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Elizabeth Russell
Elizabeth Russell

Elizabeth Russell

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Elizabeth Russell
Elizabeth Russell
Mar 4 · 2 min read

Reading

Since 2014, I started keeping track of all the books I have read in a Google sheet. I guess I read books at an unimpressive pace of < 1 / month…

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Elizabeth Russell
Elizabeth Russell
Mar 4 · 2 min read

Chest

Orkun and I have accumulated a variety of backpacks and satchels. We commute on two wheels and can be carrying anything from soccer cleats to…

Elizabeth Russell
Elizabeth Russell
Mar 3 · 1 min read

In high school, one of the computer teachers kept very long nails. He would access the keyboard with his finger pads such that his fingernails would gently tap on the key in the next row. It was a real racket.

I like to keep my fingernails short. Sometimes I cut them painfully short. They ache a sort of satisfying ache when…

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Elizabeth Russell
Elizabeth Russell
Mar 2 · 2 min read

Clavinova

I grew up taking piano lessons from Mrs. Bell, a woman in our neighborhood. I had to practice 30 minutes a day (I didn’t) and play Christmas music for 2 months. Mrs. Bell would bauble in a rocking chair next to the piano bench during lessons and craft huge homemade Christmas ornaments made out of wood…

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Elizabeth Russell
Elizabeth Russell
Feb 28 · 2 min read

Distraction

In college, I had a couple of classes that were massive lecture classes. 300 students in attendance. The lecture halls were windowless. The prof wore a mic and wrote in big chalk on massive chalkboards that rolled up and down. She would visually dull as she coated herself in chalk throughout the lecture.