9/29/2003
Oh, and they apparently have fried oreo cookies, too (see post below)
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So I've just been informed that at the state fair of Texas, which is apparently in town the weekend I come back, has fried twinkies. What on Earth would possess a human being to fry a twinkie?! How fat is the population of the United States going to get before we all end up exploding?!
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DISCLAIMER: For everyone here looking for the structural formula of Excedrin (because I'm apparently the #1 hit on google for such a search), Excedrin is not an organic compound. It is the name of the medicine which contains acetaminophen, aspirin, and caffeine as the active ingredients.
Those structural formulas are as follows:
Acetaminophen
Aspirin
Caffeine
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Those structural formulas are as follows:
Acetaminophen
Aspirin
Caffeine
9/27/2003
Why does Fall/Autumn get two names? None of the other seasons have two names.
My organic chem lab teacher told us to write the procedure of the lab on the postlabs in past tense, telling everything that we did during the lab, so I did just that. He handed back the postlabs the other day, and mine had points taken off of it, and he said that I should write that procedure in third person. How am I supposed to write about what I did on a lab in third person? The first sentence begins, "I first set up a distillation apparatus..." I asked him how I was supposed to do it in third person, and he looked at my paper and said, "Well, for example, here you could write 'First, a distillation apparatus was set up...' " I said, "So you want it all in passive voice?!" and he seemed very excited about the idea! Not only is it bad enough that he wants an entire procedure in passive voice, but he took points off of someone else's paper in the class a few labs ago because she wrote in passive! AAAHH!
I think I'm getting sick. I keep coughing, I feel congested, and I have a headache. Maybe it's because I'm tired. I need a nap.
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My organic chem lab teacher told us to write the procedure of the lab on the postlabs in past tense, telling everything that we did during the lab, so I did just that. He handed back the postlabs the other day, and mine had points taken off of it, and he said that I should write that procedure in third person. How am I supposed to write about what I did on a lab in third person? The first sentence begins, "I first set up a distillation apparatus..." I asked him how I was supposed to do it in third person, and he looked at my paper and said, "Well, for example, here you could write 'First, a distillation apparatus was set up...' " I said, "So you want it all in passive voice?!" and he seemed very excited about the idea! Not only is it bad enough that he wants an entire procedure in passive voice, but he took points off of someone else's paper in the class a few labs ago because she wrote in passive! AAAHH!
I think I'm getting sick. I keep coughing, I feel congested, and I have a headache. Maybe it's because I'm tired. I need a nap.
9/25/2003
I just saw someone with their child (about one and a half or two years old) just running around in the grass, chasing a bird, and just stopping to watch it as it flew away. It almost made me cry to be reminded of Brooklyn so much. I was contimplating going over and striking up a conversation with the person so that I could play with the baby, too, but I was saved from myself by a man. I saw him holding a sign for a church that said something to the effect of "Good news! You don't have to remain how you are! If you're satisfied with yourself, however, then there is no hope." That cheered me up enough to move on.
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9/24/2003
Test back in organic chem today...made a 95. It's really funny, too; every freshman I've talked to in that class has made a 90 or above, but all the other-classmen that I've seen (not many) have made less than 80, which happens to be the class average.
I also got back my first rough draft in English today. We had to teach the class how to do something that we know how to do but most of them don't, so I decided to teach them how to build a computer (yes, I realize that I suck at it compared to all of you who read this site, but you have to look at it from a worldly perspective). In writing the paper, I changed the topic to "what hardware goes into a computer" because it was getting really long. Anyway, I got the paper back, and it of course had very few grammatical problems with it, but she had lots of notes out in the margins. "What do these stand for?" in reference to PCI and AGP (ok, I understand her need for clarification on that one); "What is the benefit?" in reference to the CPU fan; and "briefly describe differences and purpose of a scroll wheel" in reference to keyboards and mouses (I had to force myself to use "mice" on the paper because, deep down, I know it's correct...but it shouldn't be). On the back of the paper: "Chris- This is a very clean, easy to read first draft. Most of my sugestions are in the margins - clarifications and requests for further info. These will help to fill out the paper more specifically for the lay person." I can't tell if she actually understands it and just wants to help the "lay people" or if she really doesn't know the purpose of a scroll wheel...
