My year in Germany has ended. The trip back wasn't too bad. Two of my friends, Nikita and Ivan, helped me get my bags to the train station. After helping get my stuff on the train, they didn't manage to get off in time, so they rode with me till the next stop and got off there. I had plenty of time to change trains, even with all my crap. A nice ( Read more... )

The Hausmeister comes tomorrow morning to check over my apartment, so I've spent the weekend packing, painting my apartment, and cleaning. I am sore and achy from way more physical exertion than I am used to. I think I'm getting together with a few of my friends here for a goodbye coffee this evening during which I will enjoy hot chocolate with ( Read more... )

I packed almost everything, and I'm over the weight limit by about 5kg. I knew it would be close, so I'm not too upset about having to ship stuff. At least I found out now with plenty of time to check out shipping prices at the post office and other shipping companies. If it's one price up to a certain weight, I might ship more stuff to make my ( Read more... )

I am done with exams. Thank God! I totally rocked Wednesday's exam with a 1.3 and totally bombed today's with a 3.3. After the exam was over, I offered to edit the script for the professor. The typos drove me completely crazy when I was studying. I think I'll blame my bad grade on that. Wed. night the Americans had a goodbye party. There was lots ( Read more... )

Second exam today. I sucked. 3.0 = C. See title. I didn't really focus my attention on connecting all the various theorems as well as I should have. I knew the info in all its separate components quite well but had trouble relating them the way my professor wanted. See title. Back to studying for Wednesday's exam. At least I know how this professor ( Read more... )

I just got my official teaching assignment. Holy fuck, I have to teach 2 sections of basic math for non-majors. My 8.15 class has 20 students, and my 9.45 class has 32. What the hell? When I left, the policy was that masters students only taught one section consisting of not more than 30 students. I was not anticipating this. Aaaaahhhhh! I know not ( Read more... )

I took my first exam this morning. 2.0 (approx. B). I couldn't remember the details for a couple formulas, and I forgot an important property. I could have done better, but I don't really care about it right now. Next exam is Monday followed by one on Wednesday, and the last one is next Tuesday. I am feeling rather laid back about studying, so I'm ( Read more... )

Ok, I have uploaded all my pictures from the Florence trip as well as the World Cup. Here are some of my favourites from the World Cup pictures ( Read more... )

To my downstairs neighbors:

The reggae Kid Rock Song AGAIN?!?!?!?!!?!? You fuckers have played twice already this morning, and I've only been awake for 45 minutes. Do you not own any other CDs? I will happily let you borrow my entire damn CD collection if you will stop playing this shit! If this keeps up, I will totally spill juice on your laundry ( Read more... )

The neighbors that live below me like reggae. I don't really mind it, but I don't like to listen to very much at once. Earlier this afternoon, the neighbors had their reggae going while I was studying. It wasn't very loud, so it took me a bit to realize I knew the words to this particular song. You might be wondering, "Why do you know the words to ( Read more... )