New Music

Found a new band through Pandora:

Symphony X

Kind of a cross between Dream Theater and Avenged Sevenfold. Pretty sweet.

...and it's over

No more solar car for the rest of the summer.

I have no idea what to do with myself for the 8 hours of free time that I suddenly have.

Marching band starts again (for the last time) in two more weeks.

It seems like I have some need for myself to be chronically busy, otherwise I'm just confused.

Holy Crap

We leave for the Solar Car race in 7 days.

7 days.

I'm really excited and a little bit scared. I've been working towards this event for three years, which probably makes it the longest single project I've ever worked on. Three years of giving up time to hang out with friends and study.

It's really, really cool to see it finally be (almost) finished, but at the same time I'm worried that we've somehow completely screwed up, nothing will work, and we aren't living up to the standard set by previous teams.

On a somewhat related note, this will also be the longest (duration) trip I've ever been on.



...7 days...

Wait, what?

I'm unusually motivated today, for no particular reason. So this is what that feels like...

Summer Anti-Break

How is it that I have less free time now than I did during the school year?

Priorities

Why is there a U.S. Senator holding a news conference about the New England Patriots' videotape scandal? Don't they have more important things to do?

Wow, it's been a while

It most certainly has been a while since I posted anything, especially considering my goal was to make several posts per week.

These next few weeks are going to be hectic, but hopefully a lot of fun and the best end-of-year yet. The solar car is almost "done," we're unveiling it next Thursday. Thus, my schedule for the next two weeks are:

Tonight: go to shop, install mechanical components of the car
Tomorrow: all-team meeting, work more on car, attend Meg's freind's wedding in the evening

Sunday: Frisbee, maybe homework, maybe solar car
Monday: Class, solar car
Tuesday: Work, solar car, homeworks
Wednesday: Class, LOTS of solar car, more solar car
Thursday: Unveil solar car (10:00AM, McNamera Alumni Center), show off car all day
Friday: Last day of classes, continue work on car
Saturday: More solar car

Sunday: Frisbee playoffs
Monday: Study for finals, work on (finish?) Flight Dynamics final project
Tuesday: Aerodynamics Final Exam
Wednesday: Insturmentation & Structures Exams
Thursday: Leave for St. Louis for solar car inspection event

Uff-da.