Thanks to chem 462 and physics 220 I have been tossed into a stormy, swirling sea of math, and I....
....am loving it?
Maybe p chem is for me after all.
One of these days I'll do a back to school write up. I promise.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Monday, September 7, 2009
I'm hoping by the end of the semester I will understand every word:
Deep in,
they're there, they're
at it all the time, it's jai
alai on the hot molecular fronton-
a bounce off walls onto the packed aleatory
dance floor where sideswipes are medium of exchange,
momentum trades sealed in swift carom sequences,
or just that quick kick in the rear, the haphaz-
ard locomotion of the warm, warm world.
But spring nights grow cold in Ithaca;
the containing walls, glass or metal,
are a jagged rough rut of tethered
masses, still vibrant, but now
retarding, in each collision,
the cooling molecules.
There, they're there,
still there,
in deep,
slow
they're there, they're
at it all the time, it's jai
alai on the hot molecular fronton-
a bounce off walls onto the packed aleatory
dance floor where sideswipes are medium of exchange,
momentum trades sealed in swift carom sequences,
or just that quick kick in the rear, the haphaz-
ard locomotion of the warm, warm world.
But spring nights grow cold in Ithaca;
the containing walls, glass or metal,
are a jagged rough rut of tethered
masses, still vibrant, but now
retarding, in each collision,
the cooling molecules.
There, they're there,
still there,
in deep,
slow
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
hey self that loves school. i need you to come back now.
I have never started a school year feeling so unsettled, so unready to devote my life to academics (as you can tell by the past couple of posts).
It's pretty darn painful. I decided to drop my dad's 455 class, and I'm really upset about it. I think it's the smartest thing for me to do right now, but gosh, I very much wanted to take a class from him. I don't know if I'll get another chance to do so in the future. I loved being in his lecture this morning, for my last time in 455 of this semester, watching him teach. That's my dad, I kept thinking, so full of pride to be his daughter. He was whipping out the mechanism to make asprin from benzene and explosives from acetone, toilet bowl cleaner, and peroxide, throwing out types of reactions faster than I could write; he was great. I wish I had the opportunity to continue to see him like that.
I'm really, really, really going to miss it.
Bring it on chem 462, physics 220, french 340, religion 353, and dance 485R.
You have a lot to make up for.
It's pretty darn painful. I decided to drop my dad's 455 class, and I'm really upset about it. I think it's the smartest thing for me to do right now, but gosh, I very much wanted to take a class from him. I don't know if I'll get another chance to do so in the future. I loved being in his lecture this morning, for my last time in 455 of this semester, watching him teach. That's my dad, I kept thinking, so full of pride to be his daughter. He was whipping out the mechanism to make asprin from benzene and explosives from acetone, toilet bowl cleaner, and peroxide, throwing out types of reactions faster than I could write; he was great. I wish I had the opportunity to continue to see him like that.
I'm really, really, really going to miss it.
Bring it on chem 462, physics 220, french 340, religion 353, and dance 485R.
You have a lot to make up for.
if it kills me
I SWEAR I'M NEVER GOING TO GRADUATE.
That's all I have to say about that.
Actually, I have a lot to say about that, but it hurts to much to think about and then I'd have to pull up my life plan excel spreadsheet and start rambling off on chemistry classes with scary names, and study abroad, and ballroom tours, and it just wouldn't make any sense to anyone but my mom (and maybe Josh).
Let me just complain once again about how nervous I am about this semester and what I'm supposed to be doing and blah blah blah blah blah.
I need a nap.
That's all I have to say about that.
Actually, I have a lot to say about that, but it hurts to much to think about and then I'd have to pull up my life plan excel spreadsheet and start rambling off on chemistry classes with scary names, and study abroad, and ballroom tours, and it just wouldn't make any sense to anyone but my mom (and maybe Josh).
Let me just complain once again about how nervous I am about this semester and what I'm supposed to be doing and blah blah blah blah blah.
I need a nap.
Monday, August 31, 2009
The problem is, I liked all my classes too much and therefore want to take them all.
I want to flip open my text book and find a handwritten message.
I want to look up and see a plane writing it in the sky.
I want to trip over a rock and find it in sidewalk chalk.
"You need to take [insert class here]. It will be the most beneficial to you and make you happiest this semester.
-God"
I hope that's not too sacrilegious of me...
Alas, I fear this is one of those take-a-step-into-the-dark-and-then-figure-out-whether-you've-made-the-right-choice type of deals. Ugh. Help.
I want to look up and see a plane writing it in the sky.
I want to trip over a rock and find it in sidewalk chalk.
"You need to take [insert class here]. It will be the most beneficial to you and make you happiest this semester.
-God"
I hope that's not too sacrilegious of me...
Alas, I fear this is one of those take-a-step-into-the-dark-and-then-figure-out-whether-you've-made-the-right-choice type of deals. Ugh. Help.
Sunday, August 30, 2009
triple necklace with eiffel tower charm...i think yes.
I can't believe that classes start tomorrow. Ever since I can remember I've anticipated the first day of school, starting to get myself mentally prepared weeks in advance. This time around it feels like it snuck up on me. I'm pretty sure I'm only taking physics 220 and chem 462 for my major classes this semester....but....I would really, really, really, really like to take 455. And maybe I still will...haven't dropped it yet...but probably will...I'm planning on auditioning for dance classes during the class time tomorrow. I've a million things running around in my head: what to wear (yeah, I still do the whole lay-out-your-back-to-school-outfit-the-night-before thing), what colored notebooks I want to use for which classes (I just really like color coordination), whether to shower tonight or tomorrow morning, what to pack for a lunch, what shirt to wear for dance auditions, what time to get up, how to do my hair (just as important as the back-to-school-first-day-outfit), what to take (!!!), etc etc etc.......
tehe.
I get a little silly about back to schoolness. I just like everything to go well...it's a good omen for the rest of the semester, ya know?
Fingers crossed it'll be awesome. I have a good feeling about Fall '09....
tehe.
I get a little silly about back to schoolness. I just like everything to go well...it's a good omen for the rest of the semester, ya know?
Fingers crossed it'll be awesome. I have a good feeling about Fall '09....
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
IKEA follow up
If you would like to join me for another IKEA run (I went with my mom, sisters, and Amanda yesterday and managed to shatter the frame I got, so I've got to go back), here is the plan:
Be at my apartment (if you need my address, facebook message me) at 3:00 on Friday to carpool up there, or meet us at IKEA by 3:30-3:45 ish.
I'm thinking we could skip the showroom and go straight for the marketplace.
Thoughts?
Be at my apartment (if you need my address, facebook message me) at 3:00 on Friday to carpool up there, or meet us at IKEA by 3:30-3:45 ish.
I'm thinking we could skip the showroom and go straight for the marketplace.
Thoughts?
455? 462? 220? 391? 481? 120? 340? 361?
Seeing as there is less than a week until classes start, I should probably figure out what I want to take (and major in).
Hmmm...
nah.
Hmmm...
nah.
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