Travis called us tonight. He said I could write for his day. So, Monday was mostly a homework day. Travis spent a lot of time studying and worrying about too much homework. He had one class to go to. Amy came over in the afternoon. Travis had a study session in the evening and then called his family. We had a long, refreshing visit. His mom told him to go to bed earlier.
Love, Dan, Brenda, Darcy & Erica
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Only one word... CONVOCATION
So, to day, we woke up around 8 and got ready to go back across the river to Georgetown once more. Amy and I walked over to Georgetown first. We went to the bookstore to get some sheets, so she could sleep in her room. She seems to be getting along pretty well with Claire, her roommate. Then, we met her dad downstairs in the courtyard outside New South, and we started to walk to the Convocation service. All of the new students had to line up along some buildings, while the rest of the people, parents and such, had to get in a line to go to the stadium where it was to be held. There was also a tent that was outside that had a large projector in it that would show the events that went on inside the arena. The students would walk through the tent, and then into the arena. We heard, as we were standing in the .3 mile line that the arena and tents were already full, but we could watch it from the building that the bookstore was in. We walked up some stairs and then over to the correct building.
In the building, there were already lots of people sitting down, so Mark and I just stood by one edge. It was very cool in the building I was kinda glad that we weren't in the tent. The projector that we had had recently gotten a bulb replaced, so there was an error message on the screen at all times. It said, "Unless you change to a new i amp. POWER will be off 5 minutes later." This covered the top 4th of the page, and usually covered the speakers face. There was also a blinking message above that one. Oh, and to specify, the writing was backed by a solid red, so you couldn't see through it at all. The service itself was pretty good, but it took about 20 minutes for the students to enter, and then 8 more for all of the staff. There wasn't much space between people either. We saw Amy way in the distance, and it was only enough to be relatively sure that it was her. We watched the speeches and heard the choir and band play many pieces. Both the band and choir were made of some freshman.
I'm getting really tired now. I think I'll do a quick version, since nothing of great importance happened, except for one thing.
So, we ate lunch on the grass, and we got a shady spot, because it was really hot. Amy and I said bye to Mark, and he headed back to Rosslyn to get his things and go to the airport. I headed home, but waited at the bus stop just in case it would come today(it didn't yesterday). I sat next to this nice Spanish speaking lady, and we talked about college and where I was going and what I was studying. She said that sh knew someone that was into physics and he was a tutor. He made about 60 dollars an hour and was almost always busy. I'm not sure if it was for college, or possibly for a large High School or a group of them, but anyway, that made me happy, because I could probably do that.
As I got to my dorm, I was flooded with emails. There were two package notifications (only 1 package though). There were also some more things regarding homework, so that made me stressed out. I did all the required work, but still have some reading to do. It isn't due til tuesday, so I should be mostly good. I think I'm understanding Physics a little more now also, which is good, because the variables were freaking me out a while ago. So, I did homework for a while, ane then tried to pick up my packages. There was a really big line all the way down the hall, so I decided to come back later. So I did, but there was still a big line. I gave up and did some more reading, but then, I got really hungry so I decided that I should probably get it, because I knew that one of them was from my mom and had some food in it. I brought my laptop over there so I could read and wait at te same time. That wasn't a new concept at all, because most people were doing that, but I just gave in and went over there. There was a lot of good food in there and I was very happy to receive the box. Thank You family! I was wondering what the noodles and chicken were. Did you make them? The measurements would have been hard unless you made it. I am very thankful for the package, regardless. So, for the last hour and a half or so, I have been blogging, because a lot had happened and I wanted to let everyone know.
Goodnight All! I Miss Montana!
In the building, there were already lots of people sitting down, so Mark and I just stood by one edge. It was very cool in the building I was kinda glad that we weren't in the tent. The projector that we had had recently gotten a bulb replaced, so there was an error message on the screen at all times. It said, "Unless you change to a new i amp. POWER will be off 5 minutes later." This covered the top 4th of the page, and usually covered the speakers face. There was also a blinking message above that one. Oh, and to specify, the writing was backed by a solid red, so you couldn't see through it at all. The service itself was pretty good, but it took about 20 minutes for the students to enter, and then 8 more for all of the staff. There wasn't much space between people either. We saw Amy way in the distance, and it was only enough to be relatively sure that it was her. We watched the speeches and heard the choir and band play many pieces. Both the band and choir were made of some freshman.
