| | OMG! It's been another 2 months!
Well overall I've been quite busy with school. In the second round of midterms now.
First round:
ESE 211: 18/25 (avg 17)
ESE 231: 23/30 (no idea what the average was but 23/30 isn't bad)
ESE 306: 38/50 (avg of 41)
ESE 372: 68/100 (avg of 81)
AMS 261: 97/100 (avg of 87)
Not bad, but not great either..... ESPECIALLY the 372 midterm..... I was so shocked when i saw my grade...... Still, I just made stupid mistakes and should have easily gotten at least average..... Well, for 372 we have 3 midterms and a option final so I guess I'm taking the final and having the first midterm dropped.
Had my second 231 midterm Monday. I don't think I did as well..... But then again overall it was harder and no one left early really and it looked like most of the class was having trouble. Two midterms tomorrow, 306 and 372. Taking a break from studying now to xanga. I have lab in a bit anyways so now would be a good time to break and clear my head so I can concentrate on lab. I came into this week dreading the two midterms tomorrow but now I feel a bit better about them. For 372, the exam is only going as far as the DC analysis of transistor circuits and isn't covering the small signal section yet. So its based on the last two homeworks which I did fine on. Going to yesterday's lecture and seeing him review problems I'm sure I'll do fine. Its the clippers and clampers portion from the diode section that I'm a bit worried about. But if its nothing too complicated I should do okay on that too. 306 just seemed impossible but after todays recitation it really seems easy....Ting Luo is a great TA thats for sure.... I don't really understand all the theory but I can apply it well enough.
Stephen and I also started to collect birch sap. We went to ACE hardware last weekend and they actually had hand cranked drills! We bought one as well as 20' of vinyl .25" OD tubing and some brass connectors as a tap. Kinda funny too cause I expected the season to start around the beginning of March but one night we were in the forest and on one of the tress we marked with reflectors there was a HUGE dark spot on the bark. Closer inspection showed that it was sap! It was nice and clear too so I'm assuming the season just started. We both downed a bottle of 1.5L smart water since we needed containers to have the sap collect into. Last time Stephen went in he came out with 2L. We only tapped 3 trees the first time and only one had good flow. The largest tree we tapped figuring it would have the best flow and could let go of more of its sap without injury had almost nothing in the bottles..... But Stephen went and drilled the tree a bit deeper and now it has decent flow. I'm hoping to get at least 5 gallons. I figure we can get at least a gallon without injuring the trees and probably more from the larger tree. Well, I can't complain. Since I live so far away from the forest Stephen has been doing all the collecting lol. He even tried boiling some down to syrup last night. Worked out okay but I don't think he boiled it enough before taking it off the heat. He didn't even check for sheeting..... I'll give it a try this weekend when I head over to his place.
I also got a bunch of cool lighters from Leo when I went back home for spring break. An IMCO, another zippo, a cool Colibri of Japan that can't get blown out, and a pearl. I've always been jealous of him having the pearl cause it's just so cool!
Man, the weather has been so nice it just makes me want to go out and enjoy nature.... Sucks that instead of doing that I've just been in my room studying..... Looking froward to summer. Taking classes in summer session I but prob free the rest of the summer. Leo, Stephen and I will prob make a trip up to Bear Mountain to hike.
I also got an old Casio Pathfinder. Kickass.
Whats on the To Buy list now? Well I've shortened it plenty. An Alox Swiss Army Farmer was on there, but I just ordered a red Alox Farmer and an Alox Bantam a few hours ago. So now its a new fountain pen, a new watch (most likely a Seiko Black Monster), and then a small classic Sebenza.
Anyways, time a bit more of studying before lab. I'm gonna try to finish my study sheet for 306 before lab. Then I'll have a good 4 hours after lab to study. 2 hours to 306 and then 2 hours to 372. After the 306 midterm tomorrow I'll make my formula sheet for 372 and then take that exam. Next midterm won't be for another week and a half. YAY!
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