merit, but because I have this annoying sensation that I'm not dedicating myself to this work as much as I should, and this worries me. A lot.
It worries me because in the last few years I've been nothing more than an average student. I'm not comparing myself to others, but rather to what I wanted for myself when I was in first year.

In the end, I'm not that sure anymore about my own dedication to my work. I mean, it's my work, dammit! I should care more about it!
Back when I was an undergrad student doing my scientific initiation work, I used to have this wonderful enthusiasm about what I was doing. Nowadays I miss that sometimes. I still feel motivated, but it is a different kind of motivation: what I'm going to do next. And I feel awkward about it, because I see other people here at the Workshop who seem to love their work in a way I wish I did, too. They always feel eager to share what they know and to find new things. And I envy that enthusiasm very much.
I think that now I can have some idea about how Einstein felt when he finished ETH and spent a year after that avoiding anything related to Physics.
I just hope that this workshop has the sort of effect on me that could make me regain the enthusiasm I once had.

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Congress Attendance Discipline

So It's been another big period without posts. I decided to just give up worrying too much about this and just post whenever I feel like it. Sorry people. I'll try to arrange a rss feed so people don't need to come here and simply not find anything new.

I've been in a congress since last monday, and will be here until friday. It's my first real congress, in the sense that it's the first one that's not hosted at my school, and that it's the first time thatI brought a poster to present.

It's being an unique experience, since many of the top scientists in the area are here, and most of the talks are very instigating. It's quite an tiresome activity, but I'm kind of getting used to it and, to be honest, I can't wait to get back home and start playing around withthe new things I'm learning here.

Gotta go now, another talk is about to start. I hope I can post something more detailed about the great stuff I found out here sometime soon.

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