So last Sunday, I fell and scraped my elbow. It was healing and had already scabbed over, but today in the shower I accidentally washed the scab off.

( Pictures of the wound under the cut. For pre-meds and the non-squeamish. )

After 160 days of awesome -- or at least tolerable -- weather, Day #161 demonstrates the absolute ridiculousness of Northern California in the winter. Wet, cold, windy, and absolutely nasty to bike through. Funny how it was warm enough for t-shirts and shorts just a week ago.

1. Happy Chinese New Year! This weekend was spent eating lots of yummy Chinese food at my uncle's place in San Jose. Needless to say, productivity was not very high, though it was on par with any other weekend ( Read more... )

1. Back from snow trip at Lake Tahoe. Photos on Facebook or webspace.

2. Classes are awesome. Homework is easy. Schedule here3. I've gotten addicted to crosswords, again ( Read more... )

So, break has actually been really awesome. I thought I'd be sick of the lack of activity, and I was for the first day or two, but it's nice to be able to stay home and do nothing all day. Still, I'm itching to go back and I'm sure next quarter would be awesome. I bought myself a 250 GB (232 GiB) external hard drive for Christmas.... :) I ( Read more... )

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It's finals week. Which means 1) I need to get my ass in gear and actually be productive and 2) I get to go home soon. Ironically, this week is less hectic than most... it only involves staying in my room and reading.

In other news... ideally, this is what my schedule will look like in the winter. I'm going to get screwed in the spring, though ( Read more... )

The Post Office is so unreliable. I ordered textbooks the first week of school, and they just got here -- with postmarks of Sept 26 and Sept 27. Not cool.

In other news, my computer's hard drive died, but since it's under warranty, HP is sending a replacement via FedEx Second Day -- and it'll get here tomorrow. Excellent.

So, what classes should I take next quarter? After accounting for what I need to take in Winter Quarter, I have seven units remaining to work with.

Here are my options:

• EE 20N, Hacking Stuff (3 units): This sounds really awesome. Course description: "We will organize in teams of two to design and build robots that are capable of driving along ( Read more... )

Biked 26.6 miles around San Francisco. Those hills are pretty intense.