I forget...did I come here for school?
So I had my first day of classes yesterday which means I got a taste of all of my classes already since I couldnt spread them out over tuesday and thursday as well as monday wednesday and friday. This quarter I have:
General Chemistry 6C - The last part of the general chemistry prerequisite series! Yes! O-chem Im coming for you!!
Physics 2B Electricity and Magnetism - Oh god, not this shit again
Math 20E Vector Calculus - WTFmath
Cognitive Science 11 Minds and Brains - Holy shit, I am thinking about thinking about thinking
and I just now added
Math 20D Intro to Differential Equations - Not so hard calculus
yeah, two math classes, I dont know about that...Ill have to see how drained this makes me before I decide whether Im gonna drop one of them. I went to the vector calculus class and the teacher felt like he had to explain the entire quarter in a fifty minute lecture, so basically he was just jizzing all over the class' brains. I really couldnt think of a better metaphor for how I felt, eager to understand what he was saying, but just being degraded mentally by the immensity of the math. The only class I really feel excited for is my Cognitive Science class. I fucking LOVE cognitive science. Just being exposed to like the COOLEST science and technology merges is awesome. Like check out this movie:
http://www.technologyreview.com/media/nature04970-s3.mov
This guy was stabbed and became paralyzed from the neck down. Now he's got a chip in his brain which interperets the waves his brain uses for motorcontrol and translates that into the movement of a mouse cursor! I mean, he's using a COMPUTER with his MIND! Tell me that's not crazy! The reality of a future where we have chips in our brains and just interface with computers mentally in our daily lives seems so much less a fantasy! And for starwars fans...
http://www.technologyreview.com/media/nature04970-s7.mov
Luke Skywalker hand! He's says what he's thinking so that the viewer knows what he's thinking to get the arm to work(the arm is not controlled by voice, but rather brain waves again). Crazy shit.
Im thinking of minoring in it. But then again I was also thinking of minoring in music. But I dont think I can minor in anything since as it is Im a bioengineering major...which means Im FUCKED to 4 classes every quarter. I dont know if I can minor in anything and not be here for 5 years. And what's the point in minoring in something anyways?
So far Im 4 for 4 as far as going to class goes. I plan on not fucking this up so I dont have to bullshit finals anymore.
So yeah, outside of classes, Ive been doing a lot of nothing, and living with 4 other people in a closet of an apartment kinda forces me to get the fuck out, even if just for a contemplative walk around the deserted pavement of the new college Im in. The first and last thing I think about everyday seems to keep being the unexplained inadequacy of being myself, but I think Im slowly becoming more and more numb to this dissappointing thought pattern. I need more of an ability to ignore my own thoughts. Im fucking up the whole diet thing, but I have been doing a lot more physical activity, albeit not really intense physical activity, but hopefully it's enough to balance out the shit Ive been eating. If only the rest of you knew the joys of a box of Roberto's carne asada fries! And if only my natural metabolism could get rid of them without my help!
I find it kinda cool that every night there's a herd(I dont know the word for a group of rabbit) of wild rabbit outside my balcony. Now, are some breed of rabbits nocturnal, becuase I do remember my 3rd grade class' pet rabbit being awake all day, but these rabbit are active only at night. Scurrying soft animals are adorable.
General Chemistry 6C - The last part of the general chemistry prerequisite series! Yes! O-chem Im coming for you!!
Physics 2B Electricity and Magnetism - Oh god, not this shit again
Math 20E Vector Calculus - WTFmath
Cognitive Science 11 Minds and Brains - Holy shit, I am thinking about thinking about thinking
and I just now added
Math 20D Intro to Differential Equations - Not so hard calculus
yeah, two math classes, I dont know about that...Ill have to see how drained this makes me before I decide whether Im gonna drop one of them. I went to the vector calculus class and the teacher felt like he had to explain the entire quarter in a fifty minute lecture, so basically he was just jizzing all over the class' brains. I really couldnt think of a better metaphor for how I felt, eager to understand what he was saying, but just being degraded mentally by the immensity of the math. The only class I really feel excited for is my Cognitive Science class. I fucking LOVE cognitive science. Just being exposed to like the COOLEST science and technology merges is awesome. Like check out this movie:
http://www.technologyreview.com/media/nature04970-s3.mov
This guy was stabbed and became paralyzed from the neck down. Now he's got a chip in his brain which interperets the waves his brain uses for motorcontrol and translates that into the movement of a mouse cursor! I mean, he's using a COMPUTER with his MIND! Tell me that's not crazy! The reality of a future where we have chips in our brains and just interface with computers mentally in our daily lives seems so much less a fantasy! And for starwars fans...
http://www.technologyreview.com/media/nature04970-s7.mov
Luke Skywalker hand! He's says what he's thinking so that the viewer knows what he's thinking to get the arm to work(the arm is not controlled by voice, but rather brain waves again). Crazy shit.
Im thinking of minoring in it. But then again I was also thinking of minoring in music. But I dont think I can minor in anything since as it is Im a bioengineering major...which means Im FUCKED to 4 classes every quarter. I dont know if I can minor in anything and not be here for 5 years. And what's the point in minoring in something anyways?
So far Im 4 for 4 as far as going to class goes. I plan on not fucking this up so I dont have to bullshit finals anymore.
So yeah, outside of classes, Ive been doing a lot of nothing, and living with 4 other people in a closet of an apartment kinda forces me to get the fuck out, even if just for a contemplative walk around the deserted pavement of the new college Im in. The first and last thing I think about everyday seems to keep being the unexplained inadequacy of being myself, but I think Im slowly becoming more and more numb to this dissappointing thought pattern. I need more of an ability to ignore my own thoughts. Im fucking up the whole diet thing, but I have been doing a lot more physical activity, albeit not really intense physical activity, but hopefully it's enough to balance out the shit Ive been eating. If only the rest of you knew the joys of a box of Roberto's carne asada fries! And if only my natural metabolism could get rid of them without my help!
I find it kinda cool that every night there's a herd(I dont know the word for a group of rabbit) of wild rabbit outside my balcony. Now, are some breed of rabbits nocturnal, becuase I do remember my 3rd grade class' pet rabbit being awake all day, but these rabbit are active only at night. Scurrying soft animals are adorable.