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Wednesday, March 29th, 2006
5:45 pm	Why Its Been A Tough Week I was headed for an onsite interview in Madison, Wisconsin. During the flight up to Chicago we were forced to make an emergency landing at Springfield, Missouri. This was due to a crack in the windshield, which occurred at 35,000 ft. We were able to safely make it down to the ground. While many of the passengers were imagining a small crack, when we exited the plane we saw the windshield. It looked as if someone had beat it with a baseball bad, with the pilot’s window cracked so badly that she could not have seen to land the plane. We made the local news several times over. As you may have guessed, Springfield isn’t a large town and there were not many flights out after when we landed. The United crew was very unhelpful in getting us on other flights and continually told us to wait until they had more information. After waiting for about 4 hours I decided just to rebook on an American flight for the next morning at 6 am, which would get me to the interview only one hour late. Upon arriving the next morning at approximately 4 am to the airport, after 4 hours of sleep, I learned that my flight out to Chicago was delayed, and then canceled. Fortunately, they found a plane to take us only a few minutes late, and we all rushed back to board. Once in Chicago the plane was forced to taxi for an extra 20 minutes due to poor gate management, causing several people to miss their connections – including myself. I was rescheduled for the next flight out to Madison, and went to get something to eat. After about an hour, they called overhead and canceled the flight I had been moved to. Additionally, the remaining two flights were booked solid and I would be forced onto standby, with rebooking the next morning if those flights failed. My only other option was to take a bus for 3 hours. I decided to take the bus, as it was the only way to get me there in any sort of fashion. The bus was uneventful, the town was nice, and hotel room was welcomed. I ate and slept and went to my interview the next day. My problematic journey was knowledge to all the recruiters. All the events of the day went decent. During the afternoon, I was informed that my return flight was delayed 3 hours, with other alternate flights also being delayed. I went to the airport anyway, in order to see what I could get on. I rebooked on Continental, who was flying through Cleveland, Ohio instead of O’Hare in Chicago. The return flight went much smoother, with only minor delays and no mechanical problems. Heck, Continental even fed us, an unheard of thing in today’s airline industry. --STOL'ED from the email to my professors that I just wrote So, no we did not use the yellow masks, but you could feel some of the pressure leave the cabin and the air humidity change. Nor did we use the inflatable slides, we just walked off. However we did go from 35,000 ft to ground in about 10 minutes while the stewardesses were acting stressed out in the hallways while telling us to be calm. Wasn't a fun deal, esp when they didn't help us get anywhere after that. I didn't find out a specific cause of the crack. It was very much a spiderwebing, concentric pattern which indicates an impact to me, as opposed to a temperature stress/strain. If something actually hit us at 35,000 ft there are very few options to what it was. I dont remember being in any storm situations, so there was no chance of ice/hail (if it even forms that high in that atmosphere) or a lightning strike. It could have been an impact at a lower altitude with any number of objects, which when we reached a higher altitude spread into a larger sized cracking. I disagree with this due to the quickness of th emergency, it wasn't something they saw coming and then decided to go back down for. I believe it was an impact up high in the sky, with what I do not know. My personal favorite goofy theory is that it was a metorite. It wouldn't have taken a large rock to do that damage, and if it hadn't collided with us it would have vaporized before hitting the ground. However, as I said, that is fanciful and silly at best. About Madison: Very nice town, seems very much like Austin. From the atmosphere to the college/captiol to the pisspoor road systems. I did not have much time to explore as the interview was early and I was tired once I got to the hotel. All the people seemed nice and the countryside out towards Verona was pretty. I wished it was further into spring so I could have seen it green, but it was pretty nonetheless. Hopefully Madison makes a better road system before they make the mistake that is Mopac in Austin. Kinda silly to drive through downtown to get to the airport, but hey it wasn't a long drive anyway. If this all seems disjointed it was stolen out of posts on a set of forums I post on...didnt feel like retyping it all. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, February 21st, 2006
