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Thursday, November 06, 2003
Fine, so "Winter is Coming" isn't the battlecry of House Stark. Its its motto. By the way, Chris, how you liking "A Game of Thrones"? I thought it was the best book I ever read (no, Thrawn trilogy has NOTHING on this new series, but no one tell her I said that).
Fight practice tonight...in the fencing pits...this sucks. Better than nothing, though.
After 5-7 long hours of working on stress homework, I am almost caught up...only ONE problem to go (oh wait, I did 3 problems already today!).
Life is good. It kicks ass. Sure, I'm overstressed, overworked, underslept, and have no true vestiges of a consistent social life, but I can't complain of life. Now, instead of slogging day by day, I see this as a challenge I must overcome, or die trying (well, maybe not die, but you get the point).
I've even started my own short story...its only 4 pages long, and it might top out at 6 or so...but its one of my first attempts, and it doesn't sound retarded just yet (which means I'm going to tinker with it until it does!)
One of the reasons I'm in a good mood is that I got my second passing grade in Stress Analysis. Sure, its a 70%, but that problem was from hell! It took approximately 7 hours to draw the free body diagrams, set up the equations, and solve for the 14 unknown forces acting in the system. The professor actually complimented my work. Heh, I sound like a total teacher's pet, but if your average was a 40, boosted to 50 after today, I'm sure you'd feel the same way. Now, only 5.5 weeks of class to go! They say 7 weeks goes by quickly...I wonder if its illegal to lie? Its a freaking eternity!
Ah well, at least there is Thanksgiving break...4-5 days of rest and relaxation, along with one day where I am going to gain back all the weight I've lost (10-15 lbs). Its pretty scary, its pretty apparent that I've lost weight. I'm trying to stop by eating alot, and frequently. I don't want to look like a skeleton on Thanksgiving Day. Not for the football game! Actually, looking thin and haggard might be a good thing, because then people will be pushing all that much more food at me! *Snickers maniacally*
Ok, off to attempt and finish this stress analysis problem! Bye!
Fight practice tonight...in the fencing pits...this sucks. Better than nothing, though.
After 5-7 long hours of working on stress homework, I am almost caught up...only ONE problem to go (oh wait, I did 3 problems already today!).
Life is good. It kicks ass. Sure, I'm overstressed, overworked, underslept, and have no true vestiges of a consistent social life, but I can't complain of life. Now, instead of slogging day by day, I see this as a challenge I must overcome, or die trying (well, maybe not die, but you get the point).
I've even started my own short story...its only 4 pages long, and it might top out at 6 or so...but its one of my first attempts, and it doesn't sound retarded just yet (which means I'm going to tinker with it until it does!)
One of the reasons I'm in a good mood is that I got my second passing grade in Stress Analysis. Sure, its a 70%, but that problem was from hell! It took approximately 7 hours to draw the free body diagrams, set up the equations, and solve for the 14 unknown forces acting in the system. The professor actually complimented my work. Heh, I sound like a total teacher's pet, but if your average was a 40, boosted to 50 after today, I'm sure you'd feel the same way. Now, only 5.5 weeks of class to go! They say 7 weeks goes by quickly...I wonder if its illegal to lie? Its a freaking eternity!
Ah well, at least there is Thanksgiving break...4-5 days of rest and relaxation, along with one day where I am going to gain back all the weight I've lost (10-15 lbs). Its pretty scary, its pretty apparent that I've lost weight. I'm trying to stop by eating alot, and frequently. I don't want to look like a skeleton on Thanksgiving Day. Not for the football game! Actually, looking thin and haggard might be a good thing, because then people will be pushing all that much more food at me! *Snickers maniacally*
Ok, off to attempt and finish this stress analysis problem! Bye!
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