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Fall 2009 Semester, Gone Already

bryan — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:28:34 +0000

It seems like just two or three weeks ago the fall semester was starting up. I feel like I just got settled into the rhythm of classes. Now it’s a week past over and honestly feels like it was gone in a blink. I have it on good authority that time flies when you’re having fun.

And what would any semester be without a wrap-up of all the folks who made it possible? Here we go:

Circuits: Zach Pemberton, Brenton McCuskey, Caitlyn Davis-McDaniel, Zach Burns, Juliana Phelps, Coleman Johnson, my occasional lab partner Jessica Warner, and last but by no stretch of the imagination least, my usual lab partner Lauren Hays.

Physics. Oh physics. This class was a joke. A big, fat, stolen joke. But there were still people in it, albeit fewer and fewer as the semester went on. The notable were: Jessica Meadows, Zach Pemberton, Jese Vance, Julie Ball, Philip Hatfield, Lauren, Brennan Skeens, Monica Urrutia and Brittany Whited. I’m sure that while we may forget the material, we will never forget Wilson.

Physics had a lab as well. I have to thank my lab partners here – they were my life raft in a sea of broken Engrish. Sara Lilly and Kayla Johnson, you ladies were wonderful. I also have to give a shout out to Lauren, Brennan and Audrey Smith who were the group next to mine.

Statics: Lauren, Brennan, Jese, Julie, Philip, Monica, Kristen Bobuk, Tyler Spurlock, Zach Burns, and JD Stanley. See you all next semester in dynamics, I’m sure.

This is not by any means an exhaustive list of everyone in every class. It is a list of the people I actually spoke to.

I also need to give a shout to some fantastic friends for supporting me in my endeavors and follies: Luke Damron, Leigh Williams Fregia, Jennifer Scott, Jennifer McComas, Melanie Grieco and Tiffany V.

Day 128

bryan — Sat, 09 May 2009 03:01:41 +0000

I took my calculus final bright and early this morning at 8. I’m glad it is done. This is a Good Thing. Grades come out Wednesday. I remember the good old days when one could see their grades as they were submitted and posted to MILO. Alas, someone decided it would be a Good Idea to hold grades until students had been kicked out of the dorms and professors were two days into their summer vacations. I believe this is to keep the number of grade appeals down.

In keeping with tradition, this is the part where I do my shout-outs to the folks I’ve rolled mad and deep with.

In Cusick’s Calc II class: Patrick Shoemaker, Anna Maria Firth, Jessica Beres, Tyler Spurlock, Kristen Bobuk, Zach Burns, Greg Sowards and the rest of you too.

In chemistry, Luke Damron, you’re pretty much my one and only. Except in the lab. That was all Greg Sowards and Lauren Hays.

For Engineering Computations: Tyler, Kristen and Zach I’ve mentioned already but I’ll include Rachael Parlock, Harley Bullard, Seth Bartrig and Richard Six.

For Engineering Econ: Lauren and the other 4 people who sat close. Sorry – I didn’t catch your names. Not even after 16 weeks. But I know you are CS majors. Does that count?

To all of you, thanks for making it a good semester. I’ll see some of you next semester, I’m sure.

So once a month isn’t bad, is it?

bryan — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 21:03:16 +0000

I won’t pretend that I’ve been so busy for the last month that I couldn’t possibly fit in a moment to write. I haven’t exactly been working 8 hour days and filling my spare time with lots of travel and/or overly exciting projects. The last two weeks have been somewhat more eventful than usual and I feel like mentioning the events.

Tuesday October 2nd, someone thought it would be a good idea to knife my tires. I don’t exactly feel like it was a random act since I was the only car on the street to get the vandalism treatment. On the other hand, I don’t know for sure that anyone on my list of suspects would go so far as to be out late on a Tuesday stabbing tires. One of the tires needed to be replaced anyway.

Sunday the 7th, I met up with Jenn and we went to see Junior Brown at the V Club. For those of you who know of Junior Brown, it would be redundant for me to tell you that the show was awesome. For the rest of you, the show was awesome. I wasn’t surprised to run into Michael Sullivan there and we caught up a bit, so that made for a good time.

Monday was Columbus Day and in accordance with time-honored tradition, the family got together and made this year’s batch of apple butter. Yeah, I know – who cares about some silly redneck tradition? Don’t knock it, though, until you’ve tried the product. It’s good stuff.

Friday I was back at the V Club with Jenn to catch The New Relics. I’ve heard a lot about these guys and it was cool to finally get to hear them play. While I was there I ran into Bud Carrol, so he and I spent a few minutes catching up even though we never really talked that much in high school. I think about the only thing we ever had in common was our mutual affection for Kelly Bader. Only he got to date her. I managed to lose my shot at that in 7th grade.

So that’s pretty much it. Business is slow, but I’m working some. If I could manage a job a day, I’d be pretty good at this point. I’m still looking for part-time work – not very hard, but I’m looking. I’m not particularly happy with my general living arrangements and I think that’s a good thing – it means I’m motivated to make a bigger effort to change them. I made some promises that I thought I could keep but haven’t been able to. That bothers me.