Measurements

Measurements I was making the trek from East Campus to the Z-Center one day when my favorite song of the musical theatre genre came on (Seasons of Love from Rent). As I belted out the ways they measure a year, I began to wonder what units I use to measure my life. The first quantity that came to mind was distance and the easiest unit of measurement I found was music. But music lengths were too subjective; a song by two different artists can have drastically different lengths. So what specific songs define the distances in my life? A walk from East Campus to Simmons was equal to 3-4 Regina Spektor Songs, 2-3 Deadmau5 Songs, or 1/2 of an Ethiopian Song. The late night shuffle to La Verdes at 3am finds itself clocking in at  3-4 Zelda OST,  2-3 Queen Songs The more I thought about it, the more units that arose. Almost all sprouting from cultural references and important concepts in my life, I found the units that defined my life did more than just that, they defined my character. So I tried out one more measurement to see where it ended up. Lets try measuring ridiculousness. The first unit that comes to mind is Chris Dodds proofs(Interphase), followed by the ridiculous television shows that were my childhood (seriously, how did no one notice Yugi grew 2 feet every time he played cards?!), to the length of a FIRST Robotics Build Season, to the state of political relations between Greece and Turkey over the Aegean Sea(Debate).   The culmination of these units created a full picture of what made me who I am. So take a moment out of your frantic day and answer me a simple question. How do you measure a year in the life?