Still studying. Did I ever mention how much I despise cumulative finals? Especially the ones that are worth up to 75% of your grade? Six weeks, unfortunately, seems to be just the right length for me to forget enough details to need to review every single sheet of note I've ever taken. At least for one class. But then, since this IS the norm for finals, I don't know what I'm complaining about.
Maybe it's because it's summer, and the fact that it IS summer is finally penetrating my (as some people pointed out) remarkably hard head. There is a physics review session at, I think, 6 in the evening today so I should probably go through all the notes for that first so I can either a) pick out the really useful information during the session or b) fail to find any new and useful information and work on study questions on my own. The point is that I have to be able to distinguish the information by 5pm. Cheers.
Oh yes. It is my birthday, happy birthday to me. I thought that instead of promising to do something I'd actually start doing it, as a gift to everyone, and so I started doing it early so there'd actually be something there to see by today. So here -I've finally updated my deviant art account - with the 100 prompt thing that people doing fanart are very familiar with, except I'm doing it for the Lunatic guys.
And if I were completely honest, I'd admit that it's really not that selfless a gift because I would've done it anyway, just because I need lots of practice drawing cartoon people. I just wouldn't have uploaded them online, that's all.
Ah well, maybe next year.
My parents came over yesterday and we did the actual celebrating part then. There're flowers and cake and everything. Especially flowers. Mom remembered that I preferred potted flowers to cut ones, so she bought me a pot of those mini-roses, but she didn't think they "count", so she got me cut flowers anyway. There weren't any cake-candles so we made do with tea-light-candles that I dug up, and 20 of them just about goes around the perimeter of the cake (and so I estimated that the cake should be about 8 inches across and checked the box this morning and I got my math right, yay). I took a picture of that, with the flowers, which I will upload and post as soon as all this excitement with the finals dies down.
I completed the celebratory events yesterday by snagging a copy of Neverwhere from online and reading it in one setting and it was so, so satisfying even though I probably can't afford the time to do that. But oh well, five and a half hours can be my present to myself.
Charleen's finding a place to move the kitties, before Thursday.
20070729
20070727
还差...
我的屋里有两只猫. 我的屋里有两只瘫痪在地上的猫. 照顾一年猫之后, 我发现它们每天最安静的时候也就大概是下午 3:30 左右了. 所以, 如果需要折腾猫的话, 这会儿也就是最好的时间了. (但是有时候, 看着它四仰八岔的懒在地上, 也真不好心打挠它.)
还有一礼拜! 坚持到底?
除了学习好像没什么别的事.
还有一礼拜! 坚持到底?
除了学习好像没什么别的事.
20070724
Advanced geekery
It's not very often that what I'm learning from different classes can fit together this well, and the fact that they do fit so well is really neat. For instance, we covered charged particles in physics while plant physio went through lectures on the transport of charged particles through membrane using transport proteins (with calculations using Nerst equation, no less) and cell bio was going over voltage-gated ion channels and transmembrane proteins.
However, all the teachers are, more or less, realizing that the final week of class is approaching and that they, more or less, are running a bit low on time now. Today we covered quantum physics in 42 minutes, which gave the term "crash course" an entirely different meaning (especially what with the final on next Tuesday). It went something like this: Light! Particles! Waves! Particle-Wave Model! Quantized things! Planck's constant! Don't forget these on Thursday's quiz! End lecture.
On the other hand, I have to give the professors points for creativity, as far as their practice problems are concerned.
Physics people are already familiar with. Here's what we get this week:
1) Timmy and Tina created the following atom. In the following questions you will describe the
characteristics of this imaginary atom.
a) This atom emits two photons and one photon has twice the energy of the other. Both
photons are emitted from transitions from an excited state to the ground state. Draw an energy level diagram for this imaginary atom. Label your energy levels E1, E2, E3
(And yes our questions are usually multiple parts. As for the hypothetical situation...well...it IS science and it IS physics.)
Then my plant physio professor surprised me with his problem:
At the end of a hard day of science, a geologist searching for natural gas deposits and a plant physiologist studying plant response to CO2 find themselves on adjacent bar stools. Watching the bubbles rise in his nth beer, the geologist proclaims, "Ah, carbon dioxide! The more we put in the atmosphere, the better plants will grow!" Trying to impress his companion further, he explains how plants will benefit from more CO2. Write an appropriate monologue.
There is indeed, dear Hamlet, a method to his madness. I'm impressed.
My regrade came through and the teacher gave me back 2.9 points, making me feel very pleased throughout the entire three hours of physics this afternoon. I don't mean to be picking at every point, though I've heard of the phrase "a point is a point is a point" a few times already. But you have to admit, when the entire thing is graded on a scale of 10 points, 2.9 points does matter a rather lot.
On the other side of the academics? I have two finals for plant physio, one of them is take home and will be given to us this Thursday (last day of class this week). It will probably involve something along the lines of "explain the structural difference between the chloroplasts of C3 and C4 plants" and will require copious amount of writing.
At least I know what I'm doing this weekend.
However, all the teachers are, more or less, realizing that the final week of class is approaching and that they, more or less, are running a bit low on time now. Today we covered quantum physics in 42 minutes, which gave the term "crash course" an entirely different meaning (especially what with the final on next Tuesday). It went something like this: Light! Particles! Waves! Particle-Wave Model! Quantized things! Planck's constant! Don't forget these on Thursday's quiz! End lecture.
On the other hand, I have to give the professors points for creativity, as far as their practice problems are concerned.
Physics people are already familiar with. Here's what we get this week:
1) Timmy and Tina created the following atom. In the following questions you will describe the
characteristics of this imaginary atom.
a) This atom emits two photons and one photon has twice the energy of the other. Both
photons are emitted from transitions from an excited state to the ground state. Draw an energy level diagram for this imaginary atom. Label your energy levels E1, E2, E3
Then my plant physio professor surprised me with his problem:
At the end of a hard day of science, a geologist searching for natural gas deposits and a plant physiologist studying plant response to CO2 find themselves on adjacent bar stools. Watching the bubbles rise in his nth beer, the geologist proclaims, "Ah, carbon dioxide! The more we put in the atmosphere, the better plants will grow!" Trying to impress his companion further, he explains how plants will benefit from more CO2. Write an appropriate monologue.
My regrade came through and the teacher gave me back 2.9 points, making me feel very pleased throughout the entire three hours of physics this afternoon. I don't mean to be picking at every point, though I've heard of the phrase "a point is a point is a point" a few times already. But you have to admit, when the entire thing is graded on a scale of 10 points, 2.9 points does matter a rather lot.
On the other side of the academics? I have two finals for plant physio, one of them is take home and will be given to us this Thursday (last day of class this week). It will probably involve something along the lines of "explain the structural difference between the chloroplasts of C3 and C4 plants" and will require copious amount of writing.
