Life has taken a turn for the insane - although in a good way. I am now officially part of the 2007 solar car race crew so my already hectic schedule just had any free time what-so-ever obliterated. The end result is that I know that I will not have a chance to post anything for the next several months. I promise to post a full account of the ( Read more... )

I have absconded with my sister's birthday present - the soundtrack to Beauty and the Beast. It has now been in my possession longer than it was in hers. Maybe I should give it back ( Read more... )

So... about the UM-Ohio St game. I don't have a tv and I'm supposed to be studying for two exams. And it's getting a bit annoying to hear everyone in the dorm yelling while I have no clue what's going on. Repeat to self: "Must not watch tv" until game is over or otherwise convinced.

I'm not sure what triggered the thought but walking back from class today it occurred to me how far off track my life is compared to what I planned when I was little. In first or second grade I remember sitting on the playground plotting with a few friends what we were going to do for the rest of our lives. We were going to all go to LCC and then ( Read more... )

For some reason it seems that all engineers share the same strange sense of humor. At least among the mechanical people fracture mechanics and failure theory (aka "why stuff breaks") are highly amusing. Unfortunately, taken out of context some of the in-class comments sound absolutely horrible so I won't post them. (Side note: conversations on ( Read more... )

I have decided that I think too loudly. I start muttering to myself but of course I think faster than I can talk so it comes out all garbled. Then my sister starts giving me wierd looks ( Read more... )

Engineering is fun and interesting. Engineering will be the death of me yet.

Sometime in the very near future I know I'm going to end up falling flat on my face. Maybe even literally if I don't start getting more sleep. Midterms are coming and I don't understand half the material I should. It doesn't help that I've having to re-learn differential equations since I haven't used them for a year and a half. I'm putting in ( Read more... )

Unhitching a trailer is not a fun job when it is pouring rain. And, of course, driving/backing said 24' trailer attached to a pickup with an extended cab is its own adventure. Although I think the greatest success of the day was getting the solar car covered about 5 minutes before it started hailing. Because hail + solar cells = car no go ( Read more... )

This past week was barely short of horrid and brings up the question why I keep adding things to my schedule. This was the first week that I had assignments due in all three engineering classes and every single one took longer than I though it would so I've hardly slept the past few days. Then I talked myself into joining PTS (the mechanical ( Read more... )