I'm getting really tired now. I think I'll do a quick version, since nothing of great importance happened, except for one thing.
So, we ate lunch on the grass, and we got a shady spot, because it was really hot. Amy and I said bye to Mark, and he headed back to Rosslyn to get his things and go to the airport. I headed home, but waited at the bus stop just in case it would come today(it didn't yesterday). I sat next to this nice Spanish speaking lady, and we talked about college and where I was going and what I was studying. She said that sh knew someone that was into physics and he was a tutor. He made about 60 dollars an hour and was almost always busy. I'm not sure if it was for college, or possibly for a large High School or a group of them, but anyway, that made me happy, because I could probably do that.
As I got to my dorm, I was flooded with emails. There were two package notifications (only 1 package though). There were also some more things regarding homework, so that made me stressed out. I did all the required work, but still have some reading to do. It isn't due til tuesday, so I should be mostly good. I think I'm understanding Physics a little more now also, which is good, because the variables were freaking me out a while ago. So, I did homework for a while, ane then tried to pick up my packages. There was a really big line all the way down the hall, so I decided to come back later. So I did, but there was still a big line. I gave up and did some more reading, but then, I got really hungry so I decided that I should probably get it, because I knew that one of them was from my mom and had some food in it. I brought my laptop over there so I could read and wait at te same time. That wasn't a new concept at all, because most people were doing that, but I just gave in and went over there. There was a lot of good food in there and I was very happy to receive the box. Thank You family! I was wondering what the noodles and chicken were. Did you make them? The measurements would have been hard unless you made it. I am very thankful for the package, regardless. So, for the last hour and a half or so, I have been blogging, because a lot had happened and I wanted to let everyone know.
Goodnight All! I Miss Montana!
Amy moves to Georgetown.
So, as you may have noticed, I didn't post a blog yesterday. This fact was the result of my lacking the access to a computer. I know this sounds improbable, but I'll explain throughout the rest of this blog.
I got up early on Saturday morning to go help Amy move into her dorm. She was currently staying with her dad in Rosslyn, which is right across the river from Georgetown. I got up at 6:20, because I found out that the AU shuttle bus doesn't run on the weekends until 8, and Amy really wanted to get into her dorm. So, I took a shower, got ready, and then walked to the Tenleytown Metro Station. I got there at about 7:05, but then had to wait until 7:10 for the Metro to open. As I got down there, I saw several more people than I usually would have seen. There were more white ones than usual too. Then, I remembered why this might be. Glenn Beck was giving his speech at the Lincoln Memorial Saturday morning.
And so, my Metro experience began. I got on the first metro heading towards Glenmont. This would take me to the Metro Center where I could transfer to the blue line to go to Rosslyn. As the first train pulled up, I was quite astonished. It was already full. I knew that trains in this direction would generally be more packed, but there were already people having to stand and use the hand holds. I packed on there and the train moved on. It was slower at getting going than usual, because the people close to the doors wouldn't allow the doors to close. As we pulled by one of the next platforms, it was totally full of people and a few more crammed on our train. Most of the people, who would have easily filled another empty train, were left behind. I transferred among the crowds, but I had an advantage, because I already knew how to navigate the subway and all of these Beck fans were new to the area.
I made it to the Rosslyn station and Amy met me there and we walked to the Holiday Inn where her dad was staying. There were even more of the Beckians flooding out of the doors there. One that we saw as we were getting onto the elevator had on a very intense shirt. It was kinda funny, but shocking that someone would wear such a thing. It said, "Forget cats and dogs, Spay and Neuter liberals." Amy especially liked that shirt... NOT! Anyway, we got to her room and packed up her things to bring to her dorm. We loaded up the bags and headed out the door.
We started the long tiresome journey across the river to Georgetown. She had her large suitcase, the large carryon, her backpack, her dirty clothes bag, and a bag of things that she and her dad had bought Friday. Mark, Amy, and I walked down the street, across the bridge, up a very steep hill, then sideways over to Georgetown University. We walked across campus to get to her dorm, New South. There, she registered and got some family buttons for Mark and I so we could get into the dorms too. The elevators were only being used by the people that had their stuff loaded into big carts, and as a result, we had to walk all the way up the stairs with her stuff. The first floor has really high ceilings, so it took 2 flights of stairs. Then, there were 3 more after that, because she lives on the 4th floor, the very highest one.
