I have discovered that I really enjoy going for walks.  So, during my lunch time I head for a walk around Duke's campus.  It is a delightful little 3 mile loop during which I thoroughly enjoy my iPod with one of the great albums I have on there or with perhaps the Poweruser.tv podcast.  It helps burn a few extra calories each day, helps increase the circulation to my gray matter and just gets me out in the sun.  It has also taught me something I found quite exciting.

I must not look like I am (almost) 30.

When I was starting undergraduate, I that 30 was significantly older than 20.  Of course, now I don't feel like that.  But I was sure that people who were 30 looked it.  When I go for my walks on campus in my white coat, I think I look it.  No one talks to me on the undergrad campus.  But this past week I have been in normal clothes.  You know, jeans, no ties, etc.  It has been nice.  But it has also been odd.  Suddenly I am getting grabbed by undergrad organizations.  They want me to participate in activities, sign petitions, banners, etc.

It is weird.  For almost two months I was walking around campus, sticking out like a sore thumb.  Obviously older, obviously not interested in undergrad goings-on.  But now, I am incognito, masquerading as an undergrad apparently.

It is refreshing to know I can still pull it off.