Turned-in-the-paper Thursday

This afternoon, I turned in my Music History paper at 5 minutes to 3 (before the deadline; it totally counts :D), did some math, and took a 1.5 hr. nap. :)  Woke up refreshed in time for Sisterhood dinner; it was the most relaxed evening I have had in some time!  Now, to see how quickly I can get back to bed. :)

(Oh, and in Computer Science we started making a clock -- so cool!)

Midterms!

Happy solemnity of the Annunciation!

My day consisted of midterms and the following:

The HTML for the square above is generated by my recent Javascript funtion: you pass it the element type, id, class, and content, it gives you the HTML; you put it in the .innerHTML of an id, it gives you this!

'Twas the night before midterms...

I was going to write you a little verse about how no one is stirring except me, but I just heard someone else get up, so I guess that won't work. :)  Only two more days until I can get back on a good sleep schedule!

(In other words: the paper's coming really slowly, and I'm just hoping that I remember everything I learned in Calc because I haven't even started reviewing.  I think I basically know it....)

Last Monday before Spring Break

Finished a Comp Sci assignment, got some good work done on my Music History paper, and now I'm off to bed.  Sleep well, everyone!

(Discovered in the library: Canon Law Digest.  Perused it for a few minutes; the title is misleading -- this would not make good waiting room reading material.)

Snowy Sunday

Hard to believe that I was sitting outside doing hw in the sunny yard last week!  Now it's covered in snow -- 3 inches and counting.  It's beautiful, though, and if it's going to be cold we may as well have some beauty to go with it.

(Says the girl who won't be driving anywhere in the near future. :))

Speaking of beauty, how about this tic-tac-toe game? :P

Ideally, the three winning marks would turn red...it's a work in progress.

My morning project:

So excited to finally have a sugar bowl! :)

Honestly, though, it's been a pretty crazy homework day (midterms next week!); a little Calc and I'm done for the night. :P  Almost to break!

Technical First Day of Spring

...and Bach's birthday!

(Though as I write this, I realize that I never actually listened to any Bach all day: shameful!  I'll put some on right now....)

Okay, I'm back, with one of the Brandenburg concertos (spellcheck doesn't like concerti, though Google seems to think that either would be correct) playing in the background. :)  Apparently there's been some confusion about when Bach's birthday really falls, since he was born before the calendar reforms; quick explanation of that here.

This afternoon, I went with a group of students to the Dorothy Day Center, where we put together "snack packs": bags of chips, fruit, water, etc., from food donations they've received.

And Amanda, you''ll appreciate this -- it's on Erin's wall:

Marriage prep night at Mass; this was the line to get into the chapel:

Doesn't look too formidable, maybe, but just think about it: there was a line to get into the chapel (and again, I had scheduled a cantor who was hoping for a small congregation)!  She did a wonderful job, though. :)

Last night, I got to see the Saint Paul Ballet spring contemporary show:

Can't you sense the pre-curtain excitement? :)  It was a great show -- would have been worth seeing even if my sister wasn't in it. :)  But she was, which made it even more exciting, and danced beautifully; way to go, Amanda!

Happy Solemnity of St. Joseph!

Not only that, but Caribou had a BOGO - and what better way to celebrate a Solemnity than with Caribou?

Okay, there are many ways, with the best way being Mass, and I did that, too. :)

Tonight was the 2nd night for the Jewish-Catholic film series, watching The Jewish Cardinal.  It was interesting (and in French!), but I'm definitely still a little confused by some of the plot subtleties...

And then, because I was already so productive, I went and played cards!  :P  But I won, so it's worth it. ;)

Probably my best hand of the game:

Oh, and I had a Computer Science midterm this morning, which was fine.  Latin and Music History quizzes tomorrow, though, so I will bid you all good night!

Happy Belated Feast of St. Patrick!

I forgot to wear green yesterday, so I wore it today... does that count?

I got the clip again yesterday:

He didn't ask for it today, and I didn't have any clever way of presenting it, so I still have it.  If you've got any good ideas for ways to give one's professor back his jaw clip, I'm all ears!

Post-busy-weekend Monday

Hi, all!

While I often mention that I'm working on homework, my actual schoolwork doesn't often make it up here.  In Calc, however, we all do take-home packets, then put the problems up on the board and discuss them, and today we had quite a few more problems than usual.  I was impressed by how full the chalkboard was, so here's a picture:

Intense, huh?  I hope that you are able to derive some pleasure from it. ;)

On a totally different note: philosophy club is held in an old room with cool windows which turn out to be great for photography.  So here's a nice pic of Teresa in which I make a (slightly sinister looking) cameo appearance:

Happy Pi Day!

I mean, what other numbers can be celebrated on a specific date with a delicious food?