We moved her stuff into the room, and unpacked a lot of it. While she was unpacking, Mark and I were working on raising the bed. It just slips down into some slots on the header and footer boards, so we just needed to pull the springs up and off the rest of the bed. This should have been easy, but it was jammed in there really hard. We ended up flipping it over and pounding on it with our feet. This didn't work for 3 of the corners, so we picked it up and dropped it on the floor. One more corner came loose, but the other two required some much more viscous pounding. We slammed the bed against the floor and made Amy quite nervous, because it was very loud and it sounded as though it might disturb everyone. Anyway, et eventually worked and the raised bed was intact.
We wandered around her dorm for a while and met the RA's, who were making some pancakes for anyone that wanted them. We shared a chocolate chip one. Jack the bulldog, their official mascot lives on the same floor as Amy. It lives with the reverend that is on one of the corners. We went in the Reverend's room and got some water. Ok, I'm moving much too slowly in my days events, so I will recap more quickly for a little while.
We ate some lunch in the dining room, went to the bookstore, and looked around the campus a while. I went home at about 3 and walked across the bridge to Rosslyn. I did a load of laundry, but had to call my mom to see if I could dry colors and whites in the same load. It ran for an hour in the dryer, and I then took t out and put everything on my bed. I worked on my homework for a while, and then Amy called me and she was upset. I hung up the things that shouldn't be wrinkled, but it was too late, because the dryer had made their wrinkles permanent. She had been in the orientation thing around lots of people that she didn't know or care to know, and then, worst of all, her package that her mom mailed didn't get there in time. The mail wasn't open until 5, so she had to wait until then to see if it had come. She got packages, just as had been notified on her email, but they were only some of her books. It was a very overwhelming day, and she was quite stressed out. I definitely knew how she felt, though I got the feeling from the loads of homework, but anyway, I knew I needed to go down there to see her.
The box had here sheets in it, so without it, she couldn't even really stay in the dorm for the night. She knew that she would have to stay with her dad again, which wasn't really a bad thing, but it was just unexpected. So, we decided as we were on the phone that we would go see a movie, to help ease the stress a little. I started running to Georgetown as soon as I heard her distress, so I was running and talking on the phone at the same time. The movie theater was a little ways away in Georgetown, so I ran down there instead. I averaged 7.38 miles per hour, and it took me 26 minutes to get there. I waited a while and then went looking for Amy because she was waling from georgetown. We arrived at the movie that was supposed to start at 7:40 at 8:00. Then, we waited outside a while for Mark to arrive in the taxi. We got in and only 7 minutes of the movie had been shown so far. We watched inception, which was a great movie by the way. It is about different levels of the mind and dreaming and such. Different people being in the dreams to control or effect them as they are out of the dream. Anyway, it was really complex, but we caught on eventually.
After that, we walked around looking for some food. We found an Italian restaurant and we stopped by. The first choice was actually an American Food place, but Amy and I were still under 21, so we couldn't go in. So, at this Italian Restaurant, we ordered and then shortly after that, they brought out some breadsticks with poppy seeds and sesame seeds on them. There was this weird dip stuff that tasted a little like fish, but it was actually made of eggplant, olives, red peppers, and something else I didn't like. I liked only one of the 4 ingredients, but overall, it was really good. After all the breadsticks were gone, our food arrived and I received my "pizza." It was probably more like the real pizza in Italy, but it was super weird. The crust was cooked first, then the ingredients were added. It had basil, mozzarella cheese, tomatoes, olives, and some pesto over the top. Just a little bit, but still. It was super weird, but I kinda liked it. I'll stick to the Americanized pizza in the future, but it was a good experience.
We then walked back to their Hotel and I stayed there for the night, since I was going to come back the following morning early anyway. It was after 12 by the time we arrived back at the Hotel and could finally go to sleep. The day was full of walking and exercise and I was so pooped that I fell asleep quite quickly!