At least I know what I'm doing this weekend.
20070723
倒记时
三门考试和一个周末之后, 我们回到正常生活.
第一门生物课的成绩已经下来了, 考了不得 40/50, 所以看来期末得努把力. 还在等另一门生物和物理的成绩, 我想应该在明, 后天知道（心里卫冕有点发嘀咕）． 周五ＡＮＮＩＥ， ＫＡＴＥ， 和 ＡＮＮＡ 陆续来到了ＤＡＶＩＳ． 我跟她们在外头待到十二点， 但是因第二天早上要去送猫不得不回家睡觉． 因此（大概也因为我是为一一个不买ＨＰ书的人）我想起码ＫＡＴＥ认为我比较扫兴 （但是，你得承认， ＨＰ 有一大部分还是一时兴火， 对我来讲， 并不值得买）． （而且， 虽然情况是这样， 我在她们快三点， 回家之前， 并没能睡着．） 第二天送猫， 买菜， 给大家做了午餐 （因为除了ＡＮＮＡ之外， 另外两位一人一屋， 关着门专心看书）． 晚上和大家一块出去吃饭， 之后在外头转了一会儿． ＫＡＴＥ 和ＡＮＮＡ 周日走的． ＡＮＮＩＥ 今天上午才走 （而且一走将会是很长时间， 因为在她去ＩＴＡＬＹ之前我们大概不会在有见面的机会了）． 我在中午一， 两点时有些犯困， 但好像大部分已经恢复过来了．
这周末我就该二十岁了．
下周期末考试！．
第一门生物课的成绩已经下来了, 考了不得 40/50, 所以看来期末得努把力. 还在等另一门生物和物理的成绩, 我想应该在明, 后天知道（心里卫冕有点发嘀咕）． 周五ＡＮＮＩＥ， ＫＡＴＥ， 和 ＡＮＮＡ 陆续来到了ＤＡＶＩＳ． 我跟她们在外头待到十二点， 但是因第二天早上要去送猫不得不回家睡觉． 因此（大概也因为我是为一一个不买ＨＰ书的人）我想起码ＫＡＴＥ认为我比较扫兴 （但是，你得承认， ＨＰ 有一大部分还是一时兴火， 对我来讲， 并不值得买）． （而且， 虽然情况是这样， 我在她们快三点， 回家之前， 并没能睡着．） 第二天送猫， 买菜， 给大家做了午餐 （因为除了ＡＮＮＡ之外， 另外两位一人一屋， 关着门专心看书）． 晚上和大家一块出去吃饭， 之后在外头转了一会儿． ＫＡＴＥ 和ＡＮＮＡ 周日走的． ＡＮＮＩＥ 今天上午才走 （而且一走将会是很长时间， 因为在她去ＩＴＡＬＹ之前我们大概不会在有见面的机会了）． 我在中午一， 两点时有些犯困， 但好像大部分已经恢复过来了．
这周末我就该二十岁了．
下周期末考试！．
20070717
Scribit, scribit...
Before I type anything else, first let me point you toward Annie's growing collection of bad Latin jokes. You don't have to know Latin to understand some of them, I promise. You just have to know some basic grammar stuff, such as declension is to noun and adjectives what conjugations is to verbs. Geekiness is not required, but the jokes would be funnier if you do have some of it lying around.
Also, warning: gripe included in this post.
Last day of work went well. Half of the tables have been emptied of plants by now and we put away some of our 5000 flower pots. They also white-washed our green house, which was nice since most of the sunlight's reflected away now so the inside can actually be cooler than the outside. Also, the greenhouse adjacent to ours got rid of their population of bell peppers and gained a table of what looked like small welwitschia and staghorn ferns (and yes, there are some really cool plants out there) that were propagating. Jennifer forgot to bring a fork to eat her pasta with and wondered if she'd have to make do with pens and I was promised the results of the experiment if I email them after the data analysis is done.
Showed Mike and Jen Mike's avocado. Mike was amused.
[Here be gripe.]
It balanced out against my physics quiz, for which I lost 4 out of 10 points for being careless and writing "no pressure" instead of "no change in pressure". The rubric code turned out to translate to "explanation clearly showed student's lack of understanding" (yes that's what it actually says on the rubric sheet) and I felt like an idiot. On the bright side, I did get the answer right - it was only my explanation that wasn't up to par. The TA was encouraging me to ask for a regrade and I think I might give it a try, despite of the somewhat threatening warning printed on the regrade form that "a regrade might result in a lower rubric."
First regrade and first office hour all within one year. Wow, is that setting some kind of record?
Must cram for tests now. And learn how to explain problems better, apparently. Oh well.
Also, warning: gripe included in this post.
Last day of work went well. Half of the tables have been emptied of plants by now and we put away some of our 5000 flower pots. They also white-washed our green house, which was nice since most of the sunlight's reflected away now so the inside can actually be cooler than the outside. Also, the greenhouse adjacent to ours got rid of their population of bell peppers and gained a table of what looked like small welwitschia and staghorn ferns (and yes, there are some really cool plants out there) that were propagating. Jennifer forgot to bring a fork to eat her pasta with and wondered if she'd have to make do with pens and I was promised the results of the experiment if I email them after the data analysis is done.
Showed Mike and Jen Mike's avocado. Mike was amused.
[Here be gripe.]
It balanced out against my physics quiz, for which I lost 4 out of 10 points for being careless and writing "no pressure" instead of "no change in pressure". The rubric code turned out to translate to "explanation clearly showed student's lack of understanding" (yes that's what it actually says on the rubric sheet) and I felt like an idiot. On the bright side, I did get the answer right - it was only my explanation that wasn't up to par. The TA was encouraging me to ask for a regrade and I think I might give it a try, despite of the somewhat threatening warning printed on the regrade form that "a regrade might result in a lower rubric."
First regrade and first office hour all within one year. Wow, is that setting some kind of record?
Must cram for tests now. And learn how to explain problems better, apparently. Oh well.
20070716
数猫
物理老师叫我们上网去对我们测验的答案, 但是他还没有把答案放在网站上呢, 所以不知道他在搞什么鬼. 起码如果我因此没能完成作业, 应该不算是我的错.
啊, 又是周一了 - 必须在次面对一礼拜.
KATE 和 ANNA 好象是周五伴晚到, 好去参加 HP 最后一本书出版(实际上我好象应该说出销)时在每个书店必有的午夜庆祝会. 我纳闷她们会叫我去干吗. 但是目前来讲...目前好象只有这周的那几门考试使我头大. 在这波考试和下一波之间(也就是期末考试 - 天哪, 时间过的真快, 不是吗?) 只有...一个礼拜半左右. 然后又该回家了, 然后就又该开学了. 是的, 一个学生的生活非常丰富多彩.