7:55 pm	I still EXIST I am still around and kicking. Sometimes with some screaming and crying thrown in with the kicking. If I stay at home I do not get work done due to WoW or WC3 or one of the myriad other time wasting devices I happen to own. If I goto RLM to get work done I spend the time perusing websites and discovering my lackluster journal. Anyway, I am working on writing a letter of recommendation for a teach at the moment. Somewhat ironic, no? Now at least I will be sure to ask him for a letter if I ever need one... *evil grin* Beyond that, have several onsite interviews next week and a skills assessment test sometime in there. I am going to miss a full week of russian class, so I hope I do not get totally screwed on the language. Anyway, I had better go back to attempting to write the letter or the other essay that I have due. Cheers, T (Comment on this)
Sunday, September 25th, 2005
9:24 pm	Phooey on Mondays Mmm....this weekend dissapeared, as I figured it would. At least I got a good chunk of work done. Somewhat last minute on the Bio reading, seeing as how the test is tomorrow night. But at least its done. Tomorrow is going to be somewhat hectic. 3 classes from 11-4 with 1 hour breaks inbetween each, then 4-6 at Career Fair. Followed by a wonderful test at 7:15 for bio. Then after that, I have my first lab report due on thursday. Could really suck, as seeing how I havent been adequitely prepared for it so far. Wednesday might be a very late night. Other news, got my hair cut. And the beard very trimmed. Could be a new look for me, who knows. Have to see how it goes over tomorrow. Anyway, off to put finishing touches on the Resume and review bio a bit more. T (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, September 22nd, 2005
11:30 pm	FTW! Yay no storm of death! now only storm of partial ownage. I hope dad is ok down in houston still, and all the other people who are staying. Props to Jakubs parents for staying to help at the hospital. Even more good thoughts for the people of Beaumount. I ran into a lady outside of Wendy's today who was from galveston. She had a cat with her, who I had to say hi to, quite an odd looking cat at that. Her parents from Houston were caravaning with her, they had made it out safely. Daniel's family and pets are here, hopefully they can all survive in their apartment. School is still just silly. Bio continues to bore...I hope I dont blow off the test as much as I have the rest of the class so far. Russian test wasnt bad, got a 91%, but that was lower then quite a few people. First test is the easiest I gather. Hopefully everything keeps going well in there, but I figure my head will explode soon, what with Verbs starting. Snrlab blows. Bruce dropped another lens.... We exposed a good 'nother set of plates, both transmission and reflection. The lab report will suck to write...but most of the old ones seem really blow-off-tastic. 5 pages of cruddy information with very little real results or anything. We will see how it goes next week. For now, I shall continue to fail to study bio and run amok on my sugar high from that can of Dr.P that I shouldnt have had this late. TeaPot (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, September 20th, 2005
10:20 pm	im glad today ended.... What not to do: Stay up to 1am, then fail to get to sleep until 5:40 when wake up time is 7:40. I was in bed the whole time...and couldnt fall asleep, besides the 10-15 min catnap. It made today hell. Soda would kick me back up for about 4 hours...but I hate using that to get my body going. The russian test went fine I think. Messed up a few words but nothing serious. Senior lab lecture blew....Keto just keeps yammering about electronics stuff. Silly guy worked at RCA before they canned the department, so now he keeps just talking about electronics. Hes a real ass during lab time. We were trying to collect the stuff for the holograph developing and were missing the wetting agents, which are ironically used to help it dry. So I ask him, response is, "I think water is a good wetting agent. It gets things wet usually." Thanks Cpt ButtPirate, that helps me out a lot. Hes like that to everyone...not just me or Bruce. Who knows. Anyway, I came home and crashed...slept for an hour and a half. Apartment dynamics are still odd. I think something needs to be fixed or its all going to blow up sometime in here. I just dont want to be the one blamed for trying to fix it, get that enough already. Anyway, no russian homework tonight so I am going to relax for a while then sleep. T (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, September 19th, 2005