I got up early on Saturday morning to go help Amy move into her dorm. She was currently staying with her dad in Rosslyn, which is right across the river from Georgetown. I got up at 6:20, because I found out that the AU shuttle bus doesn't run on the weekends until 8, and Amy really wanted to get into her dorm. So, I took a shower, got ready, and then walked to the Tenleytown Metro Station. I got there at about 7:05, but then had to wait until 7:10 for the Metro to open. As I got down there, I saw several more people than I usually would have seen. There were more white ones than usual too. Then, I remembered why this might be. Glenn Beck was giving his speech at the Lincoln Memorial Saturday morning.
And so, my Metro experience began. I got on the first metro heading towards Glenmont. This would take me to the Metro Center where I could transfer to the blue line to go to Rosslyn. As the first train pulled up, I was quite astonished. It was already full. I knew that trains in this direction would generally be more packed, but there were already people having to stand and use the hand holds. I packed on there and the train moved on. It was slower at getting going than usual, because the people close to the doors wouldn't allow the doors to close. As we pulled by one of the next platforms, it was totally full of people and a few more crammed on our train. Most of the people, who would have easily filled another empty train, were left behind. I transferred among the crowds, but I had an advantage, because I already knew how to navigate the subway and all of these Beck fans were new to the area.
I made it to the Rosslyn station and Amy met me there and we walked to the Holiday Inn where her dad was staying. There were even more of the Beckians flooding out of the doors there. One that we saw as we were getting onto the elevator had on a very intense shirt. It was kinda funny, but shocking that someone would wear such a thing. It said, "Forget cats and dogs, Spay and Neuter liberals." Amy especially liked that shirt... NOT! Anyway, we got to her room and packed up her things to bring to her dorm. We loaded up the bags and headed out the door.
We started the long tiresome journey across the river to Georgetown. She had her large suitcase, the large carryon, her backpack, her dirty clothes bag, and a bag of things that she and her dad had bought Friday. Mark, Amy, and I walked down the street, across the bridge, up a very steep hill, then sideways over to Georgetown University. We walked across campus to get to her dorm, New South. There, she registered and got some family buttons for Mark and I so we could get into the dorms too. The elevators were only being used by the people that had their stuff loaded into big carts, and as a result, we had to walk all the way up the stairs with her stuff. The first floor has really high ceilings, so it took 2 flights of stairs. Then, there were 3 more after that, because she lives on the 4th floor, the very highest one.
We moved her stuff into the room, and unpacked a lot of it. While she was unpacking, Mark and I were working on raising the bed. It just slips down into some slots on the header and footer boards, so we just needed to pull the springs up and off the rest of the bed. This should have been easy, but it was jammed in there really hard. We ended up flipping it over and pounding on it with our feet. This didn't work for 3 of the corners, so we picked it up and dropped it on the floor. One more corner came loose, but the other two required some much more viscous pounding. We slammed the bed against the floor and made Amy quite nervous, because it was very loud and it sounded as though it might disturb everyone. Anyway, et eventually worked and the raised bed was intact.
We wandered around her dorm for a while and met the RA's, who were making some pancakes for anyone that wanted them. We shared a chocolate chip one. Jack the bulldog, their official mascot lives on the same floor as Amy. It lives with the reverend that is on one of the corners. We went in the Reverend's room and got some water. Ok, I'm moving much too slowly in my days events, so I will recap more quickly for a little while.
We ate some lunch in the dining room, went to the bookstore, and looked around the campus a while. I went home at about 3 and walked across the bridge to Rosslyn. I did a load of laundry, but had to call my mom to see if I could dry colors and whites in the same load. It ran for an hour in the dryer, and I then took t out and put everything on my bed. I worked on my homework for a while, and then Amy called me and she was upset. I hung up the things that shouldn't be wrinkled, but it was too late, because the dryer had made their wrinkles permanent. She had been in the orientation thing around lots of people that she didn't know or care to know, and then, worst of all, her package that her mom mailed didn't get there in time. The mail wasn't open until 5, so she had to wait until then to see if it had come. She got packages, just as had been notified on her email, but they were only some of her books. It was a very overwhelming day, and she was quite stressed out. I definitely knew how she felt, though I got the feeling from the loads of homework, but anyway, I knew I needed to go down there to see her.
