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So this past weekend all the candidates for the Langsdorf and Myers engineering scholarships came up to Wash. U. They stayed with us in the dorms and we got to hang out with them as well as go to some pretty cool events. There is a glass-blowing factory near campus that is owned by a Wash U. graduate, so they took all of us there for the student- ( Read more... )

so, i just spent about six hours helping finish up preparations for Enweek (engineering week) which is this week. we have been working on this for almost a month (after planning) and sometimes it just seems like engineers should be more efficient. but it is pretty much ready to go, and the actual week should be cool. just tired now - have to ( Read more... )

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I went to the first orchestra rehearsal of this semester tonight - it was great! We are playing the Academic Overture by Brahms which is a really majestic fun piece and also Ravel's piano concerto no. 1. That has some amazing parts with this bouncy interplay between winds and strings' pizzicato. Both pieces have some hard parts but if we get it ( Read more... )

okay, so I am now back in St. Louis for another semester. It's good to be back but it is freezing and earlier it was snowing. Too cold for a girl who spent the last month in sunshine and fifty, sixty degree weather. Anyway, my flights were okay today - I slept through both because I was out last night until twelve and so did not finish packing ( Read more... )

Oh, just another bad thing, the Cowboys lost so i will have to wait until next year to see them in the super bowl. however, along football lines, if anyone is free saturday evening, watch the college all-star football game. the football coach from my dad's school, St. John's will be one of the coaches and a player from his team, Blake Elliot will ( Read more... )

ok, not that anyone cares, but just in case anyone was worried that i died or something, i am still here. anyway, my fabulous christmas break is winding down - i fly back to st. louis on sunday. I am kind of anxious to get back, but it was sooo good to be home. I didn't realize how much I missed everybody until I got to see them all. Hanging out ( Read more... )

I have been home in El Paso since Friday night and I am loving it. No quarters to do laundry, no ID card to get food, cable TV, and lots of sunshine. And the Dallas Cowboys won again today, giving them a wild car spot in the playoffs! And my dad's university, St. John's, won the NCAA Division Three national football championship yesterday, ( Read more... )