Mode = "What the Hell..."

It's when the value = "What the Hell..." occurs most frequently in a data set.

So, like what? Two months since an update? I am just taking a guess here, but that is what it feels like.

Here is the current scholastic standing.

• Machine Design: Test this weekend. We were promised that it "was going to be hard, but do-able," which translated to "you're all screwed."
• Instrumentation: Test all next week in the testing center. It is completely optional. Midterms are worth 20% of the total grade. This midterm is counted only if we do better on it than we did on the first one. It is pretty nice set up.
  
• Electrical Engineering: Talking about logic. Makes no sense. Kinda ironic.
• Proofs: Don't know what the hell is going on.
  
• Statistics: The professor decided to assign a load of crap right before the end. It hasn't been way nasty... until now. Another test this weekend. Awesome.
  
• Of course, there is also a final in every class.

I think I might have to teach in Elder's Quorum this week. I was told about a month and a half ago that I was going to be teaching the first lesson of every month, but nobody has said anything to me about my topic. I am betting that I get a call on Saturday night...

My phone is broken, and has been for about a week. Luckily I bought a warranty on it and I sent it in today to get it fixed. The replacement phone is Derek's old razor. I like having a flip phone. Like I told him, it makes you feel important. I don't like the non-qwerty keyboard on it. It takes me about a month to type texts.

I am thinking that I am going to steadily move over to my google number. It makes no difference to me as long as the other people aren't on T Mobile.

I should really be studying for one of my tests, but I'm not.

I will end this post with a picture. This is the latest instrumentation project. We had to make a device that measured thrust from a rocket. We made a cantilever beam and attached a few strain gauges to it, sent those strain gauges through a circuit that amplified, removed bias, and filtered out the natural frequency of the beam, and then sent it to a DAQ for registering everything. It was pretty sweet. I'm sure you really, really give a frak.

Craptacular

To start this magical post, I am going to give y'all a picture. It is entitled "Crappiest Day Ever." Let me tell you how the events all went down.
I was leaving to go home from school, and I dropped my laptop. The screen broke, which makes it pretty useless. I bought a TV to replace the screen.
Here is the pic.
So there you have it. Dumb stuff. I'm going to start on my homework now.

I've Got Soul but I'm Not a Soldier

So, I haven't posted in a bit. I'm sure that everybody and their dog is curious what I have been up to. Here's a hint: nothing.

School is about the same. My classes are hard as hell, but they are great. I mean, I chose this, and I love every day of it. Well, not test days.. or days with lots of homework. So, I love some days. Here is a rundown of what I am working on in each class right now:

372: Combined loading and finite element analysis
363: System analysis and Wheatstone bridges
301: Resistor stuff and Wheatstone bridges
290: Proofs
495: Probability

Overall, it isn't way, way nasty yet. I'm sure it will get worse. I have a test at the end of this week, and another at the end of next week. The Gauntlet begins.

On a lighter note, I went on a date tonight with codename: Monday. Why is she known as Monday? Well, it is just easier that way. It was great. We went to a restaurant and got some sort of cinnamon beef and deep fried cheesecake. It was fattening and delicious. With any detective work at all, you can probably figure out who Monday is. Anybody who knows can't share the secret. It is more fun that way.

Bombachus

• This was disgusting, but made me laugh. I may have posted it before, but I am too lazy right now to go look.
  

Unity

Isaac and I just came up with units for some aspects of life that need quantization.

Trustworthiness: 1 Oț
Awesome Personality-ness: 1Ow
Attractiveness: 1 Sy
Insanity: 1 Ni
Irrationality: 1 Kr
Self-righteousness: 1 Ka
Fakeness: 1 Sk
Pimpliness: 1 Gr
Sexual Ambiguity: 1 Ty
Loudness: 1 Hw
Coolness: 1 Fz

There may have been more, but I can't recall. Also, the person for which these units were named have 1,000,000 of them as a standard. For example, Grant Harward had 1MHw, and as a comparison, Dave would have maybe 500 KHw.

New Slate - August 2009

It is officially August 31, 2009, which means that today I start school... again. Well, I never really left it to be entirely honest. I have only been on a 2.5 week break, which was glorious. This is the current line up for this semester (deemed "Semester from Hell" [aka "Lucifer's Delight"]):

1. ME EN 372 Mechanical System Design Fundamentals
2. ME EN 363 Elementary Instrumentation
3. EC EN 301 Elements of Electrical Engineering
4. MATH 290 Fundamentals of Mathematics (Hey, it is going to be harder than 'fundamentals' may indicate...)
5. ME EN 495 Some Statistical Thing

I start off every semester with the attitude of "I'm not going to fall behind" and that lasts (at most) on week. I have the same attitude right now, and I'm aiming for two weeks this time...

Bombachus

• Shaq vs. Watch it. Love it
• The Only Level
• Spotlight
• Sleep
  

Oh, Hello

This is for Drew. It basically proves what I was telling him about.

Pioneer Children Sang as They Walked

I am about two hours away from an 4.5 day weekend. It's pioneer day (aka Mormon Christmas), and BYU is generous enough to give Friday off so that we might celebrate. In all honesty, I'm about one hour away from this glorious break from all things scholastic. I'm sitting in linear algebra (been here for 3 minutes) and I've already plotted an escape. I turned in my test (it was a take home) and listened to some kids complain a bit about how hard it was. I laughed. It was easy. I hate this class, but it is easy. Hooray for (previously taken) technical electives.

I just gave a presentation in my English class. The professor gave me a 50+/50. I'm going to be honest: I don't really know what that means. I am hoping for imaginary extra credit. I have never had extra credit in college before. I'm excited.
On the first day of this class, one thing was really clear: if the teacher likes you, you'll do well. The molester and I made sure that she knows who we are, and that she likes us. Don't get me wrong: the presentation rocked. I'm not demeaning its quality. I just think that the teacher liked the fact I spoke about Christian Bale.

If you go back to an older post, you'll see how I feel about eigenvalues. That is what we are talking about in lin alg today. Awesome...

In the spirit of my math homework taking me 15 minutes to complete, I have had a bit of free time on my hands as of late. Unfortunately, this free time usually comes while all my friends are at work. Here is what I do with it:

• Burn Notice*
• Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles**
• Lost***

I am thinking of starting up the final season of Prison Break due to the (**) reasoning at the bottom.

I've also spent an ample amount of time taking apart old phones and seeing what I can make from their innards.

Derek took me to go get shave ice two days ago. It was... poor. Well, the ice itself was great. I just somehow picked the nastiest cocktail of horrendous flavors. I have come up with a plan of how I can avoid that situation next time I go. Here are the steps of the plan:

1. Let Derek order first
2. Order the exact same thing
3. Eat it

For all you avid readers, I might be moving over to wordpress soon.

*We finished season 2 of Burn Notice in about 3 days
**Dave is a butt
***Recently started up again after hiatus