OMG WTF BBQ

So, for reasons I'm still trying to fathom, I somehow managed to get a 94% on my last Thermo exam.

Considering I've failed the class twice, and tried to take it part-way a couple of times, one can imagine my skepticism. I even had the professor double check I wasn't hallucinating. But no, the only parts I got marked off on were the answers on the second problem (it was a mutli-parter, and as I've learned, you get more credit for the work than the answer in these sorts of classes). I was even clever enough to do the thermal efficiency when I realized I was stuck on the internal energy on that one part, and got it right, because hey REVERSIBLE SYSTEMS EFFICIENCIES ARE DEPENDENT ON THE TEMPERATURE ALONE IN A CYCLE LIKE THAT.

...Ok, so maybe I do know what I'm doing.

So I hugged my professor, which seemed to surprise him a little and went running out of the office and called my dad. I would have had the exam on Friday, but that morning I felt sick and determined it was way better to just get to feeling better and email the prof that I was turning in homework late (which he allowed, because this guy is clearly not a soulless bastard, unlike some of my profs).

But serious. I'm still making sure it's not a mistake. A 94%?!! I mean, it did seem like I was making shit up less than I used to, but this means I LEARNED SOMETHING and yeah, I CAN DO PROBLEM SOLVING.

Now if only that would transfer to my math class. *sigh* STILL. FUCKING THERMODYNAMICS IS MY BITCH NOW.

I'll write down weekend stories when my life slows down a bit, I kind of sort of hid from the cold all weekend and now I'm having to make sure I have a lab report done tonight so I can study for my exam on Wednesday... and that's for a class I'm actually rather LOST in. Fucking Aerodynamics. Well, a lot of it is based on Thermo, so maybe I just need to go over all the homeworks again and figure it out.

The moral of the story, kids, is that failure is merely a small setback and eventually you'll be in school long enough that the grades may start reflecting your actual knowledge.

~Cendri

II: Sela, Bishop of White

This one was short, so I felt like posting a bit would be silly. I like the idea of varying lengths and devices. I think it adds to the distinct voices I'm getting at.

( datta dayadhvam damyata )

Catchup!

Quick Weekend Highlights:

- Saw NASA people on Friday who were boring, but I got a free pin out of it!

- The Propulsions Professor bought us beer at Aero Social Night. So I had free food AND beer.

- Since Aero Social Night isn't late, I wingmanned for Justin and we hit up the place that makes Perfect Bloody Marys.

- Then I saw Max Payne. I thought it was nifty, good for when I didn't feel like thinking and just wanted to watch cool. Though... I don't get why it had to be Mark Wahlberg. Not that he was bad, he just didn't seem badass enough for me, even if they did a good job making him badass. If that makes sense?

- Marathoned Arrested Development, which is AN AWESOME SHOW. Oh, way to hit my thing about family dynamics, continuing story threads, AND awesome dialog.

- OH and the second part of my poem is up.

Make up a meme for yourself to do (a list of your favorite and least favorite things, guess the quote, whatever you want). Then make an easy one up for whoever comments, and they must post it in their journal as well as make one up for themselves. The cycle shall continue, and everyone will have lots of memes to do! I hope you're all bored at work...

Meme, from safety_caesars, "List five underappreciated movies that everyone should see and why!"

( movies are something I think too much about and all of my opinions are very personally biased )

And for myself... three songs I'm really into right now. Because I'm lazy.

( see if you can find the theme )