啊, 又是周一了 - 必须在次面对一礼拜.
KATE 和 ANNA 好象是周五伴晚到, 好去参加 HP 最后一本书出版(实际上我好象应该说出销)时在每个书店必有的午夜庆祝会. 我纳闷她们会叫我去干吗. 但是目前来讲...目前好象只有这周的那几门考试使我头大. 在这波考试和下一波之间(也就是期末考试 - 天哪, 时间过的真快, 不是吗?) 只有...一个礼拜半左右. 然后又该回家了, 然后就又该开学了. 是的, 一个学生的生活非常丰富多彩.
20070714
A little more of summer
It's vacuuming this week. Yesterday I went and vacuumed the hallway and the entire living room area (and did a little dusting too - why do we have so many dead bugs on the window sills?) and remembered that why vacuuming was such a great way to exercise. Furnitures. It's because of the furnitures. Dragging heavy furnitures around burns loads of calories and create bruises when you're not careful. (Though I was - careful, I mean - but I'm naturally clumsy so it can't be helped.) Also have discovered that though the rabbit's gone traces of her remains (and my how it remains). There are some stains which will require lots of scrubbing, now that I know where the stain removers are. However, as that I have two midterms and a quiz (which will probably be longer than one of my midterms again), I am going to put it off until some other far away, unforeseeable-in-the-immediate-future date.
I know, the timing for the tests this summer is awful, isn't it? And my birthday will fall right before finals week but at least that's usual - and by usual I don't mean that I'm used to it, since thinking about it still makes me twitchy.
Also, this week I got interviewed for a place in Dr. Berry's lab for fall quarter, and I think I may actually have a chance at working in the plant and environmental sciences building. It'll be something on metabolic pathway of Frankia, the bacteria that does the nitrogen-fixing on alders. I'm not very familiar with the tree, but judging by the amount of reading material that's been arriving, I'm about to become very intimately acquainted with the genus. Also, I'll get to do RNA clean up in a lab which I think is way awesome. I have no experience with it, but they have a protocol and they have directions (I kid you not, there are instruction manuals lying about and recipes for buffers) and the doctor assured me that everything does come with its own instructions.
I can follow instructions. If chem has taught me nothing else, it has taught me how to follow instructions.
I wonder if I'll get to run analytical gels....
I know, the timing for the tests this summer is awful, isn't it? And my birthday will fall right before finals week but at least that's usual - and by usual I don't mean that I'm used to it, since thinking about it still makes me twitchy.
Also, this week I got interviewed for a place in Dr. Berry's lab for fall quarter, and I think I may actually have a chance at working in the plant and environmental sciences building. It'll be something on metabolic pathway of Frankia, the bacteria that does the nitrogen-fixing on alders. I'm not very familiar with the tree, but judging by the amount of reading material that's been arriving, I'm about to become very intimately acquainted with the genus. Also, I'll get to do RNA clean up in a lab which I think is way awesome. I have no experience with it, but they have a protocol and they have directions (I kid you not, there are instruction manuals lying about and recipes for buffers) and the doctor assured me that everything does come with its own instructions.
I can follow instructions. If chem has taught me nothing else, it has taught me how to follow instructions.
I wonder if I'll get to run analytical gels....
20070713
大扫除: 三步曲
我的第一节课12点才开始, 所以我在早上(7点多就起床的好处)有足够的时间扛着吸尘器去威胁厅里的灰尘和数不清的死去的虫子(真的非常, 非常的恶心 - 它们为什么必需跑到家里的窗台上去死? 为什么它们不能老老实实的死在外边?). 桌子什么的也大概的擦了一便. 地毯上有些斑斑点点的痕迹, 猫好像曾经呕吐过, 但是现在我没时间表也懒的折腾, 所以得等到下一次在说.
吸地 + 拖家具 = 消耗很多CALORIES -我该吃些零食去庆祝大扫除的第二步的完工. 也许今天下午吧... .
下周有三门考试 - 必需加紧复习了!
吸地 + 拖家具 = 消耗很多CALORIES -我该吃些零食去庆祝大扫除的第二步的完工. 也许今天下午吧... .
下周有三门考试 - 必需加紧复习了!
20070710
Tempus fugit
The alignment of the title field is off. I figured out that I can get my pointer there if I click the area above it. Oh well, field alignment is always tricky, even without whatever blogger scripts that they've piled around here.
I saw a rabbit that got ran over this morning. There were two crows picking at it, which I took it to mean that the rabbit has already died. It was the most depressing sight when you're biking at seven thirty-something in the morning to go to your physics class. I felt vaguely ill and the professor WAS actually ill so the lecture got canceled (but the quiz Thursday didn't, so I guess I'll have to brave it somehow). But yes, so the day was off to a very depressing start and it took a lot of focusing to get my mind on something else instead.
Also have realized today that at the end of this week summer session'd be half over. It's kind of scary - three more weeks and voila, the rough equivalent of one semester's over! Three more weeks and two more midterms and two more quizzes and three more finals. Okay, so there's still a rather lot left yet, but the point is that time is a-ticking . It feels even more dire than it usually does because when you're doing things at a faster speed, somehow it feels as if time is speeding up to match. Time lets no one get ahead of it, I guess, so no one can race against it and hope to win.
I have not even made a noticeable dent on my reading list yet. Oh well, there's always...what... August?
I saw a rabbit that got ran over this morning. There were two crows picking at it, which I took it to mean that the rabbit has already died. It was the most depressing sight when you're biking at seven thirty-something in the morning to go to your physics class. I felt vaguely ill and the professor WAS actually ill so the lecture got canceled (but the quiz Thursday didn't, so I guess I'll have to brave it somehow). But yes, so the day was off to a very depressing start and it took a lot of focusing to get my mind on something else instead.
Also have realized today that at the end of this week summer session'd be half over. It's kind of scary - three more weeks and voila, the rough equivalent of one semester's over! Three more weeks and two more midterms and two more quizzes and three more finals. Okay, so there's still a rather lot left yet, but the point is that time is a-ticking . It feels even more dire than it usually does because when you're doing things at a faster speed, somehow it feels as if time is speeding up to match. Time lets no one get ahead of it, I guess, so no one can race against it and hope to win.
I have not even made a noticeable dent on my reading list yet. Oh well, there's always...what... August?
20070708
周六清理了一下厨房, 上上下下总共花了大概8个小时. 不用说, 清理后的厨房比它原来的样子干净了许多. 根据我高中时学的生理, 我好像也花费了不少的CALORIES - 大扫除不管怎么说也算是一种锻炼吧. 为了奖励自己昨天干的不错, 我今天烤了一炉子饼干. 材料不太够, 所以还顺便练习练习速算. 最后结果好像是盐放的多了点 (本来只需要一点提味吗), 而且还稍微烤过了些 (大概一, 两分钟) 因为我当时正在一边等饼干出炉一边看书, 结果有点走神.
