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Jenn (![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} wankaholic) wrote,@ 2009-08-25 18:32:00 |
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I am terrible at updating this.
In summary: nothing has really happened since the last time I updated. I house-sat for the first part of the month, and now I'm back in school. Taking 13 credit hours, which isn't too bad, till you realize:
A). Twelve is full-time, and
B). I'm into my senior year, so the classes I'm taking are all upper-division chemistry courses (and a one-hour physics lab).
Physical Chem, Biochem, and Inorganic Chem. PChem looks as though it's going to be really good (I'm looking forward to the lecture tomorrow), Biochem will probably be all right, and Iorganic is . . . well.
I think I might have already taken the equivalent of Inorganic, through the U a couple of years ago (was an intermediate class offered directly after AP Chem, sort of an in-between for Organic and PChem). Crystal Field Theory, wotwot? I find it extremely interesting (actually, if it's the class I'm thinking of, I thought it was amazing and it's what cemented my desire to be a chem major), and it'll probably be good (the first lecture was amazing, anyway), but oh dear.
Eh. I'm kind of looking forward to doing my homework, actually, which doesn't happen (except in math classes, because doing advanced calculus is relaxing, dammit).
And, erm.
I'm a little amused at how my school is different from other schools.
When I was in Ohio, I had to do through Calc III (vector calculus).
Out here? I need to do Linear Algebra/ODEs (it's offered as one semester-length class), and then one math class on top of that. Most do stats, but it's recommended that you go further in math.
That's . . . another year of math. For what amounts to the same degree (BS in chemistry).
Ohio had a language requirement, though—one year, any language—so I suppose it's a trade-off.
Math is probably more applicable than Spanish (the language I was taking) is, though.
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In news of the real-that-is-not-school, umm. There isn't a lot.
Zed went out and visited his father in Port Orchard. His phone is switched off this month (damn being poor!), and so we thought we weren't going to be able to talk, but, erm, turns out his family pays for decent long distance, so we talked every night? was kind of nice.
His birthday is on the 30th. I shipped him a box of coffee from the SLC Roasting Company (he loves their Sidoma), some chocolate and Blackjack/Clove gum (God bless World Market?), and a copy of Oryx and Crake. Oh, and a letter promising that I'd buy a better webcam once I have the money (mine is . . . rather shitty).
My friend Amanda adopted a kitty. At my suggestion, he's a ginge. Tiny and orange, with adorable little pink toes and a fat tummy. Likes playing with tinfoil balls and tormenting Heather (who is now living with Amanda and her roommate Randy, in a rented house in Holladay) by stepping on her keyboard when she's trying to update her LJ.
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It's funny. I've stopped wearing plaid (except around the house) now, just as it's become mainstream. The Edge (U2) is wearing it, and I've seen lots of people on campus dressing the way I used to—plaid flannel over a black or grey t-shirt. So it goes.
In summary: nothing has really happened since the last time I updated. I house-sat for the first part of the month, and now I'm back in school. Taking 13 credit hours, which isn't too bad, till you realize:
A). Twelve is full-time, and
B). I'm into my senior year, so the classes I'm taking are all upper-division chemistry courses (and a one-hour physics lab).
Physical Chem, Biochem, and Inorganic Chem. PChem looks as though it's going to be really good (I'm looking forward to the lecture tomorrow), Biochem will probably be all right, and Iorganic is . . . well.
I think I might have already taken the equivalent of Inorganic, through the U a couple of years ago (was an intermediate class offered directly after AP Chem, sort of an in-between for Organic and PChem). Crystal Field Theory, wotwot? I find it extremely interesting (actually, if it's the class I'm thinking of, I thought it was amazing and it's what cemented my desire to be a chem major), and it'll probably be good (the first lecture was amazing, anyway), but oh dear.
Eh. I'm kind of looking forward to doing my homework, actually, which doesn't happen (except in math classes, because doing advanced calculus is relaxing, dammit).
And, erm.
I'm a little amused at how my school is different from other schools.
When I was in Ohio, I had to do through Calc III (vector calculus).
Out here? I need to do Linear Algebra/ODEs (it's offered as one semester-length class), and then one math class on top of that. Most do stats, but it's recommended that you go further in math.
That's . . . another year of math. For what amounts to the same degree (BS in chemistry).
Ohio had a language requirement, though—one year, any language—so I suppose it's a trade-off.
Math is probably more applicable than Spanish (the language I was taking) is, though.
---
In news of the real-that-is-not-school, umm. There isn't a lot.
Zed went out and visited his father in Port Orchard. His phone is switched off this month (damn being poor!), and so we thought we weren't going to be able to talk, but, erm, turns out his family pays for decent long distance, so we talked every night? was kind of nice.
His birthday is on the 30th. I shipped him a box of coffee from the SLC Roasting Company (he loves their Sidoma), some chocolate and Blackjack/Clove gum (God bless World Market?), and a copy of Oryx and Crake. Oh, and a letter promising that I'd buy a better webcam once I have the money (mine is . . . rather shitty).
My friend Amanda adopted a kitty. At my suggestion, he's a ginge. Tiny and orange, with adorable little pink toes and a fat tummy. Likes playing with tinfoil balls and tormenting Heather (who is now living with Amanda and her roommate Randy, in a rented house in Holladay) by stepping on her keyboard when she's trying to update her LJ.
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It's funny. I've stopped wearing plaid (except around the house) now, just as it's become mainstream. The Edge (U2) is wearing it, and I've seen lots of people on campus dressing the way I used to—plaid flannel over a black or grey t-shirt. So it goes.
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