The box had here sheets in it, so without it, she couldn't even really stay in the dorm for the night. She knew that she would have to stay with her dad again, which wasn't really a bad thing, but it was just unexpected. So, we decided as we were on the phone that we would go see a movie, to help ease the stress a little. I started running to Georgetown as soon as I heard her distress, so I was running and talking on the phone at the same time. The movie theater was a little ways away in Georgetown, so I ran down there instead. I averaged 7.38 miles per hour, and it took me 26 minutes to get there. I waited a while and then went looking for Amy because she was waling from georgetown. We arrived at the movie that was supposed to start at 7:40 at 8:00. Then, we waited outside a while for Mark to arrive in the taxi. We got in and only 7 minutes of the movie had been shown so far. We watched inception, which was a great movie by the way. It is about different levels of the mind and dreaming and such. Different people being in the dreams to control or effect them as they are out of the dream. Anyway, it was really complex, but we caught on eventually.
After that, we walked around looking for some food. We found an Italian restaurant and we stopped by. The first choice was actually an American Food place, but Amy and I were still under 21, so we couldn't go in. So, at this Italian Restaurant, we ordered and then shortly after that, they brought out some breadsticks with poppy seeds and sesame seeds on them. There was this weird dip stuff that tasted a little like fish, but it was actually made of eggplant, olives, red peppers, and something else I didn't like. I liked only one of the 4 ingredients, but overall, it was really good. After all the breadsticks were gone, our food arrived and I received my "pizza." It was probably more like the real pizza in Italy, but it was super weird. The crust was cooked first, then the ingredients were added. It had basil, mozzarella cheese, tomatoes, olives, and some pesto over the top. Just a little bit, but still. It was super weird, but I kinda liked it. I'll stick to the Americanized pizza in the future, but it was a good experience.
We then walked back to their Hotel and I stayed there for the night, since I was going to come back the following morning early anyway. It was after 12 by the time we arrived back at the Hotel and could finally go to sleep. The day was full of walking and exercise and I was so pooped that I fell asleep quite quickly!
Friday, August 27, 2010
Another day down
Today was the other day that I get to be completely loaded down with homework. Wahoo! Actually that was a sarcastic wahoo, because I really don't enjoy tons and tons of homework. I went to physics first, which was pretty fun as the last time was, and then, I read my physics book until my next class an hour and a half later. I went to the Global Majority and enjoyed it again. The class itself seems pretty enjoyable, because the guy is nice and German-y. The reading that I have to do for the class, which is a lot by the way, has been pretty boring, though it was much better than the first reading. In the Global Majority, I took notes with my laptop for the first time and it was pretty fun and efficient. The taking notes is mainly to help me get the information drilled in my brain a little better, because all of his power points are on his Blackboard website.
After the economics class, I read the material for that course and ate some delicious Cup-o-noodles. They are very yummy and taste quite good! I later went to Calculus and he made some more silly jokes. One of the problems we were working on was the sine curve and the tangent line at x=0. The thing that we used to find the slope was the sin(x)/x. He did some examples such as the sin(1)/1 and others. Then, he did this one .6666/devil(he actually drew a little picture), but anyway, it was the sign of the beast over the beast. He said some other jokes, but that was the only one that stuck in my head.
Directly after Calculus, I went to my Understanding Music class. Today was really easy for me, because he was teaching the minority that didn't read music about notes and such. We learned about the different notes, the different staffs, sharps and flats, and then he briefly touched on scales. I think the class will get harder, but it was pretty easy today and should be for me, until we do things besides reading music.
After that class, I read some physics and then went to the Metro stop to wait for Amy and her dad. They were coming over for dinner at American, because I wanted to show Mark the 8th best college food. Today, they had a Ice Cream Sunday Bar instead of the usual Fire Wok. It was really good and had pineapple, marshmallows, sprinkles, banana stuff with sugar, I think, hot fudge syrup, caramel syrup, strawberry syrup, mini chocolate chips, maraschino cherries, and probably some other things I forgot. Anyway we ate it and then walked around the campus a little bit. Amy and her dad left back to their hotel in Rosslyn, VA.