11:08 pm	Back to the Grind Hi, I have a russian test tomorrow. First my TA says I should just take it for experience and see the test and not worry about it. Then he follows this with a comment along the lines of...well dont worry its not much of your grade. This is true, its only 8% of the grade, but still....I would rather have 8% then loose half of it. Im going to take it tomorrow anyway, I studied some tonight. I know the grammar rules and how to say the words, can take most from Russian to English...the hard one will be listening and such. I do not want to goto lab tomorrow at all. I want to just sit here and play some video games, dammit. I have a bio test next monday also...on the same day as the career fair, and on the day I just scheduled a dr appointment. Could suck, I might change the dr appointment. The apartment doesnt seem exactly happy today. At least...nothing seems to be working exactly right. Not helping set me right at least....lots of things are off. I had better pack my gba or a book to read tomorrow on the bus trips, else Ill go nuts listening to the bus drivers talk to themselves. T (Comment on this)
Sunday, September 18th, 2005
11:58 pm	Back in Tx We flew back from ND today. The service on Saturday went very well. All four grandchildren read something, I was Psalm 23. My father read a short thing he had written about her...it was really really well prepared. Everyone who was there was special to Grandma. She will be buried tomorrow, my mother stayed in ND for the time being. She will fly back sometime...shes really torn between being needed as the estate manager and back in texas. I already miss the weather from up there. It was a nice temp in the 70s most of the time...not like this hell hole which is 96 at dusk. Im not looking forward to marching to classes tomorrow -- dont have any of my russian stuff done, or my test prepared for. Got my practice GRE in the mail...whee, just a good reminder that im failing at preparing for it. Gah, I just want to melt away into sleep, not even goto class tomorrow....sigh. See everyone online or later. give a call if you want T (Comment on this)
Friday, September 16th, 2005
1:39 pm	In NorthDakota Hi, im here at my grandmas house, on her computer. The viewing is today. Tonight we will have the Rememberance. Tomorrow is the Service. The funeral will not be until Monday, so I will miss it. She will be buried next to my Grandfather. She looked very good today at the viewing.. We left to get food and are going to go back now... She is and will be well loved. (Comment on this)
Thursday, September 15th, 2005
12:15 pm	Thursday Hi everyone. I talked to my mother and father, and ive come to the same conclusions as they have. My grandmother had a very good and full life, especially these last 10-15 years when I was able to know her. She had said she didnt want to linger, and God granted her wish. She is now in a better place, where she deserves to be. My only regret is that I was unable to see her at Christmas, however would it have made it more painful to have her go only a few months after I had seen her? I will continue to cherish the memories I have of her. RIP Grandma Renelle Johnson (Comment on this)
Tuesday, September 13th, 2005
11:36 pm	No things arnt good My grandmother passed away tonight. She had a fatal heart attack. Never regained consciousness after it happened, despite medical efforts. Im breaking down. I was going to get to see her again at christmas....i havent seen her in a long time and was really looking forward to it. My mother said that she has always wanted to go quickly...not to be ill, and as she says, now she will never be ill. I miss her already...even as of late memories of her have been resurfacing in my mind. Im breaking down. I dont think i can handle going up there to her house now that she is not there.... I do have fond memories of her and i will always treasure them. She was 75, and had lived a full life. She was happy, and I believe this is an acceptable way for her to go. I miss her already, and im breaking down. We dont know when the funeral is, but im leaving on thursday for the weekend to ND. (Comment on this)
Thursday, September 1st, 2005
10:34 pm	Back here again Back to the start of the semester, yay. Look, im not in a happy-go-lucky mood so this wont be a happy-go-lucky entry. Onward with the problems! I feel like I have wasted the last 3 years of my education, my parents money (thank god they supported me), and the time in general. I do not like Physics any more. I do not like Astronomy. I hate coding/CS. I have burnt out on all that could lay before me, and now I am stressing out while burnt out. I understand the classes, very well usually, its merely that now I find no interest in them. My astronomy research ended its drawnout flight with a nice crash: I sent out my final results from the data to all the collaborators -- NO RESPONSE. That was rather devastating; am I to understand that