I'm in the process of finishing up a postlab right now. We were given a mixture of three different solid organic chemicals, then had to put the mixture in ether and extract each different compound. The last of the compounds, 2-naphthol (w00t! Writing out chemicals means I'll get more google hits!), is supposed to melt around 120 degrees C. I had mine in the melting point apparatus until it reached 350 degrees C and I decided that I had developed some kind of super organic compound during the course of the lab because the crystals were still solid and sitting happily piled on top of one another in their tiny capillary tube. I also had a 150% recovery of the compounds when recrystallizing them. Why am I cursed with such bad lab skills?
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I also got back my first rough draft in English today. We had to teach the class how to do something that we know how to do but most of them don't, so I decided to teach them how to build a computer (yes, I realize that I suck at it compared to all of you who read this site, but you have to look at it from a worldly perspective). In writing the paper, I changed the topic to "what hardware goes into a computer" because it was getting really long. Anyway, I got the paper back, and it of course had very few grammatical problems with it, but she had lots of notes out in the margins. "What do these stand for?" in reference to PCI and AGP (ok, I understand her need for clarification on that one); "What is the benefit?" in reference to the CPU fan; and "briefly describe differences and purpose of a scroll wheel" in reference to keyboards and mouses (I had to force myself to use "mice" on the paper because, deep down, I know it's correct...but it shouldn't be). On the back of the paper: "Chris- This is a very clean, easy to read first draft. Most of my sugestions are in the margins - clarifications and requests for further info. These will help to fill out the paper more specifically for the lay person." I can't tell if she actually understands it and just wants to help the "lay people" or if she really doesn't know the purpose of a scroll wheel...
I'm in the process of finishing up a postlab right now. We were given a mixture of three different solid organic chemicals, then had to put the mixture in ether and extract each different compound. The last of the compounds, 2-naphthol (w00t! Writing out chemicals means I'll get more google hits!), is supposed to melt around 120 degrees C. I had mine in the melting point apparatus until it reached 350 degrees C and I decided that I had developed some kind of super organic compound during the course of the lab because the crystals were still solid and sitting happily piled on top of one another in their tiny capillary tube. I also had a 150% recovery of the compounds when recrystallizing them. Why am I cursed with such bad lab skills?
9/22/2003
Something sparked a memory today. Does anybody else remember reading a story in elementary school about children on Venus where the sun only came out once every seven years? I remembered that story and googled for it, finding it was written by Ray Bradbury (Fahrenheit 451, as if anyone reading this site wouldn't know that). Rereading it, I felt like I was going to cry...
Anyone who has ever played Scrabble with me, please help me think of anything that I do which would cause someone to not want to play Scrabble with me given said information. Apparently, I do something when I play the game that's annoying or bad or stupid. It's imperative that I discover this problem before I go insane.
Also, in reading many blogs lately, I noticed two that I never checked before. Erin and Graham have been added to the links on the left...no, down a little lower. Theeeere they are. Anyone else I left out should tell me so they too can join the list of elites.
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Anyone who has ever played Scrabble with me, please help me think of anything that I do which would cause someone to not want to play Scrabble with me given said information. Apparently, I do something when I play the game that's annoying or bad or stupid. It's imperative that I discover this problem before I go insane.
Also, in reading many blogs lately, I noticed two that I never checked before. Erin and Graham have been added to the links on the left...no, down a little lower. Theeeere they are. Anyone else I left out should tell me so they too can join the list of elites.
9/18/2003
FINALLY!
And I'm like 50 miles away from a huge hurricane and there's NO RAIN AT ALL. Fucking bastard...
In trying to find out what color I am:
Black color preferences point to black sex (not necessarily meaning black partners). These people are the misfits of the sex world and seek out each other in kinship. They tend to prefer perverted sex and are usually masochistic or sadistic in nature. They are moody people and often perform at their peak when under stress or during unhappy times. Police psychiatrists claim that sex offenders prefer the color black. And it is no coincidence that the uniform of mobsters and teenage gangs is black attire.