I started to read some physics, but then got a little overwhelmed by their excessive use of variables. I'm sure I will get used to it, but hey had a live of about 3 inches long with many many subscripts just to say d=1/2at^2. It was much much easier in High School. After that, I read 35 pages of an article for The Global Majority that was mainly about overpopulation and how it leads to poverty because the people can't support so many children, and as a result can't afford contraceptives, so they have more children, and it was just a big cycle of overpopulation and poverty... I tried to get a text to speech reader to read it to me, but I think I'm getting a little faster at reading, because I could read it much more quickly than the computer.
There was a bit of my life... Oh. Also, Charlie invited me to come with him and some of his friends to watch or try his slackline. I didn't do it, but it was kinda fun to be included.
Tomorrow morning, I'm getting up at 6:20 to get ready and head over to Amy's Hotel to help her move in to Georgetown. She can move in at 7 and is pretty anxious to move in, so I'll try to get there pretty early. Therefore, I should go to bed now, because I'll get only 6:20 of sleep as it is. Goodnight All!
After the economics class, I read the material for that course and ate some delicious Cup-o-noodles. They are very yummy and taste quite good! I later went to Calculus and he made some more silly jokes. One of the problems we were working on was the sine curve and the tangent line at x=0. The thing that we used to find the slope was the sin(x)/x. He did some examples such as the sin(1)/1 and others. Then, he did this one .6666/devil(he actually drew a little picture), but anyway, it was the sign of the beast over the beast. He said some other jokes, but that was the only one that stuck in my head.
Directly after Calculus, I went to my Understanding Music class. Today was really easy for me, because he was teaching the minority that didn't read music about notes and such. We learned about the different notes, the different staffs, sharps and flats, and then he briefly touched on scales. I think the class will get harder, but it was pretty easy today and should be for me, until we do things besides reading music.
After that class, I read some physics and then went to the Metro stop to wait for Amy and her dad. They were coming over for dinner at American, because I wanted to show Mark the 8th best college food. Today, they had a Ice Cream Sunday Bar instead of the usual Fire Wok. It was really good and had pineapple, marshmallows, sprinkles, banana stuff with sugar, I think, hot fudge syrup, caramel syrup, strawberry syrup, mini chocolate chips, maraschino cherries, and probably some other things I forgot. Anyway we ate it and then walked around the campus a little bit. Amy and her dad left back to their hotel in Rosslyn, VA.
I started to read some physics, but then got a little overwhelmed by their excessive use of variables. I'm sure I will get used to it, but hey had a live of about 3 inches long with many many subscripts just to say d=1/2at^2. It was much much easier in High School. After that, I read 35 pages of an article for The Global Majority that was mainly about overpopulation and how it leads to poverty because the people can't support so many children, and as a result can't afford contraceptives, so they have more children, and it was just a big cycle of overpopulation and poverty... I tried to get a text to speech reader to read it to me, but I think I'm getting a little faster at reading, because I could read it much more quickly than the computer.
There was a bit of my life... Oh. Also, Charlie invited me to come with him and some of his friends to watch or try his slackline. I didn't do it, but it was kinda fun to be included.
Tomorrow morning, I'm getting up at 6:20 to get ready and head over to Amy's Hotel to help her move in to Georgetown. She can move in at 7 and is pretty anxious to move in, so I'll try to get there pretty early. Therefore, I should go to bed now, because I'll get only 6:20 of sleep as it is. Goodnight All!
Amy gets home from Virginia :)
Yesterday afternoon I returned from visiting my aunt and uncle and cousins in Charlottesville. It was really great to see them all, but I was also feeling a bit antsy to get back for the start of my school. Travis came and saw me after his classes and it was wonderful to be back with him. The two of us went to the nearest metro stop where we met my dad who had just flown in. We all went to Chris’s apartment where he got in soon after from work. We sat around awhile, chatting and catching up. I think my dad really enjoyed seeing Chris again. We all walked over to Eastern Market in search of dinner. The first restaurant we stopped by the first one Chris knew of, but it was going to be a long wait, so our search continued. We ended up at a unique pizza place with all kinds of specialty pizzas. We decided on a chicken pesto pizza and a hotter, chipotle one called Fire and Smoke. They were oh so very delicious, and I look forward to when I can go there again. We also ordered some dessert which was a menagerie of some gelato, homemade doughnuts, and some molten lava chocolate cake that we all shared. I am getting re-hungry just thinking about it! After dinner we all walked back to the apartment and I had to pack up all my suitcases from the past two weeks. My dad and I went to our hotel and Travis went back to his dorm. I can’t believe I’ll be in my own dorm by tomorrow!!