I have put in time and effort into something, which from the start seems worthless to me and every "normal" person I conversed with, and now you arn't going to even say anything back? Not even, "Looks like shit, you worthless P.O.S.". At least that would have motivated me to be angry and find what was wrong with it. I haven't done any physics research, because the environment just doesnt suite me -- the people, the workspaces, the vague goals. Again, my classes this semester seem sub-par and just a treadmill of learning. My fluids professor is "one of the top in his field" but cant seem to give a good lecture for the life of him. So, all in all, NOT looking forward to GradSchool or the stress of even trying to get in. My other option? Work out in the "Industry", as everyone mysteriously calls it. Out "there" my damn coding past seems to haunt me -- I can't stand coding 24/7/365. I am going to try to get into the recruiting process and see if I can find something R&D based. I don't even want to goto class tomorrow, I would much rather sleep the day away. The apartment is all back "together". Jessica has moved over to her apartment with Julie. Or rather, Jessica moved over there but Julie hasnt moved in yet for a lack of furniture. Shes staying here with Travis right now, supposedly going to be gone as soon as her furniture comes in. Travis is stressed about all things Actuary and Business, which is understandable. Kenny is just immersed in online poker/downtown poker. The living room still feels dead...were all just in our little rooms. Still playing WoW....Its paid for through January...so I will be playing till then. Maybe I shouldnt have clicked 6month bill cycle, but at the same time I really do enjoy it and think I could moderate it during the school year. Gah, lying to myself is fun. Kimbie is off in Maryland. Distance things arn't fun. We play wow together, and talk over google talk. Who knows if we will see each other before Xmas. I am really worried about the distance taking effect in about...2 weeks or so. Sigh. Over all, someone have a good job I can get once im done with Education? I don't think grad school is for me..... Travis Current Mood: tired (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, February 6th, 2005
11:25 pm	System.out.println(Hello world.); Sorry if I've seen anti-social lately, been lots of things I have wanted to do and people to see, but school is trying harder then ever to kill me. Honestly, I quit work at ARL, have blown off astronomy research all week, and I still feel exhausted. This semester my Physics teachers have decided not to teach - homeworks cover stuff we do not know yet and the other one is just plain insane. Astronomy is a joke again...but I'm still scared of it biting me in the ass if I do not watch it. Instrumentation is good stuff, its going to be a lot of work but will be fun and instructional. This weekend was Machine Shop day, 8am to 4pm on Saturday. Metal working makes you feel like a god, plain and simple. The machines were so great, I LOVE digital readouts. I would like to play with a CNC machine sometime though, coding turned metal working. We only touched aluminum, made 2 things. On the lathe it was a ziggurat and on the mill it was a guiding block for hand tapping holes for later on. Russian hist is going quite well. So far we are up to the mid 20's, about where the NEP is enacted and things start really getting hairy. Lenin dies and goes to his class tomb, and then soon its Trotsky vs Stalin. Reading some of the socialist info at the beginning of the class intrigued me again, like it does every time. I wish people would actually be good, so something like that could work...but then we quickly get to peasants downsizing crops specifically to trouble the cities and soldiers vetoing officers orders. After looking at my tax statements for this year, since I actually gained money this year, I wonder where all our money goes and how much it helps...We need reforms, but I do not know how they will come. Its going to be a scary next few years...but isnt it always. You know what I hate very strongly right now: People who drive down the road, then throw their smoking butts out the window. It creates a shower of sparks, so you know exactly what it is. I wish they would get hit with fines or something, maybe their cars could just detonate. It pisses me off so much to be walking around and find butts lying anywhere they arnt suppose to be, it just is so degrading to the area. People should take better care of their world. 5 seconds is all it takes. I've been dumping a fair amount of time into World Of Warcraft also... I dont know if it is good that I keep playing, it takes away from my sleep times. I try to not play more then 1 hr at night if have any time to, but we all know how that goes. My current month goes off on the 10th...should I pay for the next one? I need some advice on it... Well, I had better crash here...start off the week with at least a decent amount of sleep. Hope everyone is going good, please leave a comment. Travis (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, November 6th, 2004