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And I'm like 50 miles away from a huge hurricane and there's NO RAIN AT ALL. Fucking bastard...
In trying to find out what color I am:
Black color preferences point to black sex (not necessarily meaning black partners). These people are the misfits of the sex world and seek out each other in kinship. They tend to prefer perverted sex and are usually masochistic or sadistic in nature. They are moody people and often perform at their peak when under stress or during unhappy times. Police psychiatrists claim that sex offenders prefer the color black. And it is no coincidence that the uniform of mobsters and teenage gangs is black attire.
9/17/2003
I don't play massive online RPGs, but this is funny. I had trouble breathing in reading this whole thing.
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9/14/2003
Olivia sent me an email with this quiz in it, and since I've nothing better to do, I'm going to fill it out for all to see.
1. Who sent this e-mail to you? Olivia
2. What time is it? 8:25 eastern standard time
3. Name as it appears on your birth certificate? public website....
4. Nicknames? Chris, Kitter [family one], Meeeoooow [Brooklyn]
5. Parents names? Mom and Dad
6. Number of candles that appeared on your last birthday cake? assuming 18, but I don't remember counting them...nor do I remember a cake
7. Date you regularly blow them out? May 15
8. Pets? Anaka, the cute little white cat
9. Hair color? brown...right?
10.Tatoos? one
11. Piercing? of course not
12. Favorite colors? black and dark black
13. hometown? Arlington in Texas
14. Current residence? Columbia in South Carolina (not the cocaine country)
15. Favorite food? This question's hard.
16. Been to Africa? I've dreamed of Africa, but never been
17. Been toilet papering? no
18. Loved someone so much it made you cry? Love shouldn't make you cry...it's a happy thing. But in the spirit of the question, yes, I have.
19. Been in a car accident? yes...on Thanksgiving a couple of years ago
20. Croutons or bacon bits? croutons
21. Current car you drive? Jeep Liberty - black
22. Favorite movie(s)? Kevin Smith movies and the South Park movie and other good movies
23. Favorite holiday? Christmas; not only for the gifts, but more for the overall environment and feeling
24. Favorite day of the week? Friday, although I like Thursday a lot, too, because I know that Friday is coming up
25. Favorite word or phrase? 'endoplasmic reticulum' was always nice
26. Favorite toothpaste? if anybody can actually answer this question...
27. Favorite flower? rose...I have my reasons
28. Favorite drinks? Dr. Pepper...though college is really making me lean towards orange soda
29. Favorite sport to watch? hockey hockey hockey
30. Preferred type of ice cream? cold
31.Favorite Sesame Street character? Oscar
33. Last book you read? Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
34. When was your last hospital visit? I think when I accidently broke Brooklyn's head on the step up to the bath.
35. What color is your bedroom carpet? There's only tile here, but it's white in Arlington.
36. How many times did you fail your drivers test? zero in base 8
37. Who was the last person you received e-mail from before this? ***Deleted to protect the pure and innocent***
38. Have you ever been convicted of a crime? I was almost thrown in jail for tearing large metal poles out of the concrete and dragging them down to throw them in the Missouri River, but no.
39. Which single store would you choose to max out your credit card? Fry's!! Hey, where did Fry's go?...
40. Name the friend that lives the farthest away from you? Nick will live in California soon.
41. Most annoying thing people ask? "If I had a fourth eye would I be able to see through time?"
42. Where are you working now? nowhere
43. Who will respond quickest to this email? with this new and imporved non-email format, I doubt anyone
44. Who is least likely to respond to this e-mail? see the answer to question 43, or just remember it
45. Last person you were out to dinner with? Like at an actual restaurant, I guess...my parents, Candace, and Brooklyn
46. What is in your Cd player right now? StarCraft Brood War
47. Animal you would like to have but don't? sloth (three-toed, of course)
48. If you could go anywhere where would it be? At this moment? Arlington
I'll leave you with this joke, that I'm sure only a few of you will find funny:
Two mathematicians were having dinner in a restaurant, arguing about the average mathematical knowledge of the American public. One mathematician claimed that this average was woefully inadequate, the other maintained that it was suprisingly high.
