Departure Day: I'm Off!!

Megan and I are praying to the ancestors to wish me good luck with my travels.

I might be around the Bears while I'm there, but I will always be a Vol at heart. 

Also, at an Asian at heart too.

PEACE!!! In Beyonce we trust.

Berkeley: Pre-departure

So, there you have it.  I'll be living in Berkeley, CA this summer (for 10 weeks!).  Every day, I'll be hustlin'. Kind of reminds me of Kevin Hart: 

 "ALL day! Just me. By myself. On the block. Holdin it down. Gun in my waist. Straight face. All day. Not a game. In jail. By myself. 1 bed. No pillow case. 1 pillow. Didn't nobody write me. It was early. Woke up. Went back to sleep. Took a nap. You ever go night night??" 

I'm moving in with this lady from Craigslist.  In her living room.  I don't even know her.  I've just talked to her on the phone once.  I just hope she's not the type of lady that likes to clip her toenails and leaves the clippings on my pillow.  That would be inconvenient for me.

Oh, back to my job.  I'll be working at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.

I've been told that the views from there are amazing.  And, since it's on top of the hill, I'll have maximum sun exposure.  In other words, my goal of becoming the tannest Nasab might actually be attained.  However, since I'll be working in front of a computer all day, it's going to be a challenge to get that outdoor sunshine time.  But, I'll git 'r done.  And, that's a promise.

I can't exactly describe my job in detail because it's SUPER TOP SECRET.  I'm working with the Department of Homeland Security working with nuclear radiation sensors.  

“The Mobile Imaging and Spectroscopic Threat Identification (MISTI) System is a state-of-the-art, truck-mounted gamma-ray detection system designed to perform wide-area surveys for passive detection and imaging of radioactive threat sources, such as special nuclear material or radiological dispersal devices.  MISTI is currently being used to characterize the diverse gamma-ray backgrounds that would be encountered in a typical operation scenario.  The truck employs high-resolution, high-purity germanium (HPGe) detectors as well an array of low-cost, low-resolution sodium iodide (NaI[Tl]) scintillators in conjunction with a variety of external sensors:  GPS, visible light cameras, infrared cameras, light detection and range (LIDAR) sensors, and a weather station.  This project aims to measure the systematic fluctuations in background and the correlation between these variations and the external sensors, allowing for increased detection sensitivity and specificity.”

TL;DR  

I have a little more than a week before I leave, so I need to start brainstorming what places I'd like to see while I'm up there, and so far, my main one is to explore Berkeley's campus a bit.  Especially, this pool:

Spieker Pool

They have four outdoor swimming pools that I can swim in; all open to rec swimmers.  And, there is a swim club...but, I won't go there for now...haha.  If they are anything like these hoodlums, I might consider joining.

I hope I have the same luck as "Ridiculously Photogenic Guy":