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Physics Lab time.
Today, I woke at a good earlyish time and got ready for my lab. I haven't been running lately, because my left knee hurts a bit. I don't think it is a major problem, but it just wouldn't be comfortable to do too much exercise on it. Anyway, I ate my fruit of for breakfast and then headed to the lab room a little early. First, our lab director guy gave us some handouts that will only be given to us this time(the other times we will have to print the lab info out ourselves). Then, we took a test. It was just a test to see what we knew about physics and it was quite easy. It dealt with Newton's laws mostly. Actually now that I think of it, it was all Newton's laws. There were lots of problems about equal and opposite forces, and also some one about inertia and the path an object would take if it were released immediately and all outside force was removed. Also some questions were like the cannon on a hill shooting a cannon ball off the cliff, what would the path look like...
After this, we broke off into our own groups of two and began to do our first lab. It was a very simple one and we only measured a piece of wire with various tools. The tools included a meter stick, a digital caliper, and a digital balance. We did 5 trials for each run and then took the mean and standard deviation of each set of data. One cool thing about the lab was the fact that each station had a computer at it. We opened up Excel and then inputted the data into a table. My lab partner's name was Jordan Jackson. He was in the military for 9 years and is now getting his postback or something like that. He had a much larger vocabulary than I, so the answers for our results were better sounding than I would have done. The nice thing about the computers is that you can have them do all the work for you such as the averaging. Then, at the end of the lab, you just print out your data sheet and away you go.
I think I will like Physics and Calculus the best, because the other classes seem to involve a lot of lateral thinking and just making up things, which I'm not so good at. I have a lot of classes again tomorrow, so I think I should go to bed. Say hi to everyone there that isn't reading this. I miss you all. Goodnight!
After this, we broke off into our own groups of two and began to do our first lab. It was a very simple one and we only measured a piece of wire with various tools. The tools included a meter stick, a digital caliper, and a digital balance. We did 5 trials for each run and then took the mean and standard deviation of each set of data. One cool thing about the lab was the fact that each station had a computer at it. We opened up Excel and then inputted the data into a table. My lab partner's name was Jordan Jackson. He was in the military for 9 years and is now getting his postback or something like that. He had a much larger vocabulary than I, so the answers for our results were better sounding than I would have done. The nice thing about the computers is that you can have them do all the work for you such as the averaging. Then, at the end of the lab, you just print out your data sheet and away you go.
I think I will like Physics and Calculus the best, because the other classes seem to involve a lot of lateral thinking and just making up things, which I'm not so good at. I have a lot of classes again tomorrow, so I think I should go to bed. Say hi to everyone there that isn't reading this. I miss you all. Goodnight!
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
HOMEWORK!!!!!!!
So, you may be wondering why I didn't post anything yesterday. The main reason was I had 4 classes on Tuesday. I got more homework than I have ever had, which was to be expected I guess, but still, I just felt crushed. So overwhelmed! I just wanted to cry! I did a couple of times actually, but then I just told myself... "Hey! You can do this Travis, what is all this silly emotion? You don't have time for emotion. Get back to work!"
I'll tell you a little about my other classes now.
First, I had Physics. (8:30-9:45 TF and a lab 8:30-11:00 Th) Everyone seemed older than I did except for one freshman that I recognized. The professor tried to be funny quite a bit and I noticed one of the things he was doing before he said anything. He was just starting up his computer and humming. Then, he said, "I'm just humming to myself to distract all of you from the fact that my computer is booting up." It was funny to me, but I couldn't laugh out loud. He is a pretty nice seeming guy. He has brown hair and is somewhat short and clean shaven. We will use lots of electronic things here and Mastering Physics this online thing is one of them. We also use the buzzers like in Mr. Sacry's class to answer questions from our seats.