下次记住: 当饼干总共只需要烤10分钟左右时, 不要看书.
指尖因为昨天长时间接触碱性物质, 有点蜕皮. 猫好像不太喜欢我的擦手油.
明天又该开使为下一波考试而做准备了. 我纳闷我上礼拜考的怎么样, 但怀疑我是否不想知道.
下次记住: 当饼干总共只需要烤10分钟左右时, 不要看书.
指尖因为昨天长时间接触碱性物质, 有点蜕皮. 猫好像不太喜欢我的擦手油.
明天又该开使为下一波考试而做准备了. 我纳闷我上礼拜考的怎么样, 但怀疑我是否不想知道.
I'm sure the hysteria's accidental.
An old problem from a physics quiz:
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An old problem from a physics quiz:
Your friend has recently purchased an ordinary looking suit on e-bay. He claims that there is a coating on the suit
that makes radio waves reflected off his suit destructively interfere (i.e. he cannot be detected by radar). This suit is
designed so that the reflection off the top surface of the coating is the same kind of reflection as off the back
surface of the coating. The smallest radar (radio) waves have a wavelength of approximately 1m.
Do you think your friend’s suit really works? If not, what should the thickness of the coating be to make it work?
Explain carefully and logically how you arrived at your answer.
that makes radio waves reflected off his suit destructively interfere (i.e. he cannot be detected by radar). This suit is
designed so that the reflection off the top surface of the coating is the same kind of reflection as off the back
surface of the coating. The smallest radar (radio) waves have a wavelength of approximately 1m.
Do you think your friend’s suit really works? If not, what should the thickness of the coating be to make it work?
Explain carefully and logically how you arrived at your answer.
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20070707
Adventure of epic porportions
So, have made certain that things are more or less on the right track (classes on schedule, bills paid on schedule, panicking and doing badly on tests on schedule), I took the time yesterday, since the temperature had dropped to the ninety-something that I'm more comfortable with than the a-hundred-and-something of Thursday, to start cleaning out the kitchen. I had the benefit of a laptop with pretty good battery life and friends who either send me music or leave their music collection open to my perusal, so I unplugged my laptop, stuck in a CD (a rather strange one from the group called "Leahy", if you must know)(I kept replaying "Coyote Way" because I like it that much), and took it to the kitchen with me. The two cats sat at the edge of the carpet, right before where it joined the tile, at the spot they'd learned to wait at after learning that I do NOT permit cats in kitchens, and stared at me.
"Well," (or something close to that) I said to the cats, "Let the adventure begin."
And since I do have the benefit of a laptop, I opened a notepad document and started jotting down progress reports as I went along in the format of, yes, journals usually kept by famous adventurers. (Except mine's dated with time and not date...I'd be REALLY worried if it took me weeks to clean out the kitchen.) The entries went a little something like this:
(No, there's going to be nothing in this entry besides description of kitchen cleaning, and it's going to be quite long so if you'd like, feel free to return at another time.)
4:25 Fri. Jul. 6th, 2007; Temperature: warm
Discovered LOTS of neglected napkin in the back of the tall cabinet (I got a chair) far away from where we now store napkins.
4:27
We have more sandwich ziploc bags? Why didn't someone tell me we had more ziploc bags?
4:30
Scary amount of crackers. Truly scary. Including an opened box that expired on Dec. 10, 06. Threw away a leftover bag of chips that's been around since at least September last year.
4:33
Found a small jar of strawberry jam! Annie's Tower of Cup of Noodles have tumbled in the back. Am now attempting intense architectural efforts to reconstruct it in a space-efficient manner.
4:35
Harvested a handful of bow-tie noodles. What the hell?
4:36
Kate's box of whole wheat spaghetti LEAKS! I am attacked by pasta on all sides.
4:41
Pasta is under control. Found a random stick of salami behind the canned clam chowder though.
4:45
I'd like to take a moment to offer Annie dubious congratulations: a can of the chicken that smells like fish has survived. I'm leaving it with the rest of the canned goods on the forth shelf from the top. Your chicken, your decision.
Alright, left shelf's done: The ketchup and jams and random stuff goes on top, then comes the crackers and chips and other breakfast-type stuff, which makes more sense because you don't cook them before you eat them, so they should be located above other food. Then we have the pasta shelf, followed by the canned things shelf, followed by the Ramen and Rice bottom shelf save for the box of instant oatmeal which I used to prop the Ramen box up so I can close the cabinet door.
Onwards and upwards!
4:51
There is a large blue basin in the cabinet on top of the fridge. I do not know why it's there, nor will I attempt to move it. We also apparently have waffle cones, but no ice cream. Note: get ice cream. Also note: top of fridge needs dusting.
4:54
Empty chocolate container and crumpled coffee filters wedged into the corner of the cabinet above stove. We have lots of cups with lid, which we've never used before and probably never will. I wonder why we have them?
Ew, the cabinet door there is all grimy.
Switched CDs, went from Leahy to Vivaldi. Cats are puzzled, but then, they have been all day. Strange kitties.
4:57
Found crushed breakfast Quaker bar, strawberry flavored. I wonder what age it's dated from? (Carbs/carbon-dating jokes are very tempting, but I shall refrain from making them.)
4:58
Kate needs to stop putting the plant seeds with the spices (yes she'd done it when she cleaned the kitchen last time), the seeds're not edible. Someone might get confused. Actually I should just stick it in my room somewhere from now on. Leave seeds in a jam jar near the kitchen is obviously not the brightest idea I've ever had.
5:02
Yet another cup with lid. Do they BREED in the back of the cabinets?
5:10
Tupperware arrangement is a study in advanced geometry and physics.
5:14
Stacked extra tupperware. Located a container named "Smart Balance" proclaiming "real butter taste" and "patented blend to help improve cholesterol". It's labeled with AL, so it's Annie's. It also says 1 LB on the side, I have no idea what for. Also found the tupperware that looks like mold's eaten away the plastic from inside, from when Kate used it to seal away the ...I think it was smoked salmon that eventually went bad. She hasn't used it since and it looks quite disgusting. I'm petitioning to throw it away. Also will need to inquire about the mysterious AL container that advertises for something that's like, but not quite, butter.
5:19
Found old Halloween candy, which I stuck in the empty chocolate container and put in the fridge like I did with Annie's mint-mocha candies. Candy tends to melt in 40 degrees Celsius, no matter when they expire, and cleaning up melted candy is an experience I care not to repeat. The jack 'o lantern pail can go back though. It won't melt in the heat. Yet.
5:22
Ah yes, our many cheese graters. And Kate's mysterious Russian spices which I have no name for. And more candy. Into the fridge they go.
