rinnia: (adorable. powerful. still utterly uke.)
Alex Smith ([personal profile] rinnia) wrote2003-09-29 03:37 pm

i've got a lovely bunch of coconuts

in order:
  • 10am: calculus. it ended up being more number theory than anything else. ten minutes into class, an admin came in and informed us that if we were in section 1 (the one that includes a basic calc review - which i need after a year off), the room had been changed. 153, she said. so the group of us wandered out of the lecture hall and began looking for room 153. after ten minutes of searching, we all came to the conclusion that baxter hall has no room 153. upon returning to the classroom, we learned that section 1 was in room 153, *sloan* laboratories. just a minor detail she left out. O.o;;;

    when we arrived in sloan and at the mythical room 153, ada (the prof) was waiting with a big note on the board that read "where is everyone?!" she then proceeded to teach us about number sets, much to my dismay (i hate theoretical math), then gave us a nice problem set despite it being rotation and covering topics which we have not even began to touch on yet. beautiful. i've never hated math before, but hey, college is a time of change, right?

  • 11am: chemistry. prof nate lewis seems funny and nice. the lecture class is rather large, but once a week we'll have recitations working in small groups with ta's, so that makes up for it. the grading seems fair and doable, but not too easy. it is pass/fail, after all, so slacking results not in a d but in simple failure. i doubt i'll have that problem; i've never been a slacker. too much guilt. *pokes her shoulder angel*

  • noon: lunch. i had it in dabney house today, along with steve, randall, and matt. dan lives there, so of course he was around, and that definitely made it more entertaining. mom's sending brownies for me and dan, as he walked by during our phone convo last night and made a good impression with his quirkiness, i suppose. i have dinner in ruddock tonight, which will be good, as i know very little of that house right now. steve and joseph will be there too, so it should be good.

  • 1pm: physics. monday is apparently recitation day, and as there have been no lectures yet, there's nothing to discuss. thus no class. *^_^* i got a vanilla latte brainfreezer from the red door cafe and called mom. 'twas satisfying.

  • 2pm: japanese. hirai-sensei is adorable. she is seriously the stereotypical sweet, quiet, giggly japanese female. it was really great. i truly love that language, and we learned ten hiragana in one day. *ten*! this has the potential to become my favorite class. good thing, since i have it every weekday. ;p

  • 3pm: done for now. i'm gonna do the chem quiz at four, then probably try and do one of the math problems before dinner. i have karate at 7pm tonight, so i won't be able to stay at the ruddock reception long. i have countered this somewhat by dressing for gym now. that at least will cut down on how long before class i actually have to leave.
and now i shall bs for another ten minutes before starting on chem. it has a 45 minute maximum, but prof lewis said it should take no more than twenty, so i may write more in a bit. yus.

:P

[identity profile] voifac.livejournal.com 2003-09-29 08:43 pm (UTC)(link)
how come your life gets to be so interesting and entertaining and stuff??? i had to try to explain how to use "no" and "wa" seperately to erin last night, as well as why you had to say watashi NO namae as opposed to watashi namae. its a different language, erin......sigh. if i ever see you again we're gonna spar. hee hee.

Re: :P

[identity profile] rinnia.livejournal.com 2003-09-29 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
i''m up for some good sparring, jo-jo. and don't talk like that! of course we're going to see each other again! your sister might kill me if i visited derek and didn't even stop in to say hi. ;p

seriously, i do want to see you again. i miss you, annoying-little-brother-i-never-had-even-though-i-have-a-brother!

Re: :P

[identity profile] draconox.livejournal.com 2003-09-30 08:08 am (UTC)(link)
might?! consider yourself dead and buried if you do that! wait, maybe not buried... strung up on a cliff like the skeletons in pirates of the caribbean is probably a better way to picture it.

;P

this little dude's cool lookin

[identity profile] voifac.livejournal.com 2003-09-30 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
i dont know your msn name i kinda gave up and deleted you after awhile (derek too) when you guys were either never on line (i think you both blocked me) or just weren't talking to me (derek kinda dropped a hint or two) so i would appreciate having that and ummmmmmmm ya im not blaming anyone i was (and am) just plain annoying

Re: this little dude's cool lookin

[identity profile] rinnia.livejournal.com 2003-09-30 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
it's not blocking if you're just never on, which i wasn't... i did, however, just add you, so rest easy. i don't guarantee i can always talk (chances are if it says busy or away, i truly am and won't answer), but i'll try my best.

[identity profile] universe42.livejournal.com 2003-09-30 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
That's pretty sad, they did pretty much the same thing to us last year about the section 1 of math. At least then they had enough sense to specify the room, but I can't believe that they've done this multiple years now!

BOOOO FOR CHEM 1! And yay for Dan. He is highly interesting. ^_^