Category Archives: Classes

Why do all my posts start with “(insert month here) Already!”

Clearly I’m doing too much, because time is passing way too quickly.  We got a bunch of wedding stuff out of the way when I went home a couple of weeks ago – we have a date and a place … Continue reading

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Eep, it’s been a while..

Where to start?  A lot’s happened since the last post.  I’m still taking 2 classes and working on my Mercury project.  I haven’t gotten past the bug in the code I’m working with, although I feel like I’m getting closer … Continue reading

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It’s a New Year

A new busy year.  I’m taking 1.5 classes this quarter (one’s a seminar-style class), and I’ve also gotten myself into a bunch of extra-curricular stuff.  I’m auditing an intermediate French class now, which is actually helping me improve already I … Continue reading

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One more test

Just one final to go before I’m done for the year, as far as classes are concerned – yay!  I’m in that state where I’m so tired of studying that I just want to get it over with…but I’m going … Continue reading

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Planning is hard.

How much vacation is ok to take over the summer before my oral exams?  I’m taking 9 full days to go home and visit my family right after the term ends, and there’s a possibility of another trip sometime during … Continue reading

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Some Pictures

Here are some pictures from my field trip.  I only took a few, and there aren’t any scalebars, so my apologies to the geologists out there =) Kelso Dunes at sunset.  We camped just a few hundred feet away from … Continue reading

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Where did the weekend go?

Into neat geology and desert beauty, for the most part.  And also sunburn and muscle aches (the legitimate kind – there was plenty to eat).  It was really fun for a class field trip – no need to frantically write … Continue reading

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Nearly two weeks later..

Everything’s been really busy since I got back from Philadelphia.  Now I’m about to leave again (field trip to the Mojave for class), and I’m trying to wrap up my classes a little more beforehand.  There’s pretty much no chance … Continue reading

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and back again

Had a good weekend, but it’s amazing how two 5-hour flights can shrink it down.  It’s Monday again already!  Anyway, I went to my first Passover seder, and saw my parents really briefly, and got little snippets of work done.  … Continue reading

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Early weekend for me

I’m flying to Philadelphia tomorrow morning with Jon for Passover, so today was sort of like Friday, at least in that all my problem sets had to be done…but I finished them *whew*.  Totally randomly, my parents will also be … Continue reading

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