(While I meant that rhetorically, if you know of any others, I'd love to hear about them. ;))

 Yesterday, Bryanna and Amanda came down to visit!  Bry and I went to the Catholic Studies Talent Show, which was a blast, after which we all hung out at my tiny house; lots of fun. :)

And they came bearing gifts:

And here's me studying outside -- making use of Dr. Jarvis' clip!

("This is me fighting the bull." "Oooh!" "This is me and the bull." "Ahh!" :P)

Cooking for Sisterhood Dinner, et cetera

This pile of staples is the illustration for my story of the day:

In computer science, we have to turn in printed copies of our programs, with the HTML and Javascript files stapled together (in that order -- in case you were wondering).  At the last minute, I changed something and tried to staple my new HTML sheet onto the Javascript, but with no success.  I was having trouble with the stapler, so Dr. Jarvis tried to fix it, but ended up sending staples flying all over.  Kind of funny; in the end he just took my unstapled sheets (whose corners were much the worse for wear).

(Also pictured: Dr. Jarvis' pen, which I returned later as a sort of peace offering.  Though it didn't quite work that way -- "I help you fix the stapler, and you steal my pen?" :))

The rest of the day was of a calmer nature; I went to choir, did my homework, and, with Jessica's help, cooked white chicken chili for the sisterhood dinner.  It was a great success: everything finished on time, we had a good amount of food, and the girls all said they liked it (and, while they would probably be nice enough to come up with some way to say that they liked anything I cooked, I thought it turned out well :))!

Another sunny day!

Sol mihi placet (as you may have gathered from my last couple posts)!  I don't know why I get so excited about warm weather and sunshine every year -- I guess I tend to forget over the winter that there are such things as warmth and sunshine, and they come as a welcome surprise. :)

Our microwave clock got set to military time this daylight savings, which I wouldn't mind, except that this is what it said this morning at 10:15 :

I get the impression that whoever set it (in the afternoon) didn't realize that there are both 12 and 24 hour options. :)

Interesting discussion about the definition of art in Philosophy club this evening.  And last night was a good night for sleep, so I'm going to try for that again.  Goodnight, all!

Beautiful Day!

The weather was so gorgeous today that it nearly made up for the fact that I was extremely sleepy. :)  And in an effort to fight that, I'm going to to go to bed now, with not quite all my homework done, and with the knowledge that I probably won't have time to finish it all tomorrow - certainly not to my satisfaction.  However, I think I'm tired enough that I just might sleep well anyway.

Estne ver?

This past weekend, I was able to go home and see my family!  It was so great to spend time with you all, to play card games and talk you in person. :)

And now I'm back to the hectic school life -- made a little less hectic this morning by the fact that I simply didn't wake up until 8:30 and missed my 8:15 class!  Once I recovered from my first look at the clock and the panic accompanying it, it was good to have a little more time and sleep.

Of course, I've been enjoying this lovely weather, and I hope that you have all had a chance to do so as well.  It's only March -- but perhaps spring is already here?

Jenna's Birthday

Jenna's birthday conveniently fell on a Thursday, so we celebrated with our weekly house dinner. :)  It's been such a busy week for me, but it's nearly over!  Yesterday I finished a cool JavaScript program, one of whose errors gave a good visual representation of a visual loop (the boxes are supposed to move to the left when an arrow is clicked, but when you use modulus in the "count" part of the loop, things can get out of hand):

I'm also on a mission to eat all of my lettuce and veggies before they go bad:

So far, I'd say that I'm off to a good start!

Not much to report from today; I went to my classes, did my homework and a little piano practice, took a Latin quiz and a nap (at different points in the day), made some food, and went to Circle (if you were looking for the play-by-play). :)  My wrist was pretty sore this morning; if you think of it, please keep that in prayer, and I'm going to talk to Dr. Cornett about it tomorrow.  I wrote my listening journal by speaking it into the computer (which translated it remarkably well!), which was an interesting experience. :)

Weekend of Dramatic Music

Friday night: successful Freak Piano Blowout!  A good, weird, fun night. :)

Saturday night: I saw the MN Orchestra and MN Chorale perform Verdi's Requiem!  It was a fantastic performance of an amazing piece -- and that Dies Irae... !!!  It's all worth a listen, and I recommend that you look it up, but there's something about a live performance that just takes it to the next level.

(I even have a picture: )

Today was a little more low-key (though, in order that what was written in the title of this post might be fulfilled, I have definitely thought "Dies Irae!" on and off throughout of the day, and I also listened to some Les Mis).  I was able to do homework (supposed to use Mathematica to solve a problem, but I wrote a Ruby program to do it instead, which I think should count for something ;)), run to the bank (literally -- it doubled as my exercise!), and make a little key-chain-thing for my flash-drive:

Isn't it cute?  I think that the nail polish adds a lot, too. :)

Now, to see how quickly I can finish math and get to bed. :)  Hope you all had a great weekend!