Is it bad that I spend 80% of every day either in engineering land or directly doing research? Plus when I talk to "outsiders" the only things I really talk about are science related since that's on my mind ( Read more... )

I don't want to be up until 2am writing, so I'll just go normal update today :D ( Read more... )

Day 10 - What you wore today

Khaki pants, black polo shirt tucked into tan belt, nicer looking shoes

Then after church and dinner I changed into a tshirt, athletic shorts, and sandals

Day 09 - Your beliefsI am a man of God. I believe that man alone could not and can not earn salvation for themselves. I believe that God sent Jesus to die for my sins and through him salvation is secured ( Read more... )

Day 08 - A Moment

At one moment in time, this is the way Jimmy thought.

Livejournal entry for December 7, 2004

18 years old, high school senior, and still long-winded :)

Title: ...and ends!

I can finally say my search is over! 34 job applications filled in the last two years, one pseudo-intyerwiew with sears, but no offers whatsoever, until ( Read more... )

Day 07 - Your best friendI remember questions like this when I was in grade school. I always had two people in mind as my best friends. The end of elementary school drastically changed my definition of what a friend is (I lost most of mine), so all through middle school I never let anyone get that close again. In high school I opened the doors to ( Read more... )

I started graduate school on August 23. I'm taking 4 classes, 3 of them core-level courses that will be on my PhD qualifying exam in May. I expected them to be tough. I didn't expect them to completely rape my mind the FIRST DAY of class! Most of it is transitional and not knowing what to expect, and I knew this, but it still doesn't prepare you ( Read more... )

I guess it's been a while since one of these. The long and short of it: life is good. You've been warned. As Darcy says "I love it when you post, even though when you post you write a novel". This is no exception ( Read more... )

Graduate School ( Read more... )

I'm downright scared. I have no idea where my life is going and once the 'comfort' of undergraduate college has disappeared I'll be on my own again. Sure, I'm equipped with years of valuable life experience, but once more I have to build myself up ( Read more... )