2:54 am	hullo journal, long time no post. Happy Birthday to both Kenny and Sierra today!! Yippie birthdays! For Kennys celebration we went to see the Incredibles and then ate dinner at Chili's, followed by some movie trivia games at the apartment. Was quite fun, and got to meet some of his friends better. Speaking on the Incredibles: simply amazing. Everyone should go see this flick. The beauty of the animation alone was astounding. Detail was present and looked simply wonderful, the scenes had such flow to them. There were no walls that seemed lacking in decoration, or objects that seemed scrunched for time/resources in the animation process. So many funny jokes, so many small references, so much just good stuff! I think I'm going to see it again later, maybe next weekend if I can find people to go with. School has been pressuring, and I do not think it is going to let up. Next week should be ok, just in time for a big stress right before thanksgiving. Then after that its time for exams and stuff. YaY! I keep telling myself not to stress out, and sometimes it works... I still do not know if I want to work at ARL next semester, that or do research with astronomy. I kinda do not want to either, but feel like I will be loosing opportunities and letting people down. Ugh. Sooo, I haven't been good with responding to peoples comments on the journal, but thanks to everyone who has left comments. And mystery person from a few posts back...I have no idea who you are. You are in Bio related stuff, but I cannot quite place where I know you from...Sorry, i suck at this guessing game. Well its way damn late, i think saturday will be spent sleeping. See everyone around! Travis Current Mood: complacent (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2004
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Saturday, October 9th, 2004
12:55 am	"I wanna be president!" "No no, its my turn!" Hello world. So its been a few days since my last update. Today was the 2nd presidential debate. Woohoo or something. Well, Travis and I went to a debate party over at Jakub's place, which turned out to be quite a fun little time. And the FatTire sure helped make the debates better also. I still don't to vote for either candidate...maybe I should look into other parties or just focus on the local elections. *sigh* Life has been as crazy as ever. School is over working me. Work is making me crazy. Right now I am reading C code - which I know none of - and its piss poor C code at that. Research is going slow, because Sneden is slow on email. Next week is going to be hell, two tests on Wednesday - Thermo and Astro. Both of which I do not really want to deal with. I have been reading Dostoyevsky's Brothers Karamazov. I really like his style of writing, it really draws me in. So far I am only about 150 through the 900+ pages, but am sure I can make it. Most likely will have to take a break from serious reading after this one, but sometime later I want to read Picture of Dorian Gray or 100 Years of Solitude. Oh, got the CDs in the mail. Notwist Neon Golden is great. Ratatat is quite good also. Modest Mouse is good, I am much more liking GoodNews. Moon&Antarctica is a bit different, but still good. Maybe I will buy a second round sometime in here. Any suggestions? On the board are DeathCabforCutie - (Transatlantication) and KingsOfConvience - (Versus). Shiggity shaw, I am going to read some then crash. ~T~ Current Mood: tired (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, September 26th, 2004
10:44 pm	Basking in the moon's strong glow as it passes the ecliptic Hellllo weekend....and gooooodbye also. Time flew over this weekend, but in a good way. Watched a bunch of movies, wasted a bunch of time, and went shopping. Wish we had watched RotJ in addition to the other two SWs, but we will have to finish the trio later on! Time wasted was relaxing, and I still got one of the three assignments of this week done. The other two might get some work done on them tomorrow.... Got a watch (finally the cellphone will not be my sole timepiece), some sandals, two shirts and a CD (Jump Little Children). I might be getting some pants later on, but havent decided yet. Once the cold weather hits, I might be driven back to buy some sweaters. I want to order some additional CDs from amazon.com (ModestMouse, The Notwist, Ratatat, and Dntel), but not sure how much $$$ I am willing to let go of at this time. I keep saying that I want a laptop, but I am not sure how much I would use one. I wish I could barrow someones for about a week and decide if it is useful