first the big news.
i received a letter from the U. of maryland today, they offered me a teaching assistantship for next fall, if i would choose to go there. well, i did already commit to ohio state last week, but i found the following sentence in my fellowship agreement: "an acceptance given or left in force after april 15 commits the student not to accept another offer without first obtaining a written release from the institution to which a commitment has been made." i'm making quite a few phone calls tomorrow, and maybe i'll know something further then. maryland is an awesome and i would like to go there very much. my deal isn't as good as ohio state's but its a good one nonetheless. maybe i'll tell you about it if i see you.
not that i need this right now, though.
i finished two classes today. thermodynamics: A. finite element indep study: don't know, hopefully an A. now just a few more really hard projects and i'll be a graduated man. my three one-on-one meetings with professors went pretty well today, i'm glad they give me the time of day. the two trips to toledo weren't very fun though.
i have shload of work to do this weekend, thankfully the weather won't be nice until sunday, so i can have a cleaner conscience staying inside and not enjoying the spring weather.
its been a while since i've connected with anyone. but jesse and justin, then ashely and i had some good talks tonight. those guys are awesome.
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thumbs up: walking out of the classroom for the last time
thumbs down: exhaustion, mentally
quote: "when it rains, it drizzles" - jesse
cd rotation: weezer blue, taking back sunday: tell all your friends
this is driving me nuts. school all day, every day, i can only escape for a few hours each day. and the worst part is that i know its going to be like this for at least another week. that's what you get, i guess.
so enough complaining. i did do some fun stuff today, including a run with jesse through the side streets of bg (i don't like being one of those people who run through campus and on all the main streets, just to be seen, but i suppose i will occasionally). tim and i played a round of disc golf, i pulled a (-5), my best score this year and one of my best ever. the weather was perfect: sunny, no wind, and just the right temperature. we had a lot of fun hanging out together being brothers, i'll miss him when i head down to columbus (you better visit, tim!).
after another visit to the library i went to brett's to help engineer the pinewood recording. jesse made it about 1/2 way through another song in the last three hours, its slow going, but its going to be good.
tomorrow is another big day: not one, not two, but three meetings with professors regarding independent projects. i hope to finally have my toledo one wrapped up, so i can devote most of my energy toward my honors project. the write-up for that is slow going because the material is so dang confusing, i'm going to put an easy-to-read version up on the internet for my presentation, i'll probably post the link here.
anyway, i'm exhausted, only to do the same thing tomorrow. send some love if you get the chance, i would smile.
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thumbs up: hearing netface on the phone
thumbs down: you know it
quote: "we all know that audio gear is sexy." - an ad in a music magazine, for serious.
cd rotation: slick shoes: wake up screaming
i finally went through two weeks of mail and got pretty excited reading the stuff i got about graduation. i haven't really thought much of graduation (or much else, it seems) due to the whirlwind of school, so it's only now starting to sink in. congrats justin on your strides too. will we be at the same graduation ceremony (arts & sciences)? i'd like it if we were.
i forgot to tell you, i found out last week i was accepted to maryland, with no indication of financial support. not that it matters.
i flew through my thermo exam this morning and worked my butt off all day on my projects. i saw scott at cosmo's and we studied there and then switched venues to the library. i'm tired of reading nasa journals and trying to work impossible hyperbolic equations and deciphering heat transfer problems. oh, i can't wait.
and don't worry wags, i'm in the same boat with you as far as the summer goes. i emailed my advisor at osu to get some help but i haven't heard from him yet. do i take classes this summer, do i audit them, or can i just buy the book and do it myself and work a normal job?
i wish i could share these experiences with someone. remember when i was digging on a girl last semester? that was dumb. and why do other girls keep popping in my head? i don't want to think about them. maybe because the air smells like winter outside, its chilly and breezy.
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thumbs up: seeing the sun for the first time in a few days
thumbs down: seeing the inside of the library for the third time in as many days
cd rotation: the juliana theory: understand this is a dream
quote: "you could slit my throat. but with my lasting gasping breath, i'd apologize for bleeding on your shirt"- taking back sunday
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ok, heidi, good for you. 'taking a break' is what all the cool people do.
today was the longest study day ever, i shouldn't even be writing this now but i feel like i owe it to you and to myself to recount the days events and thoughts just to do it all again tomorrow.
i have an exam tomorrow morning and am trying to get through all of my other classes-it looks like i might be able to actually finish a few of them up this week. my honors project, though, will not be turned in at the early deadline i don't think (next monday). i can turn it in the following monday (on its official due date) and still be considered in good standing. actually, you can go here and see the shock animation.
i've been doing homework ALL DAY. i will now comence sleep.
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thumbs up: the feeling of getting stuff done
thumbs down: the fact that it took me all day to do so
quote: "i want an ibook!" - ray
cd rotation: atticus
it's easter. thanks to God & Jesus for giving it to us. i'd rather celebrate easter than christmas any day.
the family outing to my aunt's house was pretty fun, most of my cousins were around and we ate a lot of home-cooked food. the ham, the turkey, the cherry cheesecake. i saw jay and nicole for a while and heard their side of the college story. and i really feel old being around my little cousins; Amy's the youngest and she's almost 7. i thought she was 4. and my middle cousins, the ones who are 'growing up' and are like 13 or whatever, i remember when they were born!.
i went to church at the catholic service today, the first time in a very long time, and it always feels so dead going back there. especially when singing. i think worship should be a choice, not an obilgation. because listening to the congregation in the 'joyous' songs, it sounds like no one even wants to be there. no one is excited about their faith. i could go on but i won't right now.
i'm dang tired. this week is going to suck, a lot. at least the weather will be crappy, that makes me feel better. i won't list the homework, but i assure you that i am not in an enviable position. i'm going to leave work now, and try to get some rest to attack the day tomorrow.
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thumbs up: playing with the cousins (who 'plays' any more? i mean, screwing around outside like you did when you were 7. i miss those days)
thumbs down: bricks
quote: "if jay's nose went to his face he'd be called nose face! HAHAHA" - amy, the next carrot top
cd rotation: mxpx "life in general"
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