Greetings, gang. I know on LJ, I've been updating very sporadically because I've been so swamped with events and work and stuff that livejournal has fallen face-first off my priority list. So no, I haven't fell off the face of the earth just yet ( Read more... )

Finally, the end of a week that started awful and ended great, but the spotlight of the week goes to a very disheartening, tragic, and angering event ( Read more... )

First time I've ever done one of these crazy surveys just because I have trouble fallin' asleep. I'll do a real update soon, I promise. Life has just been so crazy these past couple of weeks, and it looks like it's gettin' crazier, so please take this as a poor substitute for an update. Till next time ( Read more... )

I'm not too sure why I'm spending time updating right now other than the fact that it's been a while...so this will be a long update. Semester is crazy, tutoring center has been rocky thanks to the fact that we're poor and in very tight budget (SFB's fault), in a nutshell. At least gradewise, I'm doing better than I expected, so as long as that ( Read more... )

This semester, in terms of courses, is going to be extremely intense. I'm always cringing anytime the visual of my schedule in my planner pops to mind. So many filled spaces, so little free time, and that free time constitute homeworking, GRE studying (if I ever get to it this semester), or merely breathing. Throwing in more pressure, as if I ( Read more... )

Do I believe in miracles? Err...well, if I somehow make it through this semester in one piece, then mayyyybe. Two stats courses and I'm already completely annihlated and exhausted. I mean, come on, it's the first day of the semester, and I already feel like I'm 67 1/2 years old. That's plain wrong. Samp. Non-Parametric Stats difficulty is on ( Read more... )

I'll miss 2005 a lil'. Academically, it was a good year for me, but I'm still diggin' myself out of a DEEP grave I stupidly let people and myself create last year. Hopefully 2006 will continue. Relatives are finally gone, and it was up and down. I was really tired and my room was commandeered by the guests, and I was relegated to the freezing ( Read more... )

Break hasn't been as relaxing as I thought. Almost everyday I've had something to do, which is absolutely insane. Hung out with Shawn and the ol' times of Applebee's was fun, 5:30 AM crashin' with Tom was fun although a mistake as I've been physically taxed since last Thursday ( Read more... )

Christmas break is finally here, and a long time coming too. Abstract certainly ended up being a head-banger and I'm very leery about how my grade's gonna end up in there. Hopefully the curve is gonna a be a bit bigger than what I'm expecting. Heck I even got an ear infection from all the stress studying for this thing. Hope it's not like the ( Read more... )

I never knew, seen, nor even heard of Phil Martin until today, when his death was announced via e-mail. Yet, I am deeply affected simply because he was one of us, and we lived in the same town. I do not know any details of his death, etc, but all I can say is...wow...and yes, this warrants a detour from my number theory finals studying ( Read more... )