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Friday, October 26, 2007

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:41:58 GMT

Mechanical Vibrations is boring

That is all

~MJN8

Laziness

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 04:53:01 GMT

Okay, so its been a while. Yeah, I know everyone is dying to know about what goes on inside my head, but reallly, its nothing special. Random musings about life with some math and science thrown in. Have a calculus 4 final in the morn, but yet i'm not tired. I'm pretty confident about it so I either know it, or i'm just really dumb and don't know it yet. I'm gonna just go with i'm a genius and hope for the best out of it. Differential Equations on tuesday, now thats going to be an interesting test. The final counts for 75% of our final grade, so basically whatever you make, is your grade. Crazy asian math teachers. Dr. Xu is crazy chalk breakin guy though, so its to be expected.

Taco Bell is not your friend, nor a 4th meal.

After the DE final its off to the ATL to go ride some roller coasters, ruin my vocal chords, and sweat off a few pounds walking the expanse of six flags. I need to get away from starkville before my brain explodes

I do hope that there aren't any accidents at this six flags

An interesting tidbit: "How I want (or: need) a drink, alcoholic in nature (or: of course), after the heavy lectures involving quantum mechanics!" is the first 15 numbers of Pi. yeah that 3.1415926535 number. Well, dunno if its a real number yet or not.

Band camp is next week. Being a squad leader should prove interesting. Poor kids, won't even know what hit them.

~MJN8

Friday, June 01, 2007

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 21:26:27 GMT

I got my car back!
It makes me happy again.
No more slow red car.

~MJN8

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Tue, 29 May 2007 02:57:38 GMT

Goemon Ishikawa XIII

Is his name for those of you wondering about that damn character

Brian freakin martz, he is you

~MJN8

Nathan's Analysis of this semesters instructors

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 02:55:57 GMT

While i'm letting my brain re-solidify after several hours of cal4 work I thought i'd write up an analysis of how I see my instructors at the moment. I won't use names, but rather their characteristics, so I can protect their identity ( and my rear just in case some are blog savvy).

Mr. 8am excitement:
    He is a pretty decent guy. Seems like he has made a few mistakes in life here and there, but has so far started to turn onto the right road. Makes jokes that I would normally laught at, but my brain is still on the "Shower-dress-eat-school" auto-pilot program that early in the morning. He knows his stuff and trys to convey what we need to know and doesn't dwell too long on the things we don't. I don't know how his tests are yet, but if they are like his homework problems, they shouldn't be too much of a problem.
    Mr. 8am Excitements grade at the beginning of the semester: A

Ms. "Isn't what I do SO interesting?":
    At first I didn't think she was going to be that bad. Sadly, each class becomes worse than the class before. The only thing that makes it somewhat enjoyable are the people that I sit around are friendly and aren't the type of people to "clam up" in a class and just sit there to be in the classroom. Also, she only has lectures over power point slides. While I admire her use in technology to try and improve her teaching, she just ONLY uses technology. You can't just drone on and on and on as your students lull themselves to sleep infront of the electric glow of the projector. At least try to make it interesting and come at the subject that you Know is boring and make it fun or at least interesting. I don't pay thousands of dollars a semester to read a book and look at a powerpoint. I don't think I am getting my money's worth here. Lastly, she is extremely scripted. I understand she is from the northeast, and maybe she doesn't intend this, but she comes off extremely aristocratic and scripted. Nothing pisses people off more than being talked down to. I'd think most students would be upset by this attitude, but they are too sleepy to react by that point in class.
    Ms. "Isn't what I do So interesting?"'s grade: C+

Ms "I can read you like a book."
    I still haven't gotten a good vibe just yet. Her class is interesting, and she seems to keep alluding to the difficulty of her tests. She thinks that all of the engineers don't take her class seriously, and I can understand why. It is an Intro class, and a very simple one at that. If you can read you can make an A, the problem is, most people don't like to read. I don't mind reading, can when you compare reading to doing endless math problems, i'll always pick reading. She does like to play favorites, and I am not one of them. I really don't want to BE one either. They are the ones that she always calls on to come up with answers, and most of the time it isn't in the context of what we are supposed to be reading. Even so, I still enjoy her class because it gives my brain time to think and not beat my head against the desk solving problems.
    Ms. "I can read you like a book."'s grade: B+

