I’ve decided not to speak to my family for at least a year after I leave Fairbanks in May. I spoke of my intentions one night during dinner. My sister was not at the table, I think she’s still unaware. My mother’s forlornness was communicated to me by her silence and avoidance of eye contact….
People pay a premium for goods that exhibit prized characteristics. I’m curious how a consensus is established about what these characteristics are. Like the explanation for so many things, it’s probably a combination of learned behavior and instinct, the exact proportions of these two ingredients depending on the person and the good in question. I’m…
Ever since I dropped out of EE 354 last Spring, I’ve been followed by a shadowy fear lingering behind the scenes. 354 is a prerequisite for 434 and, having dropped 354 last spring, the only way I could graduate this coming May would be to take 354 and 434 together, 354 acting as a co-requisite….
These past few days I’ve been eating out of habit, not out of hunger. A glance at the clock. A cursory check of short term memory: how long has it been since my mouth was occupied with food and my jaws occupied with the chewing motion? This sort of thing has happened before, I am…
Seven eighths through. I’m hopeful that the prospect of graduating in May will motivate me to at least pass all four classes that remain. Schedule for the Spring: Course (credits) EE 354 Engineering Signal Analysis (3) EE 434 Instrumentation Systems (4) EE 493 Sustainable Energy Systems (3) ESM 450 Economic Analysis & Operations (3) The…
The idea of working as an ambulance EMT is becoming more and more attractive. So much so that it’s beginning to motivate me to get a Driver’s License. Two things: 1. While even most emergency cases might not be life threatening in the time spanning the ambulance ride, some certainly are, and EMT is one…
My poor financial management skills have been given more funds to play with; I’ve received another scholarship. My perplexing success in this domain makes me wish I’d started applying for free money much earlier in my college career. In April I meet with my private scholarship sponsors for breakfast at a pomp and circumstance recognition…
I apologize in advance for the content of recent posts being mere summaries of what I’ve been doing. This one is not different. We went out to the living room theater and saw Let The Right One In. Best movie I’ve seen in a long time. If you haven’t seen it yet, don’t. Wait till…
I’m staying with Pat, Suzette, Avtar, Savage, and Dimn, the latter two being cats. It is a good life. Today I finished The Poor Mouth, subtitled A Bad Story About The Hard Life. It’s by the author of At Swim-Two-Birds and was checked out by Pat at my recommendation when we were at the library,…
The tone of this post might be somewhat influenced by At Swim-Two-Birds, a book I started for the 3rd time last week and finished for the 1st time last night. I’m liable to write in a manner similar to the way in which what I’m reading is written, fair warning. Spent Christmas day, and days…