I was up until 2 last night working on my physics assignment - it's not so much that it was hard, more that I had yet to solidify a lot of the concepts involved in the questions. I'm on my way to becoming a sixth-rate mathematician, but physics is helped along so greatly by an intuitive grasp of math, and this combined with the lightning speed of ( Read more... )

So I followed this piece of advice today:

"Practice small talk with random strangers. They won't remember you, and you can gauge really easily what is awkward by their reactions."

And you know what? Not only is it valuable practice in and of itself, but it's incredibly personally enriching! I've just applied this for one day, and already I feel ( Read more... )

So here I am at SMU. Woooo, I’m a SMUdent again for the night. Things have changed. What is this Word 2007? It’s really different. I’m not yet accustomed to Vista (though this is an XP workstation) or its derivative apps with their fancy ribbons and stuff. On my computer I still use Word 2002 and have no plans to upgrade. As Paul Lutus said, no one ( Read more... )