This is the best figure caption I've ever written and probably ever will write.

Fig. 5. Actual Giraffe.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Giraffe_standing.jpg

I've been listening to the latest Avril album, and I don't really like it. I thought her other two were better. This one is a) overproduced, b) over synthesized on the vocals c) overly pissy. You can hear the Sum 41 in her new stuff. Sad story.

I've kicked off my 22nd birthday by grading one of Shoop's E59 problems and watching Average White Band videos on You Tube. Oh yes.

The more I do engineering, the more I realize how much I actually like it. That's a good feeling.

-I told someone the other day that I'm perfectly content to lock myself away from people for days on end. This is absolutely not true. I don't know why I said that. I am infact sick of feeling isolated from people. Furthermore, I feel like any attempts I make to fix this are often unwelcome. It feels like high school again where I matter to ( Read more... )

When I found out we were learning C Programming in E15, I was secretly really excited because I fucking love Computer Science. I happen to also love engineering, but CS didn't win out for me as a major largely because of practical (related to jobs and lifestyle) reasons. It was a good decision, but I still get so STOKED whenever I have to program ( Read more... )

I just finished my application for the NSF (National Science Foundation) Graduate Research Fellowship, which basically gives me a nice chunk of prestigious money to go to grad school with. I was told by flo that like 4 engineers from swat have gotten these since he's been teaching here, which is a long time (~25 years). Fabulous odds...Even more ( Read more... )

-I think my disco party went well. I had so much fun, and it looked like people there enjoyed themselves too. I must say, though, without help from Chris Gagne to DJ for me, and the clutch Sam Garcia, Raul, and John Leonardy to help bartend, I probably would've been a lot more stressed out. Good thing for thoughtful people though. Thanks to ( Read more... )

-Alex came to LI for part of break. It was fun kicking around and all. I didn't get much work done. I also went to Boston to see MIT and then went to Ithaca to see Cornell. MIT was pretty cool, although I don't think i'll ever get in. That's cool though. Cornell was beautiful - i hit it right at the peak of fall foliage. And the people in ( Read more... )

-This sentence from my Modern Art midterm paper is definitely the most fantastic sentence I've written in a long time.

[concerning traditional landscape painting]
"For example, birds could be viewed as a terrestrial link to the sky, and the reflection of the sky in a lake could unite the two in a yin-and-yang’esque fashion."