First Day of School

Classes have started....

and finally the wait is over.

I actually happened to have almost all of my classes today, which is pretty cool (as I got to see all of my professors). So far so good. I'm enrolled in Physics 122 (Electricity and Magnetism), Math 334 (2nd accelerated series), English 200 (American writers in Paris), and Computer Science 311 (foundations in computing). My physics professor seems a lot more enthusiastic about the subject than my previous one, which is good. The lecture part of the class is at 8:30 which is early but not heartbreakingly so. The math professor is an older guy who seems to know what he was talking about, although we'll see how good he is at explaining things. Mark Bun is still my TA for math. The English professor, was... an English professor, but the class is more based on shorter writing pieces, so I think it will be easier for me as my writing tends to be dense. I have not gone to CSE311 yet (as I was registered for the class about 20 minutes before the class started), so I have no idea what it is like.

Quick synopsis = over and out

Living in a house

Thought I'd post an update before classes started and I became too busy/lazy to update my blog. I'm now moved in to the house I'll be renting this year, and so far everything has been good. I've meet and got to know 8 of my other housemates (two haven't moved in yet), and overall I like the bunch. Loki and I have been cooking all of our meals (leftovers for lunch and cereal for breakfast, which sort of count), and it has been a lot of fun. I feel a lot more secure cooking for myself because if I mess up, I'm the only one that has to eat it. I don't feel burdened with necessarily making something good. So far meals have been limited to pasta, salad, burritos, and stir fry. Not a bad selection overall, but I'd like to get a bit more adventurous.

Birthday

Happy Birthday Isaac!

Why thank you, I'm so glad you remembered!


There, said it for all of you who didn't know my birthday was Sept. 12th, or were too far away for me to be able to hear you.

House + School = SchoolHouse

Hi All,

Blogger added google analytics which means I can see how often people view my blog, which is pretty cool. I found an interesting correlation as well:

The more frequently I post, the more people view my blog.

Obviously it is just happenstance, as I had no way of knowing how many people read my blog, so the number of viewers couldn't affect my posting rate.

In other news, I've officially moved into the house I'm renting for school this year. It is a 3 + 1 floor house (basement), and I'll include a "diagram" so that I don't need as much filler text.


Title           bedrooms        bathrooms         Other
Top Floor        3                   1 full               ...fans?
2nd Floor        4                   1 full               washer/dryer
1st Floor         2                   1 full + 1/2      kitchen with dishwasher
basement        0                   1/2                   washer/dryer

I'm living on the top floor and it hasn't been too hot so far. A few fans and a nice Seattle day fixed that problem. As one would probably guess I'm not renting that much space on my own; the house is rooming 9 guys + Loki. Not everyone is moved in yet (I think current count is 5 residence), but I've been enjoying it so far. It is nice having a full kitchen to cook on and other such amenities.