note to self

Ok good thing I held myself accountable to blog by writing that NTS, since this post would not be happening otherwise.

Life's been good! Really busy. But that business can be translated into both positive and negative sentiments. Of course, I can feel overwhelmed at times. And it causes me to forget things...like turning in an application that was just sitting at my desk. But it also is good! I feel productive, active. I used to think I hated work and would love to just sit around all day...but I realized that being a bum can be infinitely more frustrating than being busy. This past weekend, I had a little more time than normal, and I came out of it feeling like I had done nothing. Just kind of clammed up at my place and wasted the time away. And my negative feelings for being here really came roaring back. Like..."huh, i have nothing to really look forward to, not even free weekends because those are kind of lame too. This place sucks!" And certainly, just putting myself on overdrive and being so busy that those feelings go away isn't the healthiest thing to do. But it works. I mean, it's like Brian Fuentes clearly isn't the long-term solution for the Angels bullpen. They're much better off finding a real closer who can throw above 90 mph. But for the meantime, he works.

Living alone has been awesome! My classy bachelor pad, full of frozen food, ramen, a semi-big-screen tv (with HD and DVR), and a waiting list for girls to come over. Kidding about the last part. But really, it's forced me to be more social around campus, initiating hang-outs or dinners (when I want to steal food from people...errrr, i mean when I want to hang out with people!) while giving me a quiet place to relax when I get home. It's also nice to be able to walk a few feet without running into a wall.

Oh well, that's all for now. I guess I wasn't really funny in this post either. I think my brain is just getting numb. We're currently learning:" What is P(x = 2 in 3 coin tosses). This is a huge upgrade. A week and a half ago, we were learning "the y-intercept is the value you get when you plug 0 in for x." Econ stats is making me dumber. I should have majored in econ. Oh wait--but then I wouldn't be an engineer. Ah, yes, Stanford School of Engineering ftw!