"I'll tell you what," said the cynic. "Ask that waitress a simple math question. If she gets it right, I'll pick up dinner. If not, you do." He then excused himself to go to the men's room, and the other called the waitress over.
"When my friend comes back," he told her, "I'm going to ask you a question, and I want you to respond 'one third x cubed.' There's twenty bucks in it for you. Can you remember that?" She agreed.
The cynic returned from the restroom and called the waitress over. "The food was wonderful, thank you," the mathematician stated. "Incidentally, do you know what the integral of x squared is?"
The waitress looked pensive; almost pained. She looked around the room, at her feet, made a gurgling noise, and finally said, "Um, one third x cubed?"
So the cynic paid the check. The waitress wheeled around, walked a few paces away, and muttered under her breath, "...plus an unknown constant."
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1. Who sent this e-mail to you? Olivia
2. What time is it? 8:25 eastern standard time
3. Name as it appears on your birth certificate? public website....
4. Nicknames? Chris, Kitter [family one], Meeeoooow [Brooklyn]
5. Parents names? Mom and Dad
6. Number of candles that appeared on your last birthday cake? assuming 18, but I don't remember counting them...nor do I remember a cake
7. Date you regularly blow them out? May 15
8. Pets? Anaka, the cute little white cat
9. Hair color? brown...right?
10.Tatoos? one
11. Piercing? of course not
12. Favorite colors? black and dark black
13. hometown? Arlington in Texas
14. Current residence? Columbia in South Carolina (not the cocaine country)
15. Favorite food? This question's hard.
16. Been to Africa? I've dreamed of Africa, but never been
17. Been toilet papering? no
18. Loved someone so much it made you cry? Love shouldn't make you cry...it's a happy thing. But in the spirit of the question, yes, I have.
19. Been in a car accident? yes...on Thanksgiving a couple of years ago
20. Croutons or bacon bits? croutons
21. Current car you drive? Jeep Liberty - black
22. Favorite movie(s)? Kevin Smith movies and the South Park movie and other good movies
23. Favorite holiday? Christmas; not only for the gifts, but more for the overall environment and feeling
24. Favorite day of the week? Friday, although I like Thursday a lot, too, because I know that Friday is coming up
25. Favorite word or phrase? 'endoplasmic reticulum' was always nice
26. Favorite toothpaste? if anybody can actually answer this question...
27. Favorite flower? rose...I have my reasons
28. Favorite drinks? Dr. Pepper...though college is really making me lean towards orange soda
29. Favorite sport to watch? hockey hockey hockey
30. Preferred type of ice cream? cold
31.Favorite Sesame Street character? Oscar
33. Last book you read? Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
34. When was your last hospital visit? I think when I accidently broke Brooklyn's head on the step up to the bath.
35. What color is your bedroom carpet? There's only tile here, but it's white in Arlington.
36. How many times did you fail your drivers test? zero in base 8
37. Who was the last person you received e-mail from before this? ***Deleted to protect the pure and innocent***
38. Have you ever been convicted of a crime? I was almost thrown in jail for tearing large metal poles out of the concrete and dragging them down to throw them in the Missouri River, but no.
39. Which single store would you choose to max out your credit card? Fry's!! Hey, where did Fry's go?...
40. Name the friend that lives the farthest away from you? Nick will live in California soon.
41. Most annoying thing people ask? "If I had a fourth eye would I be able to see through time?"
42. Where are you working now? nowhere
43. Who will respond quickest to this email? with this new and imporved non-email format, I doubt anyone
44. Who is least likely to respond to this e-mail? see the answer to question 43, or just remember it
45. Last person you were out to dinner with? Like at an actual restaurant, I guess...my parents, Candace, and Brooklyn
46. What is in your Cd player right now? StarCraft Brood War
47. Animal you would like to have but don't? sloth (three-toed, of course)
48. If you could go anywhere where would it be? At this moment? Arlington
I'll leave you with this joke, that I'm sure only a few of you will find funny:
Two mathematicians were having dinner in a restaurant, arguing about the average mathematical knowledge of the American public. One mathematician claimed that this average was woefully inadequate, the other maintained that it was suprisingly high.