or a pain. If I could get electronic versions of my texts, I would be all over it. Only one thing to carry around for books, homework assignments, and emails (, and music, and anime, and manga, and games). Err, ehhm, I mean, I would only use it for educational purposes. I might go home next weekend, but not sure yet. My sister will be back in town, so it would be a full house again. That would sure drive the animals (further) insane. I do not think I have tests any time soon, but I want to double check the schedule to make sure. If its all clear, to Houston (...SL) do I go! As for now, I am going to do something relaxing for the next hour then goto sleep. Cheers, Travis Current Mood: calm (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, September 20th, 2004
11:29 pm	First test inbound!! Yep, the stress alarms are sure going off this week, what with the first QIII test coming up. Its not nearly as cool to think about doing Quantum Mechanics now that we've been doing it for 3 semesters. Well, maybe it does, but at the same time its become so familiar that its no longer special. I guess the exposure has done its job. The neverending, roll-over homework assignments continue, but it is all good. The weekend was a good stress break, even though I did a ton of HW/Study time. Watched Singing in the Rain on Saturday with Sierra, and some BritComs afterwards. I like the movie, it was quite good. It took me about 1/2 an episode of Are You Being Served to warm up to the humor, but after that I was all into it again. Reminded me of sitting up late and playing D2 or X-Com with PBS on, watching RedDwarf or whatever else they were playing at the time. Quite worth watching a few of them. I got the freebie gateway box from home, Travis brought it up for me. Man that was one messed up install...I had to wipe it using a Linux distro, because the windows disk wouldn't do it. I should have it operational in a while, it can be the download box or the tv's mp3 box. There will definitely be a action/adventure gaming night over here sometime, along with possibly FMA night. Complete with projector rented from the business school by T-web. But for now, its time for some sleep...and arguing with the apartment people in the morning! Signing off, from out beyond the klein bottle. ~T~ Current Mood: happy (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, September 18th, 2004
12:08 am	How this week tried to kill me... So, we all know that nice little storm we got on tuesday morning? Well I thought it was nice and reminded me of Oregon and falling asleep to the pitter-patter of rain on the roof, with my cat Isabel(may her little kitty soul rest in peace) in the crook of my arm. So happy childhood memories. Fix my bed, go off to work. Come home in the evening, watch FMA 48 (which was a bit too off the wall for my taste, how are they going to end the damn series? better not leave everything for the movie like I fear). Then I go to head to sleep at around 1 am. While when I get under the covers I put my feet in and am feel wetness. WTH? So immediately I set about to solve why my bed is wet. Well the cover is dry, as is the comforter, and the sheet. Then the stretchy sheet and mattress cover are wet. And the mattress proper is SOAKED. OMGWTFBBQ. This is the new mattress I just bought, 1.5 months ago, which was NOT cheap. I thought it would last me 10 yrs hopefully, and now its tarnished (pretty badly) after so soon. So what could have caused this? I look up the ceiling looks not water damaged. I ask the roomies, they have no idea and everyone is confused. So we decided it was either a Ghost Stain(sierra's hypothesis), waterballons implanted in the mattress(travis/julie's hypothesis), or a rouge maintence man uncovering my bed->pouring water->fixing it again(not really a hypothesis, but would have been funny). So I unfix the bed, put a fan over it, and sleep on the futon. In the morning I go talk to the apartment people and they say they will look into it. I come home after exhausting classes and decide I should feel the ceiling (which I stupidly didn't do the night before). So its wet, STILL, in a patch above the foot of my bed. AHHHRG. So it came from the ceiling and soaked my bed for 8 hours before I came home, giving it time to dry down to the plush top of the mattress. Which means who knows how far into the mattress it got... Now I am really peeved, because it is the apartments fault. So I go down to the office the next morning and start a dialogue with them about it. They say, we will look into it and fix it, but its not our fault cause its the first time its reported so we havent had time to fix it, personal property is covered by renters insurance and not them. WTF. I do not have renters insurance and thus and SCREWED. So I go back and call parents and get the ball rolling on getting renters insurance