Classes are seeming to go well, though I feel like none of them have the inherent challenge a few did last semester. The one class I have that would actually be kind of difficult happens to be very closely related to my major, and thus I have a strong understanding of the concepts involved. Another class--one that I actually *wish* was more ( Read more... )

Well, a letdown the rest of break was not ( Read more... )

This weekend ended up being a pretty good one. I got the chance to go hiking, among other things, and was pleasantly surprised by how warm it was on the hike; there was a distinct lack of winter, considering the location and elevation! The hike was concluded by a freaking delicious dinner of barbecued foodstuffs eaten at [REDACTED] in [REDACTED]. ( Read more... )

This'll be an interesting few days...the trip I've had planned (no, I won't say to where, though it's not to a con or anything) has undergone a rather jarring revision, now that I've found out last-minute that my friend can only be out of town two days. I think we'll still be able to make things work out, but a few things will have to be sacrificed ( Read more... )

Some pics of what I spent last weekend doing are here (SFW, but maybe NSFVertigo...). Also, there is a mountain goat :)

For you coyote-minded types, I came across a kind of neat article on the subject right over --> here.

I did what'll probably be my last major hike for a while this weekend. Last, not just because of the impending winter weather, ( Read more... )

are over for now, and seem to have gone well. It's a very interesting change here--though maybe this is simply reflective of my particular classes, and not the school as a whole--that I feel that simply studying the material and working hard is generally sufficient to do well in a class. Undergrad felt very different in that regard ( Read more... )

(well, at least this year ( Read more... )

I've come to the end of an exhausting, but memorable journey, and am now in the vicinity of the school where I'll be spending the next year or so. The trip here took two days, and included a hike, unspeakably beautiful country, and a few small side trips and breaks. I did the entirety of the driving on the way here, as my mom, who accompanied me, ( Read more... )

Woof woof! Things have been busy here, no doubt ( Read more... )

 Have a fifth! Happy Independence Day to all you Yanks out there, and happy, um, fourth day of the month of July to the rest of you ;)

I'm being my usual sadly predictable self and going hiking for the Fourth. I'll also set a new personal elevation record for myself for 2010, if all goes according to plan. I will probably not, however, set off any ( Read more... )