"I'll tell you what," said the cynic. "Ask that waitress a simple math question. If she gets it right, I'll pick up dinner. If not, you do." He then excused himself to go to the men's room, and the other called the waitress over.
"When my friend comes back," he told her, "I'm going to ask you a question, and I want you to respond 'one third x cubed.' There's twenty bucks in it for you. Can you remember that?" She agreed.
The cynic returned from the restroom and called the waitress over. "The food was wonderful, thank you," the mathematician stated. "Incidentally, do you know what the integral of x squared is?"
The waitress looked pensive; almost pained. She looked around the room, at her feet, made a gurgling noise, and finally said, "Um, one third x cubed?"
So the cynic paid the check. The waitress wheeled around, walked a few paces away, and muttered under her breath, "...plus an unknown constant."
Reading slashdot this morning led me to a page on how to make my own silly putty. Reading through the directions on the screen led me to another page on how to make my own slime. On the slime page, I found this picture:
Maybe it's just me and my screwed up mind, but doesn't that borate ion look a little antisemitic?
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Maybe it's just me and my screwed up mind, but doesn't that borate ion look a little antisemitic?
9/12/2003
After finishing my latest book, I've decided to venture once again into the vampiric world of Anne Rice. I love reading those books, because I actually get caught up in the lives of the characters very much. Other random news: I just realized about two days ago that if you hold ctrl while pressing backspace, it deletes a whole word. Oooo. I'll be sure to use that now and save all kinds of time. Oh, and I've linked Bryan, too.
There also seems to be a bout of depression going around recently involving an afterlife. It doesn't matter whether there is or there isn't a life after this one. All that should be important is making the most out of life while you have it. Making the most out of life involves doing what you want to do and what makes you happy. You should not do things if you really don't want to do them, because the truth is that we really don't have infinite time in this life (and possibly any other). Doing things that don't make you happy can only lead to thoughts of depression (e.g. "Why am I here doing things that I don't even want to do? There is no point to this crap: I'm getting nothing from this"), and depression, as stupid as this may sound, is not happiness. And, like I said on Nick's site, happiness (in its many ways achieved) is the best feeling a human being can have.
In the long run, yes, nothing has a point. But in the short run (in your life) life's point is the point you give it. Life is not meant to be analyzed to find a major reason for it; life is just a bunch of atoms working in some sort of system to give conciousness and autonomy to a mass of themselves. There is no more point to a human life than there is to the life of a tree or bacterium, but human consciousness allows for thought and emotion. The only reason people can quesiton life's purpose is because they have this possibility of thought. This thought and emotion, however, should be reason enough to live until you someday die and your atoms go to do something else and stop giving you consciousness. While you had this awareness, though, at least you will have been happy doing what makes you happiest.
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There also seems to be a bout of depression going around recently involving an afterlife. It doesn't matter whether there is or there isn't a life after this one. All that should be important is making the most out of life while you have it. Making the most out of life involves doing what you want to do and what makes you happy. You should not do things if you really don't want to do them, because the truth is that we really don't have infinite time in this life (and possibly any other). Doing things that don't make you happy can only lead to thoughts of depression (e.g. "Why am I here doing things that I don't even want to do? There is no point to this crap: I'm getting nothing from this"), and depression, as stupid as this may sound, is not happiness. And, like I said on Nick's site, happiness (in its many ways achieved) is the best feeling a human being can have.
In the long run, yes, nothing has a point. But in the short run (in your life) life's point is the point you give it. Life is not meant to be analyzed to find a major reason for it; life is just a bunch of atoms working in some sort of system to give conciousness and autonomy to a mass of themselves. There is no more point to a human life than there is to the life of a tree or bacterium, but human consciousness allows for thought and emotion. The only reason people can quesiton life's purpose is because they have this possibility of thought. This thought and emotion, however, should be reason enough to live until you someday die and your atoms go to do something else and stop giving you consciousness. While you had this awareness, though, at least you will have been happy doing what makes you happiest.
