Less than two weeks until Nickel Creek! :)
Reality is starting to set in here. This is a good thing, actually. I was kind of irresponsible all weekend, and it bit me in the butt Monday morning. And it probably will again before the week is out... I've got my first big paper due on Thursday, and naturally, I haven't started. Sweet. I'm realizing that perhaps I still haven't kicked in to a "school year" frame of mind. I guess it's about time.
I did go to my first (and possibly last) Hoosier football game on Saturday. The weather was beautiful, the company was great, and the football was painful. But then I had Japanese for dinner and Cold Stone for dessert. So that redeemed the day.
I think Tuesday might be my second favorite weekday (after Friday, of course). It's very pleasant to have no class after Monday. It reminds me of my friend Galen Heimerl from high school, who would frequently skip school on Tuesdays his junior year. He figured that was his reward for getting through Monday. This is the man who was choir president the next year. You're awesome, Galen.
In other news:
- My Sci Info class is visiting the Chemistry Library on Friday. Whee! Roger said I get to help teach a little about structure searching. I'm teaching my own class! I love graduate school. (For those of you who are chemistry nerds: yes, you can actually use ISISDraw or some other structure drawing tool, 'port the picture into a database interface and it will search for substances and/or reactions involving that molecule. This blew me away the first time I looked at it.)
- My Reference course has an ongoing assignment to collect relevant sources on a particular topic as we learn about them. My topic is alchemy. Apparently there's a lot more to it than just trying to transmute lead into gold.
- Quote of the Week 2: "My Molecular Biology prof has a Boston accent. I could never live in Boston. I can't understand why everyone in Boston doesn't walk around punching each other." - David, Chem Lib front desk worker
I'm working on a chemical crash course for my Sci Info class. Better finish up. Peace.