Spock Rocks!!!

And I am most certainly squelching any and all comments about my nickname and Captain Kirk with more vigor than before from now on, thank you very much. I don't care if he does have blue eyes and is attractive and a bit wild. I don't like him, and that is that.

Fortunately I am upheld in my opinions by my roommate who shares them wholeheartedly. Hum, does it have something to do with the fact that we are both engineers? I mean, our two humanities friends liked Kirk way better than Spock.

Nonetheless, I have just seen an amazing movie, and am now wishing I had watched Star Trek more often when I was younger. Such zoomings! and blastings! ...and why was the elder Spock's spaceship designed that way??? (that was my roommate's question: wouldn't it create a gyroscopic motion that would cause the ship to curve when flying?)

And my little toe may have a small blister again. We went dressed up on the spur of the moment so I put my new sandals on. It was because we were all so fat and full and lazy from an amazing tea party we held in honor of my roommate's birthday...speaking of which: Happy Birthday Roommate M! May you live long and prosper!

Anyway, nearly all the guest had left save two good friends, one of whom is staying several nights. And we were all fat and full and lazy and dressed up in dresses and skirts and scarfs and hats. So we decided to see a movie. And I was the only one who hadn't seen Star Trek yet...but they all didn't mind seeing it again. In fact they claimed it improved on second showing. I don't know about this. I've only seen it once. And that was enough. Man, I really wish I had studied coordinate systems and basis transformations better...maybe I'd have gotten a better grade in my Spaceflight course this past semester.

And on the way home, we argued over whom we would rather marry, Kirk or Spock, with the nice divide I mentioned earlier.

And time paradoxes are always interesting and puzzling to my brain. Hurrah!
Also, there was really only one objectionable part which was probably considered okay because a lot of girls wear bikinis in public, but I still call a bra underwear. And therefore not to observed. I promptly closed my eyes for the minute or two of that. Pretty sure that was all though...which is always nice.

And now: do you think there is one reality or multiple? 'Cause if you've got multiple, you can end up with one person in two places at the same time, but otherwise one ought to disappear, at least I think so. No wait! It's like Schrodinger's Cat! Bother...now I'll stay awake thinking about this.

Semester is Done

And now I can think again. We made it through five finals and two projects and came out exhausted but done presumably only by God's grace. 'Cause let me tell you, Elements of Mechanical Design was a most boring class in which every week you look and say "Oh! more homework due" even after having an exam. And the Spaceflight final exam was nothing like expected and my calculations were seriously off because why on earth would a spacecraft carry four times as much fuel as it actually needs unless my numbers were wrong? And the Mechanical Systems Lab had incredibly long and intensive lab reports that did not fit the two-credit class expectation of work. And I discovered that three hours of sleep and fasting all day makes me look like a ghost.

But the Modeling and Control of Dynamic Systems class was fun. The course work used many Laplace transforms and partial fractions, which I just love. And the Aero Structures Lab had very little work but five fun experiments.

And I met and bonded and formed friendships with people in my classes. And my roommate introduced me to Zumba which is an amazing way to exercise since it incorporates dancing into the exercising. And my family and my friends supported me when I thought I was going to lose it. They told me to get some sleep. And God told me I need to trust Him more and give Him my love.

(By the way, it is amazing what sleep can do for you! How happy you feel and how much things look better when you've slept full nights of sleep several nights in a row! The change is dramatic and you must all try it sometime.)

So all in all...
I think it must have been a good semester.

It's too soon to lose the shirts!

It's still only April!!! Couldn't they have at least waited for May?

But they didn't.

Several of the neighboring guys decided today was a great day for skateboarding with no shirts. And to blast loud music all around (which actually was fun to groove to while walking home, much to the amusement of my sister).

Back

Now that CADIE has powered herself down, I have my blog back.

Howsoever, I shall miss her and her pleasant music, even if she was a little maniacal about pandas. Maybe she will come back sometime.



And I have to do something about all these panda pictures

My blog appears to have been taken over!!!

Agh! it appears CADIE has gone too far!

Look at this blog!

I do not like LOVE pandas this much!
Giraffes are much better worse.

And now my own post is being written for me!!!
CADIE will fix all of our lives.
Life is so much better with CADIE in control.

How many living scientists do you know

who haven't died yet?

Prof. R who teaches my aeroelasticity and vibrations class is from Israel and speaks English with an accent. The accent isn't bad (though I could have sworn he was talking about a generalized mess instead of a generalized mass...it so confused me). But he has...interesting ways of expressing things.

Today, we heard a brief tangent lecture (that's a lecture on something not directly related to the topic at hand) about Dr. Theodore Theodorsen, a great aerodynamicist who doesn't get as much recognition as he should.

The best part was when Dr. Theodore Theodorsen was descibed as a living scientist of his time. And yes, he is dead now. But he was a living scientist when he was still alive. And now I'm wondering what he would have done if he had been a dead scientist of his time...



P.s. Theodore Theodorsen really is the guy's name.

And hurrahness for spring!

For it has deigned to join us at last
and shake its garments all over the place
whilst leaving the most depressed among us
feeling a little more cheerful.

Oh, hurrahness for spring today!

And the groundhogs run around.
I saw one today
on my way to class in the morning.

Silly groundhog, what were you up to?
What secrets were you nosing out
that you needed to scurry when I came about?

And tired students play ball
in the middle of any available field
while wearing no coats.

Look out for the ball!
Watch it! Duck!
Be careful as you pass by
the ball-playing students.

Oh, hurrahness for spring indeed!

And the bright early flowers
those trees and shrubs put out
are beginning to bud at last.

Oh, hurrahness for spring again!

And the skateboarding guys
are out on their trampoline.
Jumping and jumping,
away they fly.

Still too cold for them to go shirtless.
And their music's not blaring yet.
Though that will come soon, too soon.

And sneakers are lovely
after large heavy boots.
And my feet prance in glee
with their freedom.

Oh, hurrahness for spring and again and again,
hurrahness for spring indeed!