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| Friday Five |
| 04.30.04 (2:44 pm) [edit] |
So I started this blog on a Wednesday, and my first thought was that I wished it was a Friday. There has been very little going on in my life outside of Statics and Chem. And nothing really in the near foreseeable future outside of Quantum Mechanics and Numerical Methods. I wanted to start this thing on a Friday so that I could fill out a Friday Five. Make myself stop and think for a second instead of droning on about the wonders of my life. But of course, the [url=http://www.fridayfive.org/]webpage[/url] is down and all of the archives have been taken down as well. Regardless, I scrounged one up, I'm being stubborn, and I'm doing it:
[b]Friday Five (3/5)[/b]
[b]What was...
1. ...your first grade teacher's name?[/b]
[i]Mrs. Kalna. She stayed one of my favorite teachers through elementary school. I haven't the slightest clue why. I'd like to think that it was something about her as a teacher, and not just the toys in the corner or the fact that some of my best friends to this date I met in her class. I remember talking to her about my dreams, candy filled fairy lands, very 6 year old girl...and her telling my parents how imaginative I was. I remember thinking that was weird, even back then.[/i]
[b]2. ...your favorite Saturday morning cartoon?[/b]
[i]There were so many era's...it's almost impossible to break it down to one. I must have gone through at least 5 full turnovers of the Saturday morning line-up. I started setting my alarm and dragging myself and my blankie down there at 7 every morning. That was the DuckTales/Rescue Rangers era. I vaguely remember CareBears before then, but that's even a bit too far for me. I think after that we segued into a bit of the Ninja Turtles, with a little bit of Captain Planet in there. There was also the superhero phase, I was all about X-Men and Spiderman. I distinctly remember Saturday mornings tapering off when I would wake up later and later because I was too cool to watch the animated ones. I'd watch the real people shows, Saved by the Bell reruns and such. Those didn't start till 10, so I didn't even have to get up early. That's when everything started going downhill.[/i]
[b]3. ...the name of your very first best friend?[/b]
[i]Sarika. Our dads went to college together, and then got jobs with the same company. They were both transferred to Jacksonville at the same time, and we've been there ever since. We actually moved into the same apartment complex...I was about 2 and a half. We would play together every day, and spent a year at the same Montessori pre-school. Interestingly, we stayed best friends until we finally went to school together again. Wasn't until high school. [/i]
[b]4. ...your favorite breakfast cereal?[/b]
[i]Lucky Charms if I remember correctly. Makes me feel SO old...everytime I pick up my Honey Bunches of Oats, or my Special K. I swear, they're good cereals, I'm not just growing up.[/i]
[b]5. ...your favorite thing to do after school?[/b]
[i]Geez Louise. So this is obviously geared towards elementary school, but all I can remember is riding the Activity Bus home everyday from middle school, and in high school having my dad pick me up after work. Theater, NAHS, Scholar Bowl...whatever, I was one of those overall nerdy involved kids. The majority of the time I would get home just in time for dinner. Oh wait, yea...there's the common trait. My favorite thing to do after school was to raid the refrigerator, find something microwaveable, and spend thirty minutes with my after school cartoons. That went on for along time. I find free time, and food finds me. Nothing's changed.[/i]
Alright, time for dinner. The Sandcastles are taking out the new additions to our family. (It sounds like such a cult...) My one free night for the weekend, and then getting back down to studying.
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| Finals |
| 04.29.04 (5:51 pm) [edit] |
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One down, three to go. I'm waiting for my 96 review pages for tomorrow to print out. Twelve hours and counting to my next final. I really do question how much I'm meant to be an engineer. They keep saying that it will get better. The "getting better" has yet to kick in. It's not the workload that bothers me, it's the sheer monotony. You'd think that a three hour final would be somewhat satisfying, knowing that I've learned something and that I can apply a semeter's worth of skills. Instead I just pass out in the grass, not being able to appreciate anything but Cleveland's first day of 80 degree weather. Keep on chugging, Monday, 3:30 pm.
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| Take two |
| 04.28.04 (3:16 pm) [edit] |
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I think this makes for blog attempt #5. The first two didn't have enough features, the third wasn't customizable enough, and the fourth was simply too much work. A new look shouldn't require learning three new languages. Hopefully with the end of finals I'll be able to invest some time into this. The only main disadvantage of the basic account is that it doesn't allow for image hosting. I'm looking into [url=www.photobucket.com]Photobucket[/url] to see if that can be compensated for. Basic goal is to not spend any money and still get everything I want. High expectations? We'll see.
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