no engineering job for me. dang. coulda scored big with this.

Visit to georgia was great… I miss my brothers and mercerians. ATO has so many new members… they all seem like good guys, and i’m proud of my chapter. Despite a couple disappointments, including at least one that could have been prevented (if i would have brought my freaking GUITAR), the trip allowed me a partial reconnection with that lovely college.

as an aspiring engineer, i don’t get much leisure time to read books. but over the trip, i started my first book probably since freshman year, and i’m already feeling smarter. It was my first Tom Robbins book, hilarious. Now i’ve started another book that was recommended to me, called Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer, and it is excellent.

My friends from the Newtons, Alex (singer/guitar) and Andy (bass), are starting in this new band this semester, called Walthall Tango. And i got to listen to their practice. And i tell you, sounds awesome. I wish i was part of a band again… i at least want to record one.

The other Newtons, Stephen (drums) and David Milligan (piano, synth), have teamed up with another ATO named Matt Bland for vocal talent, and they have been playing as a jazz trio on campus and around Macon this year, calling themselves the Alpha Zeta Standard. (Alpha Zeta is my ATO chapter). They sound amazing, and they are talented enough to handle just about anything you can imagine… i’ve heard some recordings, and if things work out, i may be able to feature some of their sample stuff on this website.

It feels great getting comments again… my old website wasn’t the same when we had to pull the plug on comments because of spam, and i’m glad i’ve updated to the spam-proof version.

So School is about to start again! on a tuesday… weird. I have one class on tuesday. And it’s like a pre-lab lecture class. Haha.

My classes this semester are sort of the follow-ups to last semester:
Electronics II + Lab
Digital Logic II
Controls
Solid State Devices
Linear Algebra

To my intense displeasure, i am forced to take Linear Algebra. Yet another math class… how silly of those LSU administrators. The linear algebra that is actually useful for engineers isn’t exactly difficult. But what if this class, taken only by Math Majors and other needlessly intelligent people, is truly designed to be over-the-top hard?

At least I don’t have to worry about being too preoccupied with an actual Engineering internship that would be a perfect boost to my early career… sigh

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