Ms. "Here is a proof, and another proof, and a definition, and a proof"
    Man ohhh man, this class is a waste of time. I could do a better job of teaching myself, and thats what I usually do during class. She looves going over proofs and definitions, but yet I bought a 150 dollar book for that. I show up to class so that I can do examples, ask questions, and figure how to get over the humps that occur in the course, not repeat what the book says. I have learned to tune out her endless ramblings of definitions and zone in on her examples. Most people agree that its the best way to get through the class without going crazy is to zone in on the examples rather than the jargon. We'll see how her tests are before I get too harsh
    Ms. "Here is a proof, and another proof, and a definition, and a proof"'s Grade: B-

~MJN8

Have problems? Throw more people at it....

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 22:42:22 GMT

Okay, I'm not a genius by any means, but I do know that you don't solve problems by doing the same thing and just doing it more and more. This is all I got from the presidents speech last night. I know most of the people around here don't care, but I know a few do. More should care, but thats a different entry. I think that Bush will be remembered for the many mistakes he, and his administration, made, but the few he actually fessed up to. Iraq is a problem that can't be sovled by adding more troops to the equation. Its not the troops' fault that Iraqi isn't improving, its the Iraqi people. They have to unify and decide to change their country. Its almost impossible for normal people in the United States to see why things aren't going better. Its just a difference of cultures. Westerners see it differently than Middle Easterners. I'm not saying I do understand a completely alien culture or society, but I think that untill the individual groups in Iraq come together to settle their differences, nothing will change. It doesn't help with other parties coming in and pulling on the strings of these groups either.
The status quo will remain the same, and no matter how many of our soldiers we send will change that. If you want to change the course of the conflict in Iraq, you need to change the way you look at the fighting. Violence will only beget more violence. There has to be an effort to heal the hatred, not only stop it from happening.

~MJN8

Sociology book??

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:33:29 GMT

Well as the semester begins the book expenses start rolling in. So to try and defer the heartache of handing over 130bucks for a book, I wanted to know if anyone had a sociology book that they don't need anymore.

The title of the book is Sociology:A down to earth approach (i think). I am willing to pay about 50 dollars or so, just post here if you are interested or know anyone who has one.

~MJN8

Christmas Craziness

Sun, 24 Dec 2006 18:27:44 GMT

I have seen many a Christmas movie. They seem to fill the airwaves post Thanksgiving and just incease in density as the days dwindle down towards C-day. Many of these movies are fanatsies of how the world is. Many of them might have been true in an earlier time, but don't kid yourself. No one has a perfect family, no one has the perfect white Christmas every year, and thats not a bad thing. The biggest difference between movies and real life is this.
All Families Are Insane.
Yes, the majority of families are crazy/demented/insane. Don't believe me? Take a look at those around you, and if they are normal, you're the crazy one. Like I said earlier, this is not a bad thing. If families weren't crazy, think of all the books that would never be written, the memories you wouldn't have, and all of the posts you wouldn't make.

So enjoy the time you Do have with your family and try to just take it in while you can. You can always make a crazy movie about it later.

Merry Christmas

~/\/\J/\/8

Sunday, December 24, 2006

Sun, 24 Dec 2006 01:37:46 GMT

People come home for the holidays to see loved ones, and to remember why they live so far away in the first place.
I am ready to be far away again.

~MJN8

Aches of the head

Sat, 23 Dec 2006 16:56:42 GMT

So I wake up, and have a headache. Not one of those kind of annoying headaches. The kind that starts at the back of your neck and moves forward enveloping your skull in a mind numbing pain that liquifies your thoughts. Took a shower, took some meds, still there. Its one tough bastard.

So I had a thought, Which is worse: A)Headaches when you wake up B)Headaches in the middle of the day/night?

Any thoughts, hints/suggestions/lobotomies are appreciated.

~MJN8