I was going to start by declaring exathat, since no one besides me will ever read this journal, I might as well write the truth. But such a refrain is, in truth, unnecessary, for truth is my ground state; I’m a habitual truth-teller.

Edit: mar 23rd, removed notes since it seems to interfere with image rendering??

Dear application reviewer, sorry for not saving the world, I was having too much fun exploring the cambrian explosion. Anyway, my notes:

• apply with one project makes it easier to justify.
• problem-gap-solution still is good framing