Measure *these* degrees of freedom.

[trenchkamen]

I feel most alive when it rains. The weather the past couple of days has been absolutely fantastic. I wish it was like this all the time. The desert is stunning during the rain.

I pulled the muscles in my right leg in such a way that if I stretch one, I cramp the other. I don't know how I even managed this. If this is how House feels all the time, I can understand why he hates everybody. This hurts like hell.

I took my physical chemistry lab final today, turned in my last lab report, and took the lecture final yesterday. Sold my books as soon as I hit the ground after the test. Yes, this means

I am done with physical chemistry forever

and you have no idea how happy that makes me. That was absolutely one of the most boring, irrelevant, mind-numbing class sequences I have taken, and yes, that is saying something. The lecture final was so brutal some people actually started crying. Next semester is looking up considerably: second semester of biochem, microbiology (easy as hell), human sexuality (lawls), JPN 314 (with 下村先生, not ウオング先生, so maybe my grade won't take it up the arse with a chainsaw because I can't write a straight line), and honors thesis with my current boss as my 'teacher'. In other words, I'm finally going to get class credit for the internship I've been doing for almost two years. Lucky.

Everybody else in the country is done with finals. My genetics ethics paper is due Friday. And I need to get on it (I'm more than half-done) because this is miwasatoshi's last week in Phoenix, and ladyseiryuu is coming out to see him graduate finally. And most of my friends are back in town already. So, as a result of this, that, and The Other Thing, I feel uneasy--something to compliment the general dis-ease I've felt the past few weeks, but at least I'm not physically sick anymore. And, oh yeah, did I mention that I'm done with physical chemistry forever?

I also feel like a total loser because the last two episodes of Makai Senki Disgaea made me feel like crying--for fuck's sake, it's Disgaea, not the last episodes of Escaflowne. And I'm not even pre-menstrual or anything, so I'm lacking in excuses. I need to finish that game. And Persona 3, because everybody is already fangasming over Persona 4, and I'm missing the Spoiler-Free Bus.

Comments

[ladyseiryuu.livejournal.com]

I'm in Orlando's airport and I remembered to pack my jacket ^_^ Best of luck with all the work!!

[trenchkamen.livejournal.com]

Awesome.

[feuervogel]

You darn bio/biochem majors only have to take one semester of p-chem. I had to take 2. At 8 am. I have oddly fond memories of that class, probably because it was a massive group bonding experience of "holy shit, guys, I have no idea what the fuck is going on here."

[trenchkamen.livejournal.com]

I have few friends in these classes to talk to, so it wasn't so much a bonding experience.

Also, HAH.

[feuervogel]

We had 13 chem majors in my year. We all knew each other, even if we weren't exactly friends. But being in the chem lounge until 2 am finishing a lab report, or studying for a test, or working on our homework... that was kinda fun. Especially the "oh god, let's go to the bar" part. (Going to a small private school was awesome.) Though the mists of time may be clouding my perception on the whole thing. 1997-98 was a long time ago.

Then there was the crazy pre-engineering guy who took p-chem as an elective. And actually scored an A in the class (while the rest of us had 68% Bs). He was way smart.

[sumomonkeyninja.livejournal.com]

The camaraderie comes later. You don't realize it until it's over. Later on you will say to other undergrads, "Look at those freshman. They don't even know how to solve the time-dependent Shrodinger equation for a particle in a box. Pssshrt. PSSSHRT I say."

Give it a couple of years. P-chem will be relevant. As a Professor was said at a smeinar I attended, "I prefer to hire chemistry post-docs even though I'm a Biology Professor. It's much easier to teach Biology to a chemist than it is to teach Physical Chemistry to a Biologist."

[trenchkamen.livejournal.com]

Well, that's good to know.

I still never want to do the time-independent Schrodinger equation again.

[sumomonkeyninja.livejournal.com]

You won't have to after undergrad. They have computer programs to do that for you. :)

Are you taking analytical chemistry at some point?

[trenchkamen.livejournal.com]

Yeeup.