Made Less Logical by Original Sin

Thursday, May 17, 2007

Gloria in Excelsis Deo

Happy feast of the Ascention!

Today has been just another reminder to myself that I don't work very well amidst the loud and hasty. On such days, I find myself trying to tame the noise with sugary whispers, while retreating back into a quiet shell and daydreaming of calm and recollected people and places. Calm, laid-back, self-motivated and wise: a description both of the perfect professor and of my ideal friend. (Not that I pretend to most of that!)

Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Bye-bye, my baby, bye-bye

I just returned from school, where I sold my textbooks back to the college bookstore (The more than $250 was worth the two hours waiting in line)... and so my life as a community college student is over.

Adeo's ode to RV College: (with thanks to Phil Vasser)

Bye-bye,
Oh, I'll catch ya later-
got my left foot down on my accelerator
and my rear-view mirror torn off,
and I ain't never lookin' back, and that's a fact.

Monday, May 07, 2007

What I've done over summer vacation...

So, if I were going to write one of those stereotypical first-day-of-third-grade essays, here's what I could say so far: (The things that have been waiting until I didn't have to study.)

*Wrote and mailed thank-you notes to the people who gave me donations for the walk this summer.

*Dropped off some Crossroads stuff at church for the Knights of Columbus.

*Bought a replacement for my superannuated pajama shirt

*Washed the car (for the second time since August!)

*Threw away my notebook, a mountain of powerpoint slide printouts, and random graded assignments.

*Called to follow up on something like I should have done a month ago

*Painted a ceiling and a doorframe

*Rehung a door

All in all, a pretty good first eight hours of summer break. (Maybe not so interesting to read, but hey, at least I'm blogging.) You know, the end of school really doesn't have the same import when you are in charge of it- I am only done with school now because that's the way I set up my schedule. It's not nearly as cheering and comforting as being carried along the the wave of events at, say, TAC.

Well, enjoy your wave, even if it may be breaking over your head.

Done!

This will have to be brief for now, but my year of basic sciences has come to a close!! I just finished the organic final. Here's the year's transcriptional killings:
biology- 11 credit hours
physics- 8 credit hours
chemistry- 18 credit hours

Who'd a' thunk it?
If you are a TACer, see in in a few days!