The next class I had was The Global Majority. (11:20-12:35 TF) It is an economics class. The teacher has a pretty strong accent that is German I think. Possibly Russian, but I'm not sure. He is pretty tall, and has glasses and looks a little nerdy, but seems pretty cool. The class lectures seem OK, but the reading I had to do for it was super boring! I could barely read it. I hope it gets better.
I then had Calculus. (2:10-3:25 TF and 2:10-3:10 W)There was a nice oldish man as the professor. He had a woven hat on as he came to class and he has big glasses. He also has suspenders and reminds me a little of Mr. MaCrossin. He is much smarter though, I'm sure, because he worked at the aerospace technology area. He was a spring board diver in college and so on the first day of class, we had an example of a diver and we were trying to find a way to determine the instantaneous speed of the diver. It was pretty interesting, but I felt outdone again, because this time, everyone else had already taken calculus in High School. Oh well, I think I'll be able to catch up to them anyway.
Starting only ten minutes after Calculus was Understanding Music. (3:35-4:50 TF) The professor showed up a little late, but seems like a pretty cool guy. He has one of those eyes that you can't tell where he is looking, but it isn't too noticeable, because I didn't notice until after I talked to him at the end of class. We did an activity in class in which we had to divide up in the different genres that we liked. In groups we had to discuss the Musical Elements of each genre. We also had to talk about the cultural impact of this music type, give several artists within the genre, and say why we like that genre. 4 members of each group presented the discussed topics to the class. There are 65 people in that class, which is by far my largest class.
Anyway, I have a ton of homework and feel very overwhelmed, but I bet I'll get used to it and maybe even enjoy it sometime. I now long for the other days in my life that were more fun and less stressful. Even when we were in DC before school started. Now its time for Business! I miss everyone at home. Goodnight all. I have an 8:30 Physics lab tomorrow.
I'll tell you a little about my other classes now.
First, I had Physics. (8:30-9:45 TF and a lab 8:30-11:00 Th) Everyone seemed older than I did except for one freshman that I recognized. The professor tried to be funny quite a bit and I noticed one of the things he was doing before he said anything. He was just starting up his computer and humming. Then, he said, "I'm just humming to myself to distract all of you from the fact that my computer is booting up." It was funny to me, but I couldn't laugh out loud. He is a pretty nice seeming guy. He has brown hair and is somewhat short and clean shaven. We will use lots of electronic things here and Mastering Physics this online thing is one of them. We also use the buzzers like in Mr. Sacry's class to answer questions from our seats.
The next class I had was The Global Majority. (11:20-12:35 TF) It is an economics class. The teacher has a pretty strong accent that is German I think. Possibly Russian, but I'm not sure. He is pretty tall, and has glasses and looks a little nerdy, but seems pretty cool. The class lectures seem OK, but the reading I had to do for it was super boring! I could barely read it. I hope it gets better.
I then had Calculus. (2:10-3:25 TF and 2:10-3:10 W)There was a nice oldish man as the professor. He had a woven hat on as he came to class and he has big glasses. He also has suspenders and reminds me a little of Mr. MaCrossin. He is much smarter though, I'm sure, because he worked at the aerospace technology area. He was a spring board diver in college and so on the first day of class, we had an example of a diver and we were trying to find a way to determine the instantaneous speed of the diver. It was pretty interesting, but I felt outdone again, because this time, everyone else had already taken calculus in High School. Oh well, I think I'll be able to catch up to them anyway.
Starting only ten minutes after Calculus was Understanding Music. (3:35-4:50 TF) The professor showed up a little late, but seems like a pretty cool guy. He has one of those eyes that you can't tell where he is looking, but it isn't too noticeable, because I didn't notice until after I talked to him at the end of class. We did an activity in class in which we had to divide up in the different genres that we liked. In groups we had to discuss the Musical Elements of each genre. We also had to talk about the cultural impact of this music type, give several artists within the genre, and say why we like that genre. 4 members of each group presented the discussed topics to the class. There are 65 people in that class, which is by far my largest class.
Anyway, I have a ton of homework and feel very overwhelmed, but I bet I'll get used to it and maybe even enjoy it sometime. I now long for the other days in my life that were more fun and less stressful. Even when we were in DC before school started. Now its time for Business! I miss everyone at home. Goodnight all. I have an 8:30 Physics lab tomorrow.
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