Last week I had a craving for a Papiano's pizza, and found that it was closed. It turns out they might have just moved, or so Vincent says. I don't see anything wrong with their previous location, and I don't actually know where they new place is yet. It doesn't show up on the Papa John's locator. You don't do too much business if no one knows where you are.
It's finally the weekend. I am so wiped that I don't really have the energy to waste my Friday night gaming. Instead, I have been watching episodes of Top Gear, a car show on BBC. They are greatly amusing, have awesome cars, and their cinematography and music can be stunning. Watching those shows just make me want a Mitsubishi Lancer EVO more and more. I actually recognize a lot of the songs they use, which shows how well I've picked my electronica collection. The latest shows have been drawing a great deal from Hybrid's latest album, which I hadn't really delved into. I am now listening to "Blackout" on loop, though I did cut something like 70 seconds from that song. I hate it when it takes nearly a minute to get to the good part of the song, and it had a really annoying ending. I love Sound Forge - it's like audio Photoshop.
I have been getting some odd "delayed write" errors on my external hardrive. If it dies I am going to be very sad. My iPod also has been giving some minor but weird errors when synching.
I talked with my major professor today, and felt a little better about my program but not terribly much so. The things that have been causing gripes in the PSM program aren't under his control at all, so bitching about that doesn't do much good. There is supposed to be some kind of major PSM meeting on Tuesday anyway. I have the feeling that if I didn't have a designated goal for my program it would just kind of wander aimlessly. I am chucking classical mechanics and probably statmech so I can work in solid state and optics. I would also like to squeeze some EE in if I can. And I would love to take that cryptography class, if they would ever offer it...
So yeah, I am still geeked on solar power. I joined the American Solar Energy Society, to no noticeable effect except to my credit card bill. I am pretty skeptical about battery technology though. I can never keep the damned things charged, and they die over time, and I want something that will last forever. Just in case of the end of civilization as we know it or something. So I figure, how about a flywheel? It sounds pretty good for a system that isn't going anywhere, like powering houses. I guess I'm not the first person to think of this though.
I finished reading Body of Secrets. That last few chapters seemed more like a collection of trivia than a proper book, but it was a good read overall. Quite a long book. I don't know what I'm going to read next.
This weekend I have to prep my PSM seminar presentation and get ready for an EM exam I really need to pass. I have been doing ok, but I haven't really had my edge in classes so far. (Except for destroying the quantum exam I suppose. I'm an exam-taking machine.) And I don't know how to get my edge back.
I also need to get out and run errands tomorrow, so I don't think I'll be able to participate in tomorrow's revelry. Tomorrow is the Oregon-Oregon State game. I'm definitely going to sleep in all morning. I'm also getting sick of PB&J every day for lunch, so I'm going to have to figure something out at the grocery store.
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