5:23
Organized our Tea Section. We have lots of tea of all kinds. Found Kate's raisin & nut thing on its side, LEAKING. Flipped it right side up and stuck it in the fridge, bag and all. Will email for advise in dealing with it. Also found a neglected pack of mysterious Russian spice (Prilraba? Something that looks like "dlya grilya" - I don't know my Russian alphabets anymore. Sad) wedged between cabinets. It's open and might have spilled some who-knows-when. Will place it in one of the newly found ziploc bags.
5:35
There! Done with another cabinet series. Things are still mostly where they are here, save for the cup with lids, which I've localized to the top shelf on the left (maybe not such a good idea, given what I know of animal population and behavior), the tea to the bottom shelf on the right, and all candies to the fridge. (We have holiday-shaped cookie cutters around. Too bad I'm the only one around who bakes cookies and I don't use cookie cutters.)(I like knifes. Okay that sounds weird, but you know what I mean.)
Continuing to the last above-counter cabinet.
5:50
Just cooking implements by themselves are so much simpler. I'm done and my laptop's running out of juice so I'll go and let it recharge as well as take a break before continuing with our wonderful, exciting tale of kitchen exploration.
5:55
Okay here we are.
Hmm...place mat needs washing, along with the oven mitt, which looks like something's been burnt ONTO it (which may actually be the case, considering, but who knows). The garlic cabinet's pretty much empty...
...continuing on.
My laptop's now in my room, being charged, so I'll wander back to type every time I'm done with a section to report the unfolding events.
6:03
Didn't do much with the measuring cup & salad tosser drawer, but did clean out the cabinet underneath it. There was a potato growing, which I'll transplant into the dirt sometime in the near future but is now sitting on the floor. There was a bag of onion which grew AND THEN ROTTED and the smell is just disgusting. Dumped the entire thing and went hunting desperately in the cabinet under the sink for the deodorizing spray, couldn't find it (windex? no, bathroom cleaner? no, orange scented...furniture polish? no. com'on com'on...) eventually have to settle for Annie's disinfecting spray which I pulled out of the cabinet beneath the sink in our bathroom. It will have to do. The rotting onion juice stained and -
-oh God, this is just so, so nasty. Am airing out the house now, heat or no.
6:14
Finished all cabinets!
There was a bewildering array of cleaners underneath the sink in the kitchen, mostly (bewildering, that is) because they're all practically the same thing and so why on earth do they come in so many different colors? Stuffed extra cellophane bags in extra bags so it's neater and found two carpet stain removers that supposedly works on old stains (score! There's a spot under my desk that one of the cats have gotten to that is still faintly stained, despite of my scrubbing, so I'll give this a shot tomorrow). All the pots and utensils are basically untouched. I have a feeling that if I did try to move them no one would know where anything is anymore. Pots are the grounding point in a kitchen.
The fridge I've already cleaned out in a very gradual process over the past week, so all that I've left for tomorrow's the dusting and the scrubbing.
I feel accomplished. I'm going to throw out the trash, take a shower, and have dinner. In that order.
And so this morning after I got the groceries for next week I went and scrubbed out the kitchen. To get rid of the remaining traces of rotting onion from air I burnt an entire stick of incense instead of part of the stick, as I originally planned. Now the kitchen spells like...I think it's orange and spices. There are enough bread crumbs in the toaster to keep an ant farm happy for an indefinite, but definitely long, period of time. There is also a large mysterious brown stain on the bottom of the fridge which took a lot of scrubbing because it dried on sometime long ago. It looked like it might have been cocoa at one point, but at this time it's hard to tell. I've only the floor left to do and I feel very productive, which meant I took a break and had some fresh lemonade (made yesterday) to celebrate. And an apricot. People are right, the summer fruits from Farmer's Market here is spectacular, especially the fruits that go through what botanists generally call "climatic ripening." You can tell the fruits were allowed to ripen on the trees because you can taste that much more sugar. Oh yes, Farmer's Market as usual. There doesn't seem to be much change since I usually go there at a time when most students are still in bed anyway (crowd composition the same for me all year round then, I guess). Well, the flowers changed - sweet pea season's over and now we get gladiolas, cornflower, and lots of daisies. Also berrying season's about now so the booths around the guy who sells homemade apple cider are full of berries. Music lately featured guys with guitars singing about true love. The depressing thing is, I think one or two of them actually believed the words they were singing.
And now back to the kitchen!
P.S. Got email back from Kate. Apparently I'm allowed to do whatever I wanted with the tupperware so long as I stop spelling them "tuberware" as I've been doing previously. That...kind of sums up the extend of Kate's year of attempt at teaching me proper English.
"Well," (or something close to that) I said to the cats, "Let the adventure begin."
And since I do have the benefit of a laptop, I opened a notepad document and started jotting down progress reports as I went along in the format of, yes, journals usually kept by famous adventurers. (Except mine's dated with time and not date...I'd be REALLY worried if it took me weeks to clean out the kitchen.) The entries went a little something like this:
(No, there's going to be nothing in this entry besides description of kitchen cleaning, and it's going to be quite long so if you'd like, feel free to return at another time.)
4:25 Fri. Jul. 6th, 2007; Temperature: warm
Discovered LOTS of neglected napkin in the back of the tall cabinet (I got a chair) far away from where we now store napkins.
4:27
We have more sandwich ziploc bags? Why didn't someone tell me we had more ziploc bags?
4:30
Scary amount of crackers. Truly scary. Including an opened box that expired on Dec. 10, 06. Threw away a leftover bag of chips that's been around since at least September last year.
4:33
Found a small jar of strawberry jam! Annie's Tower of Cup of Noodles have tumbled in the back. Am now attempting intense architectural efforts to reconstruct it in a space-efficient manner.
4:35
Harvested a handful of bow-tie noodles. What the hell?
4:36
Kate's box of whole wheat spaghetti LEAKS! I am attacked by pasta on all sides.
4:41
Pasta is under control. Found a random stick of salami behind the canned clam chowder though.
4:45
I'd like to take a moment to offer Annie dubious congratulations: a can of the chicken that smells like fish has survived. I'm leaving it with the rest of the canned goods on the forth shelf from the top. Your chicken, your decision.
Alright, left shelf's done: The ketchup and jams and random stuff goes on top, then comes the crackers and chips and other breakfast-type stuff, which makes more sense because you don't cook them before you eat them, so they should be located above other food. Then we have the pasta shelf, followed by the canned things shelf, followed by the Ramen and Rice bottom shelf save for the box of instant oatmeal which I used to prop the Ramen box up so I can close the cabinet door.
Onwards and upwards!
4:51
There is a large blue basin in the cabinet on top of the fridge. I do not know why it's there, nor will I attempt to move it. We also apparently have waffle cones, but no ice cream. Note: get ice cream. Also note: top of fridge needs dusting.
