Overload

So now I'm in my last semester of school. What can I say? Has it been fun? Sure. Will I miss it? Totally. But who knows what's gonna happen.

I signed up for more classes than necessary so I could drop some, but I kinda like all of them for different reasons. After all, that was why I signed up for them in the first place.

The contenders:
ASTR 250- Like your typical intro astronomy course, but with math. The first day the prof starts pulling out spherical trigonometry on us, which I think is pretty cool. The class is gonna be kinda hard, and definitely time intensive, both negatives, but it's astronomy, big positive, and no negative for the professor. He seems cool.

PHYS 305- Programming in C, with application to Physics problems and analysis. I signed up for it mostly because I know I should learn more programming. Thing is, I hate programming, and while it has its moments of glory when the project you've been working on finally works, I don't know how much time I'll have to commit to it. The good thing is that the class has no tests, quizzes, or final, just massive HW assignments. Potentially one I could skip a lot, but at least we get to work in a computer lab during most of the classes. Prof is a little weak; he knows his stuff, he just can't explain it that well. I did fine with the Hello World program, but I'm unsure how much longer I'll stay on top of things.

MUS 109- Rock and Pop Music. A no brainer. A keeper for sure. Plus I'm in the Honors section, and while that involves a little more interactivity and effort, it will be worth it. I need to write a 5 page paper this semester on SOMETHING. I could use ideas...

MATH 456- Partial Differential Equations. Math is still fun, kinda. The best part about it is that my friend Shauna is in there, and she has to take it (I took prob and stats instead so this is purely elective for me) but I know the stuff would be useful for grad school. The prof is crazy, throwing out these statements that he doesn't have time to prove. I'm starting to understand his English.

I would probably try and keep all these classes, except the ones I need to graduate are gonna take a GIGANTIC chunk of time from me.

MATH 485- Math modeling. I don't like the professor all that much. I had been warned by other people, but this class fit best in my schedule. At least I'm working with Brent Morgan on the big group project, which will be refreshing.

AME412/413 Senior design. I have to help build part of a car. A very special one at that. As the mechanical engineer in my group, I have little shop experience, but the shop guy seemed really interested about the project as a whole. I might have to design some funky rotaty doohickies. Eep. Solidworks, my enemy, we meet again.

But other than that, things suck. I got turned down by Teach For America. I can't apply to Cal for next fall because I missed the deadline. My aunt's house has termites and the washer is broke. I live to freakin' far out of town to get people to come to my place and play Rock Band. Plus I have no fucking clue what I'm doing about grad school. I think I have two completed applications, both for Engineering, but I think I still wanna apply to some math or stats programs. But time is short and so is my temper for the moment. And then of course I look down at my Tardy Turtle T shirt and laugh.