9/08/2003
I reached 1000 unique visitors today...as far as this tracker says, anyway...
It rained today. It poured. And I had to walk halfway across campus in it. As much as I love the rain, I don't like being wet, because being wet leads to being cold, and I hate being cold. So I wore a long-sleeved shirt today (surprise). The books in my backpack got all wet, though...Breakfast of Champions looks like it was thrown into a puddle. My day-by-day calendar also got all wet...I guess that's what happens when I try to be organized...
My mentor (or advisor, if you'd rather) took me to lunch today at Subway, his way of "getting to know me," i.e. recruiting me for research under him. We somehow got on the topic of my intro to chemical engineering professor. He told me that this year would be that guy's 20th year teaching at the college. I realized that I have no way of putting that into perspective; I haven't even been alive for 20 years. So I started thinking about how everyone says that they wished they were younger again, because their youth was so much better. I don't ever want to have to say that. I never want to realize that the best times of my life are already past. I'd like to think that I can be just as happy any time in the future as I am right now, and I really hope that's true. It's going to be true...for me, at least.
Right now, I'm going to go drive my new Acura RSX Type-S. Wait, that's not me...
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It rained today. It poured. And I had to walk halfway across campus in it. As much as I love the rain, I don't like being wet, because being wet leads to being cold, and I hate being cold. So I wore a long-sleeved shirt today (surprise). The books in my backpack got all wet, though...Breakfast of Champions looks like it was thrown into a puddle. My day-by-day calendar also got all wet...I guess that's what happens when I try to be organized...
My mentor (or advisor, if you'd rather) took me to lunch today at Subway, his way of "getting to know me," i.e. recruiting me for research under him. We somehow got on the topic of my intro to chemical engineering professor. He told me that this year would be that guy's 20th year teaching at the college. I realized that I have no way of putting that into perspective; I haven't even been alive for 20 years. So I started thinking about how everyone says that they wished they were younger again, because their youth was so much better. I don't ever want to have to say that. I never want to realize that the best times of my life are already past. I'd like to think that I can be just as happy any time in the future as I am right now, and I really hope that's true. It's going to be true...for me, at least.
Right now, I'm going to go drive my new Acura RSX Type-S. Wait, that's not me...
9/07/2003
After going to sleep at 1:30am and waking up at 1:00 pm, I feel really refreshed. I went to get lunch around 2:00 with my roommate, and they were still serving breakfast! YES! And the weather outside reminded me of fall and winter: cool wind, fully overcast sky, almost raining. Today seems to be a pretty good day so far. Though I know that I won't be able to ever go to sleep tonight, and I have to wake up at 7:30 for class...eww...
Jedi Knight II: does anyone actually like the multiplayer on that game?
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Jedi Knight II: does anyone actually like the multiplayer on that game?
9/05/2003
We started chapter 2 in organic chem today, and I had an extra hour after class, so I read as much as I could. I just have to say that I love the naming conventions of organic chemistry very much now. When a molecule can be named "1,7,7-Trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptane" and that name be actually accepted by people of the profession, that's very nice. And the name contains every bit of information you can have about the molecule's structure. It's makes use of every single syllable: there aren't any sounds just thrown in there to make it sound pretty. So wonderfully inovative.
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9/04/2003
First, for Olivia, she has a new screenname. Olivia is now "c4n4d14n p3n6u1n" (that's canadian penguin for all you non-1337-ists). I like it.
My calculus teacher when trying to explain a concept: "A sphere is really just two dimensions; it has just been folded into a curve."
I have a quiz tomorrow in organic chem over bonding, anti-bonding, and other easy stuff which I can't recall at this moment.
Doesn't matter, though. I'm happy. One month today.
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My calculus teacher when trying to explain a concept: "A sphere is really just two dimensions; it has just been folded into a curve."
I have a quiz tomorrow in organic chem over bonding, anti-bonding, and other easy stuff which I can't recall at this moment.
Doesn't matter, though. I'm happy. One month today.