4:54
Empty chocolate container and crumpled coffee filters wedged into the corner of the cabinet above stove. We have lots of cups with lid, which we've never used before and probably never will. I wonder why we have them?
Ew, the cabinet door there is all grimy.
Switched CDs, went from Leahy to Vivaldi. Cats are puzzled, but then, they have been all day. Strange kitties.
4:57
Found crushed breakfast Quaker bar, strawberry flavored. I wonder what age it's dated from? (Carbs/carbon-dating jokes are very tempting, but I shall refrain from making them.)
4:58
Kate needs to stop putting the plant seeds with the spices (yes she'd done it when she cleaned the kitchen last time), the seeds're not edible. Someone might get confused. Actually I should just stick it in my room somewhere from now on. Leave seeds in a jam jar near the kitchen is obviously not the brightest idea I've ever had.
5:02
Yet another cup with lid. Do they BREED in the back of the cabinets?
5:10
Tupperware arrangement is a study in advanced geometry and physics.
5:14
Stacked extra tupperware. Located a container named "Smart Balance" proclaiming "real butter taste" and "patented blend to help improve cholesterol". It's labeled with AL, so it's Annie's. It also says 1 LB on the side, I have no idea what for. Also found the tupperware that looks like mold's eaten away the plastic from inside, from when Kate used it to seal away the ...I think it was smoked salmon that eventually went bad. She hasn't used it since and it looks quite disgusting. I'm petitioning to throw it away. Also will need to inquire about the mysterious AL container that advertises for something that's like, but not quite, butter.
5:19
Found old Halloween candy, which I stuck in the empty chocolate container and put in the fridge like I did with Annie's mint-mocha candies. Candy tends to melt in 40 degrees Celsius, no matter when they expire, and cleaning up melted candy is an experience I care not to repeat. The jack 'o lantern pail can go back though. It won't melt in the heat. Yet.
5:22
Ah yes, our many cheese graters. And Kate's mysterious Russian spices which I have no name for. And more candy. Into the fridge they go.
5:23
Organized our Tea Section. We have lots of tea of all kinds. Found Kate's raisin & nut thing on its side, LEAKING. Flipped it right side up and stuck it in the fridge, bag and all. Will email for advise in dealing with it. Also found a neglected pack of mysterious Russian spice (Prilraba? Something that looks like "dlya grilya" - I don't know my Russian alphabets anymore. Sad) wedged between cabinets. It's open and might have spilled some who-knows-when. Will place it in one of the newly found ziploc bags.
5:35
There! Done with another cabinet series. Things are still mostly where they are here, save for the cup with lids, which I've localized to the top shelf on the left (maybe not such a good idea, given what I know of animal population and behavior), the tea to the bottom shelf on the right, and all candies to the fridge. (We have holiday-shaped cookie cutters around. Too bad I'm the only one around who bakes cookies and I don't use cookie cutters.)(I like knifes. Okay that sounds weird, but you know what I mean.)
Continuing to the last above-counter cabinet.
5:50
Just cooking implements by themselves are so much simpler. I'm done and my laptop's running out of juice so I'll go and let it recharge as well as take a break before continuing with our wonderful, exciting tale of kitchen exploration.
5:55
Okay here we are.
Hmm...place mat needs washing, along with the oven mitt, which looks like something's been burnt ONTO it (which may actually be the case, considering, but who knows). The garlic cabinet's pretty much empty...
...continuing on.
My laptop's now in my room, being charged, so I'll wander back to type every time I'm done with a section to report the unfolding events.
6:03
Didn't do much with the measuring cup & salad tosser drawer, but did clean out the cabinet underneath it. There was a potato growing, which I'll transplant into the dirt sometime in the near future but is now sitting on the floor. There was a bag of onion which grew AND THEN ROTTED and the smell is just disgusting. Dumped the entire thing and went hunting desperately in the cabinet under the sink for the deodorizing spray, couldn't find it (windex? no, bathroom cleaner? no, orange scented...furniture polish? no. com'on com'on...) eventually have to settle for Annie's disinfecting spray which I pulled out of the cabinet beneath the sink in our bathroom. It will have to do. The rotting onion juice stained and -
-oh God, this is just so, so nasty. Am airing out the house now, heat or no.
6:14
Finished all cabinets!
There was a bewildering array of cleaners underneath the sink in the kitchen, mostly (bewildering, that is) because they're all practically the same thing and so why on earth do they come in so many different colors? Stuffed extra cellophane bags in extra bags so it's neater and found two carpet stain removers that supposedly works on old stains (score! There's a spot under my desk that one of the cats have gotten to that is still faintly stained, despite of my scrubbing, so I'll give this a shot tomorrow). All the pots and utensils are basically untouched. I have a feeling that if I did try to move them no one would know where anything is anymore. Pots are the grounding point in a kitchen.
The fridge I've already cleaned out in a very gradual process over the past week, so all that I've left for tomorrow's the dusting and the scrubbing.
I feel accomplished. I'm going to throw out the trash, take a shower, and have dinner. In that order.
And so this morning after I got the groceries for next week I went and scrubbed out the kitchen. To get rid of the remaining traces of rotting onion from air I burnt an entire stick of incense instead of part of the stick, as I originally planned. Now the kitchen spells like...I think it's orange and spices. There are enough bread crumbs in the toaster to keep an ant farm happy for an indefinite, but definitely long, period of time. There is also a large mysterious brown stain on the bottom of the fridge which took a lot of scrubbing because it dried on sometime long ago. It looked like it might have been cocoa at one point, but at this time it's hard to tell. I've only the floor left to do and I feel very productive, which meant I took a break and had some fresh lemonade (made yesterday) to celebrate. And an apricot. People are right, the summer fruits from Farmer's Market here is spectacular, especially the fruits that go through what botanists generally call "climatic ripening." You can tell the fruits were allowed to ripen on the trees because you can taste that much more sugar. Oh yes, Farmer's Market as usual. There doesn't seem to be much change since I usually go there at a time when most students are still in bed anyway (crowd composition the same for me all year round then, I guess). Well, the flowers changed - sweet pea season's over and now we get gladiolas, cornflower, and lots of daisies. Also berrying season's about now so the booths around the guy who sells homemade apple cider are full of berries. Music lately featured guys with guitars singing about true love. The depressing thing is, I think one or two of them actually believed the words they were singing.
And now back to the kitchen!
P.S. Got email back from Kate. Apparently I'm allowed to do whatever I wanted with the tupperware so long as I stop spelling them "tuberware" as I've been doing previously. That...kind of sums up the extend of Kate's year of attempt at teaching me proper English.
