Freshman year wrap-upPride cameth before my fall. I arrived at Northwestern with a sense of academic infallibility, thanks to the unforseen laxity of East High and innumerable lucky breaks. I did well at East with moderate effort and eagerly believed that the same tricks would fly at NU: saving work for the last possible second to surf the ( Read more... )

Why is it that, based on 13 years under the tutelage of the public schools, I could give you a 10-minute speech on the geology of Kansas but can't remember ANYTHING about the post-Pangean history of the Continent of Africa, except ( Read more... )

My roomates are fighting... ugh. Thanks to the thick walls of CCS, I haven't had to listen to people fighting since, what, when I went home last in December. I am not a fan.

Lifted from somebody's xangaDara, Alondra, and Wendy set up a surprise birthday party for Lars.... and Wendy. Lars has at least been ordered to stay out of the kitchen. So ( Read more... )

I can't believe the school year is over. Yikessss. I am now a junior in college, owner of such adult things as silverware and a mattress, and client of a shifty-eyed Russian landlord. It's been a trip ( Read more... )

Hoy mi padre me mandó la necrología de un viejo que trababaja en Urban Ministries como entrevistador. Era de Bolivia y fue uno de los primeros hispanoparlantes que podía entender. Siempre me hablaba en español, pidiéndo que encontrara un pastel para el cumpleaños de este cliente, o algo sin azucar para la diabetes de esta. Era el entrevistador ( Read more... )

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/15/national/class/OVERVIEW-FINAL.html

After a week of reverting to Perl for an EDC sub-project which, happily, was un-assigned at this evening's client interview, I would like to dedicate this post to the joy, beauty, and ecstasy that is Matlab. The unmuddied variable scoping... the consistent syntax... the documentative documentation. No one notices this during EA1 while cursing the ( Read more... )

Virtual refugee camp tour- In particular, read the personal accounts under "refugees". And WHY can the U.S. not install a remote control disabling mechanism in its landmines, with a radio locator in each to faciliate dismantling post-conflict? Let alone why it can't find a better way kill soldiers versus civilians in the first place.

USDA's ( Read more... )

I would SO much rather write a Matlab program than an EDC essay. It was due yesterday... I'm starting it now... I still have no desire or sense of urgency to do it...

It's a good quarter though. Four engineering and physics courses is much more fun than it sounds. Moreover, the lack of chemistry is sheer delight. :-)

I had an extra hour between classes today, so I biked to the community garden where I'm renting a plot and planted my first seeds, a row of peas. Afterwards I looked around for the water source the city says it provides, but it turns out they don't hook the thing up until the threat of frost is past. So I ended up watering in the peas with two ( Read more... )