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Week 5

So it’s the begining of week five and I still miss SAAS; well, most of SAAS. There are certainly some things that I’m glad I don’t have to do anymore. But for the most part, whatever sucked was easily outweighed by whatever didn’t suck. I haven’t seen anyone from SAAS in over a month now, two months if you don’t count JWay. I guess it’s just something to look forward to in 5 years or so. Hopefully a lot of people will come back to Seattle and we can get together then.

Anyways, we had a presentation at 9:30 this morning for EPICS. I had to dress up for that and then rush down only to find that we were 30 minutes behind schedule. I had a test in SYGN, I did pretty good on that one.

Broomfield and a BBQ

U.Kit picked me up on Friday and and took me back to Broomfield. I fixed Wendy’s computer and then had a nice time relaxing. We watched The Big Bounce on Friday night. I uploaded the Shasta MiniDV tapes I had to his computer and then transfered them over to my laptop…about 18GB worth of video. I also watched The Junction Boys with Grandma Jo. Did my laundry and then went back to the apartments for a Mines Park BBQ. I watched Reindeer Games with Eric and Dan.

Chem Test

Had a Chem test at 7:30pm today. It took me just over an hour to finish. I think I did really good, however, it’s graded on a curve, so I should do really, really good. There were a couple of problems that reminded me of the SAT type of questions. I’ll find out how I did on Tuesday. Anyways, we got a couch in the living room and I’m really liking it. The camping chairs were working for about 5 days and then they were sort of uncomfortable.

Emily Przekwas

Perhaps the weirdest thing to have every happened to me. I was in CSM 101 and I asked about starting up a Chemistry study group (woah, Andrew’s actually studying? Yes, I am). Anyways after class, this girl, Emily, comes up to me and says that she would like to start a study group with me.

First off, I have no idea why I know her name. I just assumed I met her at orientation back in July. Anyways, she gives me her email address. I end up calling her later that night and we agree to meet at 8:30 to study. Jason and I go down to Bradford Hall and meet Emily and her friends down their. We study for a while and then I bring up the fact that I’m from Seattle. Emily ask’s where I live in Seattle. I ask her if she knows where UW is. She does. So I say that I live 2 miles north of the U. She ask’s what neighborhood; I say Wedgwood….and she know’s where that is. Weird, eh?

Well is get’s better. She says that she lived in the area for a few years. I ask what elementry school she went to. What did Emily say? Bryant Elementry….the same one I went to. Not only that, but we had the same teacher, Mrs. Shy.

Crap on a friggin’ stick!!! What are the odds that someone I went to elementry school with, including having the same teacher, goes to the same college as I do, 1200 miles away from where it all started? Astronomical.

We ended up talking for a good our about all the kids in our class. What fun! Emma Tupper, Sarah McCarthy, Sarah Robinson, Tyler Sandstrom, Kelty Clark Mahoney, Sophia with the 14 letter last name, Harold ‘Butt kiss’ Beltkus, and others. My gosh. I still can’t get over it. Crap on a friggin’ stick!!!

Career Day

Career Day

Career Day was today. I talked with some people from Lockheed Martin, Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), Raytheon, United States Navy, Halliburton, Missile Defense Agency (part of the DoD), Xilinx, and Northrop Grumman. I also managed to fetch some pretty nice goodies: 3 pens, sticky notes, a mini-cd, key-chain lanyard, and a Ben Franklin Bobble Head doll from Raytheon. I also managed to pass out my r�sum�. Pretty successful day if I do say so myself.

Re: Wipeout on Turn 3

Re: Wipeout on Turn 3

My wound was healing just fine until today in PA. We were playing ultimate frisbee and I slide on my knee, ripping part of the scab up…yea, ouch. Other than that, it’s healing just fine. Chem test on Thursday, woo-hoo. NOT.

3 Week Review

I’m starting my 4th week at Mines today and thus far, I it’s been everything I thought it would be. The biggest difference between college and highschool are the class times. I don’t have a single day that is the same. I have an average of 4.8 hours of class a day, which is well over an hour less then highschool. I also have to say that for the most part, my classes in college are significantly more engaging then highschool. Granted, part of that is the fact that I am taking all science classes…which I have generally found more interesting then other classes.

However, I have also noticied an interesting phenomenon. I recognize and keep track of people based on how they resemble my friends from highschool. For instance, my Chem lab partner, Tony, is similar to Ross from SAAS. It’s not true for all people, but it’s interesting none-the-less.

Wipeout on Turn 3

I had a minor “accident” today. I took a corner to fast on the old Mustang, er, bike I mean and fell, scraping my left leg pretty nicely below the knee. Nothing to serious, just quite a few layers of epidermis skin taken off. I went to EPICs, but then made a B-line to the Student Heath Center to get patched up. Everythings fine now, just a bit of a sting.

3200 Meters and $6.50/class

Today sucked for the most part. We had to run two miles in PA. I did my run in 20 minutes, 50 seconds. Running at altitude sucks. Then I had Calc…which also sucked. But it’s gettting kind of better. I went to the Career Center Where Anna helped me with my R�sum�. So now that’s all ready for Career Day next week. I’m hoping to get a job with Lockheed Martin. If that doesn’t work, I might work for the DEA. How cool would that be? But I really want to work with LM. It’s really kind of ironic being that I grew up in Seattle with Boeing. After lunch, I had a SYGN (Earth and Environmental Science) lab. We did stuff with rocks. I’m absolutly positive I don’t want to be a geophyisist, or anything like that. I also was able to get my notetaker hired, Jade. The school actually pays her $6.50/class to take notes for me. It’s only for my SYGN class because that’s the only one I need help in. Just goes to further prove that I truely don’t want to be a geophyisist.

…And Then a Long Day + Chem Lab

Today is the longest day I have. I’m at school from 8am to 5pm with an hour break for lunch. It’s like have a full time job. Anyways, we had a chem lab today. We have to wear pants, which I neglected to wear, so I had to bike all the way back to my apartment to grab them…and then all the way back. The lab was cool though. We did titrations with HCl (Hydrochloric Acid) and NaOH (Sodium Hydroxide). Titration is “[a]n analytical process in which a standard solution in a calibrated vessel is added to a measured volume of sample until an endpoint, such as a color change, is reached. From the volume of the sample and the volume of standard solution used, the concentration of a specific material may be calculated.” (Source: www.systemsaver.com/website/glossary/glossary.html) I did some calculations bases on the molarity of the HCl and figure out how much NaOH we needed to add and, to my astonishment, my calculations were dead on. How awesome.