for the next time it rains. I call up Bruce and talk to him about the legitimacy of their statements, and they seem to be correct. Well good, I am glad I am legitimately screwed. BIATCHES. So the next day, now friday, I get info on the insurance policies. According to Texas law they would not have covered it unless there was damage to the buidling due to winds which let the water in, otherwise its the building defects and the apartments fault. WHAT, now I am getting a run around. I go tell the apartment people this and ask about what they did to fix it, because there was a repair notice on my door. Well they say they do not do reinbursements, but I am not done yet, I will talk to the higher up on tuesday. Then they say they CLEANED the gutters (further proving it to be something caused by them) and sealed the window ( WHO CARES, it had nothign to do with it all) and painted the ceiling (there were yellow circles developing). Over all this does nothing to prevent this from happening again! AHHHH, what if it comes down on my computer??? Or anything else of value. I feel trapped inside my room. Very pissed off about it all. I am going to seethe somewhere else now, because this is just a pisser in general. I will post more on tuesday, or whenever it gets more resolution. Till then I think I will head to sleep, or waste some time before passing out. Oh, by the way. Allergies have kicked in, and now I get wonderful headaches again. Just in time for my first tests! Maybe some meds will help it out, but I am unsure of that yet. Goodnight moon. (9 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, September 13th, 2004
11:49 pm	Qua? Well another week begins. Lets recourse back to the weekend for a bit though. Saturday was PregameBBQ over at Abe's. That was quite a bit of fun. I did not actually watch the game, but instead did more homework. Yeah, sad story. I read the play by play afterwards, and could hear the Crown&Anchor cheer for each TD. Sunday was homework day, as I fear it will soon become well known as. Spent about 7 hrs at Lava Java. Their music was a bit too random at points, they never left the good stuff on for long. The tea was good though, as was the wrap from next door. Did not get my thermo done, and I don't really want to either. This morning I realized that taking the 9:30 bus is a bad idea. Got to campus at around 9:50 and hustled over to class in Welch, nagging one of the few good seats left. Hopefully people will start skipping history so I will have some more room to be comfy. Astrophysics was quite empty today. More general relativity fun -- thankfully the homework wasn't too bad, so I will not have to goto campus tomorrow afternoon. Straight home from work? That will be an oddity. I hope to make it habit though. QIII teacher (he has not done anything to earn himself a name yet) is quite out of it still. He gives too much homework and gives it on material hes not going to cover till the class before the one its due. In fact, today he covered stuff that was on the last homework that was due. Complete waste of time, AND he still managed to go over time by about 7 minutes. Then the TA (muscle man who hasn't had quantum for years) still gives me some rag about my HW stuff when I ask him to think about some of the points he took off. GJ copying out of the solutions manual, thats why you do not understand the different way I did it. And yes, I can take a determinant without showing work, along with finding roots. Thermo was a review of the lecture I kinda halfway skipped out of on Friday. That made me feel like I might be taking long bathroom breaks every once in a while to go chat with Michael. Got more done on my astro research, hopefully that will be fruitful soon. The NattySci Week has begun, got the free BBQ today, which wasn't too good... It is good to see all the incoming people from HS though, glad some of them decided to do physics. Played some D2 today, and watched another episode of LastExile. I hope they release the good 21-26's soon so I don't run out of materials to watch. Mmm...FMA 48 on wednesday! I am sad that the series ends in only a few more episodes, and then we have to wait for the bloody movie to some out in 2k5. Oh well. Sleep time for me here, work at ARL tomorrow. Maybe I will do 9 hrs so thursday will be really short! Hahaha. ~T~ Current Mood: tired (8 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, September 11th, 2004
3:10 am	Ah yes, what I had forgotten Went to a DDR and Twister party at Robynnes and Sarahs, was quite enjoyable. Played some DDR, some SSBM, and some Chess. Jakub ruthlessly slaughtered me at chess, I was way off kilter. We shall have to play later today and see whats up with that. Man it did feel good to go hang out with them and all that. I like playing DDR again also, keeps me feeling better and all that. (Comment on this)