20070706
第无数次的实验
再次听从妈的指示, 开始试图拿中文记些笔记 (笔记=日记). 当你学过四种不同的语言后, 你会发现中文并没有那么糟糕 - 也可以说 - 做为一种语言, 中文有它自己的一种奥妙 (和相当长的一段神神秘秘的历史). 可惜的是, 对我目前来讲, 中文也是写起来最费时间的一门语言 (虽然它是我最初学的), 而它在我生活中所站的位置并不是最重要的 (第一大概是当时的课程, 然后则是记着按时喂我, 睡觉之类的). 如果我每天可以多余出来一小时的话, 我大概会去用它睡觉, 或者看书, 而不是去练中文 (虽然是的, 我也知道要记住自己的母语有多么的重要). 你必须承认 - 强迫自己去干一件自己不干兴趣的事, 一天一天, 一个月一个月的坚持下去是很难的 - 所以, 这是我的新配方: 通常花很长时间的中文 - 电脑打字 (因为电脑打字永远会比手写要快) - 新全拼 (省掉翻字典的时间) = 最少浪费时间的写中文日记的办法!
是的, 我应该练自己的字体 - 无论是哪门语言. 是的, 多翻翻字典大概对我会有很大的好处. 但是一个人在世上只有那么长的时间, 而一天只会有24小时. 做为一个相比之下比较有头有脑的人, 我必需在我想干的事和我应该干的事之间不停的做出选择.
因为时间是无情的, 她不会等我, 也不会等你.
因为我永远会渴望有更多的时间.
当然, 也因为强迫自己去干一件对自己并不太感兴趣, 并不太重要的事 - 而且要坚持的干下去 - 是很难的, 所以我很诚实的承认: 我必需想办法让坚持下去成为一件尽可能容易的事.
大概也就是如此....
介绍 / 牢骚 就此完毕. 今天的天气还是很热, 考试好像考的不太理想, 但是我还有四个礼拜的时间去弥补它!
是的, 我应该练自己的字体 - 无论是哪门语言. 是的, 多翻翻字典大概对我会有很大的好处. 但是一个人在世上只有那么长的时间, 而一天只会有24小时. 做为一个相比之下比较有头有脑的人, 我必需在我想干的事和我应该干的事之间不停的做出选择.
因为时间是无情的, 她不会等我, 也不会等你.
因为我永远会渴望有更多的时间.
当然, 也因为强迫自己去干一件对自己并不太感兴趣, 并不太重要的事 - 而且要坚持的干下去 - 是很难的, 所以我很诚实的承认: 我必需想办法让坚持下去成为一件尽可能容易的事.
大概也就是如此....
介绍 / 牢骚 就此完毕. 今天的天气还是很热, 考试好像考的不太理想, 但是我还有四个礼拜的时间去弥补它!
20070705
Dapper
There- finished first midterm today. I have no idea how it's going to be grades since there was only three questions and I wasn't sure what the teacher was aiming for, but I tried anyway. Essay questions in plant bio is always fun. As in, it is so not.
Went to watch fireworks last night. It turned out that I could get a great view just by walking up to the bridge that spans the highway. Of course there were some trees on either side, planted there to screen down the visual / airborne/ noise pollutions (yes, plants are handy that way) but the view's surprisingly - which, I guess, is helped by the fact that Davis isn't that big and there aren't that many tall buildings around (I'd originally thought about tall buildings nearby for firework-viewing, but the library's closed and they've locked up the roof-accessible lecture halls so I had to settle for the bridge). Also, I've found out that if I went out right now to the bridge at about nine-ish I can catch a spectacular sunset. It was really cool because I could look behind me and see where the sky's dark blue while in front of me the sky's still glowing orange-gold. Note-to-self: go out after nine more often on weekends.
It's apparently spare-the-air day at Davis today, and I felt very eco-conscious because I was biking. Before someone points out that I bike around anyway, even if it isn't a spare-the-air day, I'd also like to point out that I drive every weekend. In fact, I should hope that Saturday's not going to be a spare-the-air day, because I see no other alternative to getting two cat carriers (cats included) from South Davis to North Davis without almost certain disaster. Then I wouldn't feel very eco-conscious anymore but it can't be helped.
Another midterm tomorrow, and then onward to the weekend!
Went to watch fireworks last night. It turned out that I could get a great view just by walking up to the bridge that spans the highway. Of course there were some trees on either side, planted there to screen down the visual / airborne/ noise pollutions (yes, plants are handy that way) but the view's surprisingly - which, I guess, is helped by the fact that Davis isn't that big and there aren't that many tall buildings around (I'd originally thought about tall buildings nearby for firework-viewing, but the library's closed and they've locked up the roof-accessible lecture halls so I had to settle for the bridge). Also, I've found out that if I went out right now to the bridge at about nine-ish I can catch a spectacular sunset. It was really cool because I could look behind me and see where the sky's dark blue while in front of me the sky's still glowing orange-gold. Note-to-self: go out after nine more often on weekends.
It's apparently spare-the-air day at Davis today, and I felt very eco-conscious because I was biking. Before someone points out that I bike around anyway, even if it isn't a spare-the-air day, I'd also like to point out that I drive every weekend. In fact, I should hope that Saturday's not going to be a spare-the-air day, because I see no other alternative to getting two cat carriers (cats included) from South Davis to North Davis without almost certain disaster. Then I wouldn't feel very eco-conscious anymore but it can't be helped.
Another midterm tomorrow, and then onward to the weekend!
20070704
Independent dependencies
First of all, a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our Luny Lucy, may she be loony for many years to come. Or not. Failing that, just being Lucy is more than sufficient. On the very high chance that she will be reading this: Lusine, keep an eye out for the post, because there's something coming your way. I'm sorry I couldn't nick an owl. They're rather hard to come by, even in Davis, and I'm no where near coordinated enough to catch one of the few ones that might be around. Come to think of it, I don't know anything about training owls either, and the few from the Raptor Center can't fly and tend to stare at me evilly whenever I come by.
Golden eagles are pretty though. We have one there named Mishka.
Oh and while I still remember (reminded by the cats that are currently dashing around like they're high on catnip, which I did NOT give them, so it's kind of worrisome), THIS is what I meant by "Halloween theme in cats" :
The eggs in the back of the fridge, I've discovered, froze. Semi-frozen eggs are very strange to look at when you break them open. Apparently because of the egg shell and the high water concentration in the egg (since it is mostly fluid), it'll behave a bit like a giant plant cell and the expansion of water when it freezes will cause the egg to crack, which is how I discovered that the eggs were freezing in the first place. Some fruits which I stuck in the back froze too, so I thought I'd try to turn the setting down a bit but discovered, much to my chagrin, that it's stuck tightly enough that I can't. (Oh well, something else to wait for my parents for. Or until I'm desperate enough to go at it with a screw driver.) I've found a way to prop up the box of Ramen noodles in the cabinet so that I can actually close to door - a necessary precaution given Simba's tendencies.