9/03/2003
OJ now has a spot in my links. Anyone else whom I don't have, tell me, and I'll put you there.
Today seemed to drag on forever. And it was very hot, even though it was overcast all day.
In organic chem, we talked about molecular orbitals and bonding and antibonding all class. Pretty interesting stuff, despite the fact that I was pretty tired because the day seemed to drag on and on. Also, my calculus III teacher doesn't have any idea what he's doing. He'll explain things by just reiterating what he originally puts on the board then staring at it for five minutes. "As you can see... ... I can take the derivative... ... ... The t disappears... ..." And then he'll just write the final theorem or formula on the board...incorrectly. He put a (...)^(1/2) where there should have been a (...)^(3/2). It's a good thing someone had their book out to catch him on that, because I didn't. If he would actually derive these things, stuff like this wouldn't happen. Then he finally assigned the first homework assignment. I went happily back to the dorm to do it, but when I got to the last problem (of six), it involved taking the second derivative of cosh(x) and dividing it by (1+sinh(x)^2)^(3/2). I'm not going to do all that by hand! Plus, this class never went over what cosh and sinh are. I just have an idea of what they are because Mr. Bond is the greatest math teacher ever. People on my floor came to me for help on the same problem: "Oh, that's hyperbolic cosine? I thought the h was just an extra variable." It's so hard to stay awake in that class when he spends the last 30 minutes trying to derive something, bringing himself right back to the original equation.
Tomorrow, Nathalie and I will have been dating [yay! future perfect tense!] for a month.
I love you always with everything in my heart.
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Today seemed to drag on forever. And it was very hot, even though it was overcast all day.
In organic chem, we talked about molecular orbitals and bonding and antibonding all class. Pretty interesting stuff, despite the fact that I was pretty tired because the day seemed to drag on and on. Also, my calculus III teacher doesn't have any idea what he's doing. He'll explain things by just reiterating what he originally puts on the board then staring at it for five minutes. "As you can see... ... I can take the derivative... ... ... The t disappears... ..." And then he'll just write the final theorem or formula on the board...incorrectly. He put a (...)^(1/2) where there should have been a (...)^(3/2). It's a good thing someone had their book out to catch him on that, because I didn't. If he would actually derive these things, stuff like this wouldn't happen. Then he finally assigned the first homework assignment. I went happily back to the dorm to do it, but when I got to the last problem (of six), it involved taking the second derivative of cosh(x) and dividing it by (1+sinh(x)^2)^(3/2). I'm not going to do all that by hand! Plus, this class never went over what cosh and sinh are. I just have an idea of what they are because Mr. Bond is the greatest math teacher ever. People on my floor came to me for help on the same problem: "Oh, that's hyperbolic cosine? I thought the h was just an extra variable." It's so hard to stay awake in that class when he spends the last 30 minutes trying to derive something, bringing himself right back to the original equation.
Tomorrow, Nathalie and I will have been dating [yay! future perfect tense!] for a month.
I love you always with everything in my heart.
9/01/2003
Short fragments: too tired to come up with sentences.
Got back today, then ate spaghetti. mmm...Charlotte was fun and a very pretty city. Brooklyn was wonderfully herself, even though she peed on me. Parents and Candace were lots of fun to see again and hang out with.
I'm actually really not tired, so I don't know why I'm having such problems thinking coherently right now. I was going to post about something, but I can't remember what it was, so you'll have to wait for another day. Also, I have to write a short paper on an important engineer of the 20th or 21st century. If you have any ideas on whom to write about, please leave them in the comments, because I have seriously no clue.
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Got back today, then ate spaghetti. mmm...Charlotte was fun and a very pretty city. Brooklyn was wonderfully herself, even though she peed on me. Parents and Candace were lots of fun to see again and hang out with.
I'm actually really not tired, so I don't know why I'm having such problems thinking coherently right now. I was going to post about something, but I can't remember what it was, so you'll have to wait for another day. Also, I have to write a short paper on an important engineer of the 20th or 21st century. If you have any ideas on whom to write about, please leave them in the comments, because I have seriously no clue.
