So this posting an entry a day thing is starting to get a bit tedious. And it's reminding me how generally boring my life is. Today I wired up some strain gages, found a topic for my Seismic paper, and went to Concrete class for 2 and a half hours. Then tonight I did my concrete homework (ok, started it), and made cheesecake cupcakes and banana ( Read more... )

So my big news for today is that yesterday I did my taxes. Since I'm well below the poverty line, and no longer my parents' dependent, I get every cent back. Between state and local taxes, that amounts to $773. Nice ( Read more... )

Ok, so I didn't post yesterday, so this is gonna be yesterday's, today's, and tomorrow's post all combined, since it's Easter tomorrow ( Read more... )

Not much to say today, except that I'm tired, and today was really tedious. I had to find the relative rib area of some rebar (not that that means much to most of you, perhaps all of you), which involves dozens of measurements with a dial gage. So was doing that all day ( Read more... )

Ok, so I didn't post an entry yesterday. I spent the night at my parents' house, so no LJ there. Oh well.

My rant today is about my roommate. I normally have at least one rant to share (she's that kind of roommate), but this one really, really pissed me off ( Read more... )

I babysat last night and made $36. It's kind of funny how much money that seems like right now. A year ago, living with my parents, $36 more or less was nothing. Now that I'm thisfar above the US poverty line, it's fairly significant. This year, living on my own for the first time, money matters. I think about what I spend. I wanted a $50 ( Read more... )

I've decided that for April, I'm going to try to post an entry every day. Dunno if I'll make it, but I'll try. So here's to starting ( Read more... )

First week of classes, and all but one are cancelled. Not a bad start ( Read more... )

This weekend I've ( Read more... )

My insane roommate is wandering around the apartment singing and humming Christmas Carols. On the day before Halloween. Just thought I'd share.