Unrelated topic: we were discussion meniscus in plant bio yesterday and the professor wanted to know what the plural form of the word is (if it's a proper Latin ending, I'm guessing menisci) and wanted to know if we have a English major in the class. Then I thought about how unlikely it is for an English major to be taking an upper division plant physiology class that requires something like three different pre-requisites. Although there are plant bio BAs who'll minor in English, there aren't a lot of English majors who'll minor in plant bio. Personally I think it's because bio sci 1C scared a lot of the to-be minors off - it's something like a crash-course in everything plant related and you get words like "phragmoplast" and "megasporangium" and it's a long way to go in terms of voluntary learning.
My physics teacher wants us to watch some clips from the website, which is not working, so I'm slightly puzzled to what he had in mind.
I have a midterm tomorrow covering two week's of lecturers (for those of you who know how large I write, I'm doing about 15 pages of notes per class per week), but there're going to be fireworks in the community park tonight, so I'll probably wander around nearby and see if there's a spot where I can see the fun (and think "magnesium!" every time I see the sparkly bits).
Lastly, after six months there is finally someone who recognized that 127.0.0.1 on my t-shirt is an IP address. Yay.
Golden eagles are pretty though. We have one there named Mishka.
Oh and while I still remember (reminded by the cats that are currently dashing around like they're high on catnip, which I did NOT give them, so it's kind of worrisome), THIS is what I meant by "Halloween theme in cats" :
The eggs in the back of the fridge, I've discovered, froze. Semi-frozen eggs are very strange to look at when you break them open. Apparently because of the egg shell and the high water concentration in the egg (since it is mostly fluid), it'll behave a bit like a giant plant cell and the expansion of water when it freezes will cause the egg to crack, which is how I discovered that the eggs were freezing in the first place. Some fruits which I stuck in the back froze too, so I thought I'd try to turn the setting down a bit but discovered, much to my chagrin, that it's stuck tightly enough that I can't. (Oh well, something else to wait for my parents for. Or until I'm desperate enough to go at it with a screw driver.) I've found a way to prop up the box of Ramen noodles in the cabinet so that I can actually close to door - a necessary precaution given Simba's tendencies.
Unrelated topic: we were discussion meniscus in plant bio yesterday and the professor wanted to know what the plural form of the word is (if it's a proper Latin ending, I'm guessing menisci) and wanted to know if we have a English major in the class. Then I thought about how unlikely it is for an English major to be taking an upper division plant physiology class that requires something like three different pre-requisites. Although there are plant bio BAs who'll minor in English, there aren't a lot of English majors who'll minor in plant bio. Personally I think it's because bio sci 1C scared a lot of the to-be minors off - it's something like a crash-course in everything plant related and you get words like "phragmoplast" and "megasporangium" and it's a long way to go in terms of voluntary learning.
My physics teacher wants us to watch some clips from the website, which is not working, so I'm slightly puzzled to what he had in mind.
I have a midterm tomorrow covering two week's of lecturers (for those of you who know how large I write, I'm doing about 15 pages of notes per class per week), but there're going to be fireworks in the community park tonight, so I'll probably wander around nearby and see if there's a spot where I can see the fun (and think "magnesium!" every time I see the sparkly bits).
Lastly, after six months there is finally someone who recognized that 127.0.0.1 on my t-shirt is an IP address. Yay.
20070702
A mathy tool of trade
Today my physics homework calls for me to use a protractor:
So what do you think? This one is kind of cute, though the one from here comes with a handy formula sheet. For those of us who don't care about the fancy stuff, I suppose that the Print A Protractor page works just as well.
Sorry, I couldn't resist. Summer classes apparently make me dorkier than usual. Who knew?
Cats have tried to eat my eraser yesterday, and Simba seemed to have grown quite fond of Kate's shoes, so I must move them into her room before he decides to do anything interesting with them (trust me, with cats, "interesting" is EXACTLY the right word). Found a dessicated brussel sprout in the back of the freezer yesterday.
Use a protractor, geometry, and Snell's Law, and keep answer to two decimals places. If you don't have a protractor, google "printable protractors" and print your favorite."
So what do you think? This one is kind of cute, though the one from here comes with a handy formula sheet. For those of us who don't care about the fancy stuff, I suppose that the Print A Protractor page works just as well.
Sorry, I couldn't resist. Summer classes apparently make me dorkier than usual. Who knew?
Cats have tried to eat my eraser yesterday, and Simba seemed to have grown quite fond of Kate's shoes, so I must move them into her room before he decides to do anything interesting with them (trust me, with cats, "interesting" is EXACTLY the right word). Found a dessicated brussel sprout in the back of the freezer yesterday.
20070701
Monster on wheels
You know what is strange? Energizing jelly beans. Or "Sport Beans" as the Jelly Belly company calls them. They're supposedly stuffed with carbs, electrolytes, vitamins B and C. They taste a lot like Gatorade on steroids and after eating four beans I already am starting to feel dehydrated. Maybe something to do with getting all that electrolyte without the water that usually comes along with them?
Vacuumed the hallway and my room this morning and sent the cats fleeing from the roaring navy monster with a long extensible black tail. The hallway is currently cat-litter free and not crunchy - a state which I expect will not last very long. More house cleaning will commence next week and maybe I'll keep a notebook account of it - you know, like the great explorers of old when they set off towards uncharted territories?
I can see it now:
10:21am, Jul 8th
Weather: Cats on the horizon with the temperature approaching the nineties, but otherwise fair.
Found mysterious bottle in the middle cabinet in the Kitchen at North 35 degrees west. May have been a container for juice at one time, currently a thriving city of microbes. Will dispatch once extra paper towels and disinfectant wipes are found. Attacked by tuber ware but won the minor skirmish with no casualties and no injuries save for a minor bruise. Continued to proceed westward.
Maybe I should just stick to my Greek alphabets.
Vacuumed the hallway and my room this morning and sent the cats fleeing from the roaring navy monster with a long extensible black tail. The hallway is currently cat-litter free and not crunchy - a state which I expect will not last very long. More house cleaning will commence next week and maybe I'll keep a notebook account of it - you know, like the great explorers of old when they set off towards uncharted territories?
I can see it now:
10:21am, Jul 8th
Weather: Cats on the horizon with the temperature approaching the nineties, but otherwise fair.
Found mysterious bottle in the middle cabinet in the Kitchen at North 35 degrees west. May have been a container for juice at one time, currently a thriving city of microbes. Will dispatch once extra paper towels and disinfectant wipes are found. Attacked by tuber ware but won the minor skirmish with no casualties and no injuries save for a minor bruise. Continued to proceed westward.
Maybe I should just stick to my Greek alphabets.
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