Posted 16:48 by Tycho

Cead Mile Failte

Ok, my fingers aren't cooperating right now, so please forgive all the inevitable spelling mistakes. Reason? Well, I'll get to that, later.

Today started off at 0924 hours, when my alarm went off. I had just enough time to get ready for class, and still have 5 minutes to myself, to reflect and to think. To prepare myself for the new term, and all the challenges that it will bring.

Last night...this morning, rather, we proposed a toast [non-alcoholic, well, not even with liquid, it was just a thing you go "HEAR HEAR!" to]. "To this new term, that it will treat us better than the last one, that we may all have the strength to finish in fine form, that we will not go insane!" HEAR HEAR! [sorry, that was obligatory].

Got to cognitive thinking...sounds like an interesting course. I learned about the thinking process and the process of how we remember things. The most useful thing I learned today is how to plant false memories into people's minds. That's an execellent skill to have. We also learned what a penny looks like.

From there, it was back here for some mac and cheese for lunch. Then off to Thermodynamics. Ugh. First day sucked. Maybe it was because we sat in the second to last row in Kinnicut. Maybe it was because we didn't really learn much. My cross country coach is the professor, he's a wicked awesome guy.

Came back, promised my roommate we'd go lifting at 1530, then immediately ripped into the Thermo book and actually taking notes out of it [A FIRST!!!]. Put on "Enemy at the Gates", but that was too distracting, so I switched it to "Independence Day"...a movie that I can study to without distracting me at all.

Then Russ comes in and bitches how I'm not ready to go lifting with him, so I scuttle about and change. Today was arm day. By the time I was done with the machines, I couldn't do a single pullup. Not one. Zip. Zero. Nil. Nada. My arms were just that tired. Followed that up with a lengthy abs session.

That is one reason why my fingers aren't really working properly right now...the tendons and muscles are too tired out to give me full motor functions in my arms. It's fun. Cause now I can pretend to have a spasm and hit my roommates. Not really. That's a bad idea, considering all but one of them has about 50 pounds on me. Hitting them would be a bad thing, especially if I hit more than one. Could get a nice brawl going if I spasmed out on all four...Hmmm...entertainment....

Anyways, I have no plans for the evening except eat [not particularly hungry, but food it essential], finish up the thermodynamics reading, and e-mail my sufficiency advisor. Oh, right, almost forgot. I actually went to the library today to look up possible resources. Of course, half of the materials on D-Day, Eisenhower, and associated officers are charged out to people. Just my luck. I see it's just as bad as ever. Meh, some things never change. But then again, half the materials are still in, so I'm grateful for that, it gives me a good chunk of information to start with. Eggsellent Nog, eggsellent.

Right now, I'm going to stretch, then hike downstairs to make some food, and right after that finish up the thermodynamics chapter for the evening. Then I should have time to hang out with people later.