3 posts tagged “vacation”
The last week and a half since Thanksgiving has not been pleasant to say the least. I worked a lot ( I want to say 60 - 80 hours over 7 days ) on some silly project for Comp. Neuro. that didn't work out at all and this afternoon I need to give a presentation on it. It's only 10 minutes, and compared to my last presentation ( to a Rear Admiral of the Navy ) it should be low stress.
Tonight I have my Linear Systems final which in the grand scheme of things shouldn't be hard, but in the past week I've forgotten everything I knew about linear algebra. Whoops! Fortunately, the prof. is wikked nice and he's already told us he'll bust our balls on the final but we'll all pass.
This leaves the Molecular Bio take-home final (lol am i rite) that I have completed to the best of my ability, and the written segment to my Comp Neuro class. These should get completed by Friday and then it's back to The State of Massachusetts ( TM ) for a long vacation comprised mostly of sleep. I should pass everything, but it's certainly not going to be the highlight of my academic career.
Next term I'll only be taking one or one and half classes, in addition to co-TAing a class on Dynamic Systems, and working in a lab. If I don't start music again I'll go crazy.
Helped Dan clean his place up and got a late start in the morning. We went straight to the Nerd stalls in Akihabara. That place is truly amazing, and it makes me so sad that there nothing like there me. Its a rats nest of tiny alleyways lined with people selling analog components and assorted gadgetry. It wasn't very crowded due to it being a monday morning I suppose which is fortunate considering that there was barely enough room to move as it was. There may not even be that sort of thing any place in the US because people just buy all the parts wholesale. Sux. We made a stop at Yodabashi(?) which is an enormous BestBuy++ store selling anything that runs on electricity, office supplies etc. Imagine all the Electronics & Office superstores in the US voltron-ing into one store. They had some of those crazy Nippo watches that I linked a while back, but they were more expensive that I thought so I didn't get one...yet. Also: $100+ ties.
Friday, July 6th - Saturday, July 7th: