accelerated

Current Mood: behind

MAN school caught up with me quick.

I'll spare you all the play-by-play of each day, but here's the summary:

MA 266 (differential equations) - again
AAE 301 (signals and systems analysis)
AAE 352 (structures II)
AAE 352 lab
CGT 226 (computer modeling - part modeling and advanced surface design)

13 credit hours.

Same old, same old, really. Difficult classes, I feel like I'm in over my head, the math involved blows my mind. I feel really...sluggish getting used to the routine, the workload, etc. Not crazy about trying to pass DE again, but what am I gonna do? Worried about student loans. Of course it wouldn't be a semester at Purdue for Ryan without problems with scheduling, registration, and student loan acceptance. a;sljdf;aljdf

On a scale of 1-1o, with 1 being Ferris Bueller's Day Off and 10 being Alexander's Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day, my schedule looks like:

Monday: 6
Tuesday: 4
Wednesday: 9 (5 classes spanning 7:30am to 5:30pm)
Thursday: 2
Friday: 7

A lot of my aero professors are downright crazy, but it's balanced by a generous amount of oh my god these guys are so smart. I also regret letting all my knowledge of CATIA atrophy over several years since CGT 163.

New apartment is nice, even though I kinda hate trekking up Chauncey Hill. Especially 3x a week at 7 in the morning. I am not used to early classes like this!

Improv is good. I've already seen a lot of familiar old faces, and it looks like we've got a good recruiting class, which couldn't come at a better time for us.

Several job fairs are coming up next week and I suppose it's high time for me to buckle down and try to seriously get myself out there and find some sort of internship for next year. If nothing else I do not want to work for university residences again (not that it is a bad job, I just don't think I can do it again). Side thought...the longest I've had any job so far was about 3 years and each time I started to get pretty stir crazy. I hope that if/when I get into my preferred "field"I will be more content and won't feel the need to jump around so much.

Lastly, Andy Ober gave Jenny and I some last minute freebies to go see another preseason game - Bengals @ Colts a week ago. So we got to see Lucas Oil Stadium up close and personal, and the Bengals won (something I am worried about not celebrating a lot in the coming months). That said, my new favorite Bengal is Corey Lynch - not just because he makes a great impact on our D, but he's also a rookie from Appalachian State. Which means he was part of the David team that brought down Michigan last year at the Big House, apparently starting a tradition.

:D Football season!

Celebrity Mathematics

Current Mood: procrastination


Mike Rowe




PLUS

Tommy Lee Jones




EQUALS

Rich Habib

barely scratching the surface

Current Mood: wistful, I mean wistful!

For those of you with a penchant for language:
The "blog" of "unnecessary" quotations
Gosh this is so funny

For those of you with a more mathematical inclination:
The Calculus of Saying "I Love You"
Because the second derivative of a function is more important than you realize

Statistics suit your fancy?:
Why I Will Never Have a Girlfriend
Reasonable proof there are only 18,726 dateable women

Perhaps science is your forte
Attitude Doesn't Affect Cancer Survival
Does liking this make me a bad person?


And now for some football...

Purdue won! A sound defeat of the resurgent Iowa Hawkeyes last Saturday leaves us 6-2 all and 2-2 in our conference, bowl elligble and good for 5th place (tied) in the Big Ten. Next: 2-2 5-3 Northwestern Wildcats.

Cowboys won 24-14 over the Minnesota Vikings, rebounding from a MNF loss to the Patriots. This leaves them at 5-1, the best non-undefeated team in the NFL as they head into a bye week. Tony Romo broke things off with Carrie Underwood since he's too busy kicking ass and taking names.

Steelers lost to the Broncos (good for AFC North), Seahawks rolled over the winless Rams and finally look like a decent team again as they also have a bye this week.

Reggie Bush led the Saints over the Falcons, 22-16. Drew Brees wasn't terrible, and they are now 2-4 like the 49ers they play next week.

Bengals win over Jets, 38-31. This snaps a 4 game losing streak, the longest of coach Marvin Lewis's career. RB Kenny Watson had a field day as Rudi Johnson's backup, with 130 yards, 3 TDs (2 in the 3rd quarter), which put him in the top 5 scorers of the week. We finally climb back to 2-4, and play the Steelers (4-2) next week at home.

Colts embarassed the Jaguars on MNF this week, easily winning 29-7. Highlights include a rare safety by Indianapolis, and the Jacksonville mascot bungee jumping and riding a Segway. Hopefully they will stay undefeated up to and after they play the Patriots in a few weeks.

Next week on MNF: Green Bay Packers! (5-1) vs. Denver Broncos (3-3)

Some fantasy football thoughts. Oy...in addition to starting 0-7, the Miami Dolphins have lost RB Ronnie Brown for the season with an ACL injury. This means my star sleeper stud is gone. I lost again this week, and I probably would not have if Tom Brady hadn't scored FIFTY FUCKING POINTS. I'm going to offer a bounty on that man's kneecaps soon. On the plus side, Fox Fantasy has a nifty feature that shows you (after the games are over) what your "optimal" picks for the week should have been to net you the most points. Even though I've lost a few close games, I've been playing close to if not exactly the optimal players which means I'm making good choices. Now to get better players...

Lastly, if you're into football, vote for the Pro Bowl!