Yesterday was fun! I went to play in the gorge with other REU-ers (Tracy, Rodolfo, Noel, Andrew, Chase, Theresa, Brian, Melanie, Stephanie, and one more whose name I don't know), all of them are great! We were there for about 2.5 hours, and it was the best way to cool down that on such a hot day. It was really fun when you could get under a ( Read more... )

So, I never made it to New York City Today. I woke up at 6:15, and took care of getting ready and having breakfast and was at the bus by 6:50. There were two buses that pulled up and iI get on the first one. Everything is going well until about halfway through the trip. the bus slows down and the check engine light comes on. We pull into a ( Read more... )

Yesterday I ran in the morning, swam at noon, and rode my bike after dinner. It was awesome because I didn't feel that bad doing it. In fact, it felt rather good. I won't be doing it more than once a week though. I figure I'll just make Wednesday my hard day of training. Not that much going on otherwise. I am looking forward to going to New ( Read more... )

I swam more today. I got in about 3300 yards, which is okay. The total will be climbing though. That should put me in good shape for the triathlon. On the research front, I finished the optical system, but the two lens are a bit small. That means that though I'm getting an image. There is a lot of vignetting of rays. That should be fixed ( Read more... )

The optical system is just about done. I asked the most senior grad student to take a look at the system and see if there is anything that is glaringly wrong. I don't think there is but he's been doing this for a while and knows how things should work. I on the other hand know how things work in theory, but not in practice. When the system ( Read more... )

Yesterday I watched 3 movies in one day. I don't particularly want to do that ever again. I saw Madagascar which was kind of funny but not terribly memorable. Then I watched Batman Begins which was an okay movie, better than the last few Batman movies, not like that is hard. The last movie was I, Robot which was a decent movie, though from what ( Read more... )

I'm pretty happy. My optical system is starting to come together now. It should be working soon, which is always exciting. Yesterday Emily came to visit me in Ithaca. Hanging out with Emily is always fun. We went bowling which is fun. It is funny when she manages to beat me in the last frame. It didn't happen this time, but the last time we ( Read more... )

I registered for the Musselman Triathlon today. It may be weird but I am pretty excited about doing it. I think I'll like it, and if I like it I will do more. Besides the registration my day was pretty good. I got an image from my optical system, it just wasn't where I thought it should be. Tomorrow I'll continue working on it and optimize it ( Read more... )

I got in to a pool for the first time in about 10 days and it felt really good even though I couldn't feel the water at all. That will come though. Since I swam I am tired and will probably be asleep by 11 pm. Not too much else going on today, but it is okay to have a quiet day at times. Tomorrow should be more exciting because of the free ( Read more... )

Yes, I despise laundry. Not doing it, but trying to set it up so that I can. It took me a good hour to get money on a card so that iI could start it. It's finally going now, but that also means I have to stay up pretty late, when I wanted to get to sleep pretty early and start lifting for swimming. That plan is pretty much shot to hell. I hate ( Read more... )