HAPPY NEW YEAR! 2009! holy crap this means the first decade of the millennium is almost over. yikes! gotta make it the best year yet (so far each year has been better than the last, don't worry)
so far during the winter break I have read ON THE ROAD (finally), THE NAMESAKE (VERY, very good), and I am currently double fisting with THE HOUND OF THE BASKEVILLES and NICKEL AND DIMED: ON (NOT) GETTING BY IN AMERICA. I finished quite a bit of writing over the past several days. I wrote a transportation scholarship essay, filled out a bunch of graduate school applications, and wrote a technical paper for my school's civil engineering club (hopefully it will get accepted). I have also continued to go to the gym daily on weekdays
In other news, have you seen the G commercial? the one with a bunch of athletes? it's pretty awesome but I have no idea what it is about. but I googled it, and it's about.....Gatorade!! it's got Dwane Wade, Jeter, JABBAWOCKEEZ, voiceover of Lil Wayne...it's epic
here's the ad if you haven't seen it. G!
Showing posts with label reading. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reading. Show all posts
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Living On A Prayer
Finished reading The World Is Flat, Alan Weisman! Something Blue, Emily Griffin! Just about to start Foucault's Pendulum, Umberto Eco!
Currently listening to Ray LaMontagne!
I am on a current MUST HAVE craze for gladiator sandals. The ones at Aldo's cost $30 but only have the ones on display. The Steve Martin ones are $80 but don't have my size. Mark my words, I will have a pair before I return to southern California
Live, love, learn
Currently listening to Ray LaMontagne!
I am on a current MUST HAVE craze for gladiator sandals. The ones at Aldo's cost $30 but only have the ones on display. The Steve Martin ones are $80 but don't have my size. Mark my words, I will have a pair before I return to southern California
Live, love, learn
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Feel Good, Inc.
IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!!!
First good news I got for the day was that I got the second highest score in my Linear Circuits final exam. With a reported score of 97/100 and the highest score being a 98, this made me feel pretty sweet about the class. I could have at least tied the highest score - I forgot to put "Active" in my description of the filter
This good news was countered by my somewhat lackluster score of 89/200 on a Engineering Economy final exam. Entering that test, I was actually doing very well, with a very high score. After the test, I definitely dropped spots, but I still have a very solid hold above the class average. Or maybe I don't really care otherwise
Maybe I am destined to be an electrical engineer, not a civil engineer. Hah hah
Summer reading options. So I came across a link of the "100 Books Every Man Must Read" (or some title like that). It was a list of familiar titles, including Crime and Punishment, Brave New World, The Stranger, The Master and Margarita, Moby Dick, On The Road, The Prince, Self Reliance, The Great Gatsby, Ulysses, Confederacy of Dunces, etc. I was pleased to recognize 90% of the titles, and to have read 60% of the books on the list. There were a lot of repeaters, including Hemingway and Steinbeck. As this was a required reading list FOR MEN women authors such as Jane Austen and Toni Morrison were left out. But I was able to scribble down some titles
Summer 2008 Reading List:
The Count of Monte Cristo
On The Road
Foucault's Pendulum
White Noise
Slaughterhouse Five
Catch 22
(more to come)
Currently listening to: K-Os
Wow! I'm 21!
First good news I got for the day was that I got the second highest score in my Linear Circuits final exam. With a reported score of 97/100 and the highest score being a 98, this made me feel pretty sweet about the class. I could have at least tied the highest score - I forgot to put "Active" in my description of the filter
This good news was countered by my somewhat lackluster score of 89/200 on a Engineering Economy final exam. Entering that test, I was actually doing very well, with a very high score. After the test, I definitely dropped spots, but I still have a very solid hold above the class average. Or maybe I don't really care otherwise
Maybe I am destined to be an electrical engineer, not a civil engineer. Hah hah
Summer reading options. So I came across a link of the "100 Books Every Man Must Read" (or some title like that). It was a list of familiar titles, including Crime and Punishment, Brave New World, The Stranger, The Master and Margarita, Moby Dick, On The Road, The Prince, Self Reliance, The Great Gatsby, Ulysses, Confederacy of Dunces, etc. I was pleased to recognize 90% of the titles, and to have read 60% of the books on the list. There were a lot of repeaters, including Hemingway and Steinbeck. As this was a required reading list FOR MEN women authors such as Jane Austen and Toni Morrison were left out. But I was able to scribble down some titles
Summer 2008 Reading List:
The Count of Monte Cristo
On The Road
Foucault's Pendulum
White Noise
Slaughterhouse Five
Catch 22
(more to come)
Currently listening to: K-Os
Wow! I'm 21!
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