crunch time

So push time is over. now it's it's shove time. I still have 4 tests to do this semester and two projects. One of the tests is a "midterm" on the last day, but we don't have a final for that class, though, yeah, we obviously do. I slacked a bit on this last wave of midterms. My scores weren't as high as they had been in previous tests, but still decent nonetheless. I don't think I've crashed or burned in any of my courses, but we'll have to see. I have two midterms whose grades are still TBA and they may very well affect my final grades. I would love to get a 4.0 but as long as I make Dean's List I'll be happy. If I play my cards right and don't mess up next year, I could graduate Sigma Cum Laude (3.7 GPA or up) though Magna Cum Laude (3.9+) looks out of reach. I'd have to get a perfect 4.0 until I graduate, which might be possible, but I'm not gonna fret over it too much.

Still don't know what I'm doing this summer. I'd have to wait about a month to get a word from the lab in Cali, so I'm still not sure what I'm gonna do. I mean, I know I have a good job here. It won't pay much, but it will still be good work. On the other hand there's this flashy new car called an Engineering Internship waving itself in my face and I can't help but be tempted. Dave said he would give me a rec letter regardless, but I don't know what to freakin' do. My rationale says to just stay here and play it safe, but my oft-ignored wild child says to take the plunge and go to Cali. I mean, what can happen in 10 weeks?

The answer: Everything

I wish I had more time to video games. I bought Mario kart for the Wii, and that looks like it's gonna be a lot of fun. Kinda easy, but fun nevertheless. Plus I still have to work on unlocking things in Brawl, opening new levels on SSX Blur (I bought it for my mom last week because she likes the snowboarding levels and like the PS2 version we played a long time ago), and I need to keep up on my Guitar hero status. But, alas, no time!

I have a project using MATLAB due on Friday that I admittedly haven't started on. We've known about it for a couple weeks now, but I've been preoccupied with midterms, and now this summer debate, that I'm barely getting to it. It doesn't look like it'll be too hard, but it's still gonna be time consuming. I need to get my lab reports back from the TA.

For what it's worth, this last week was pretty good. Saw a few movies, and I bought Crash, which is definitely one of my faves as of late. Got to hang out with Alice- that was fun, we need to hang out more often. Brent almost made me go spastic on him, all in goofy fun. And I was a total dumbass at Target when I couldn't help but admire how, um, well... developed... the cashier was. She looked like 18 or so. I felt stupid, but oddly proud of myself. I'M STRAIGHT! YAY! Not that, you know, there's anything wrong with not being straight, just it made me feel a little better about myself, which I don't think I do often enough.