Sorry for lack of regular posts.

Hi All,
Sorry for the lack of posts
It's gonna be a tough quarter, I'm spending on average 12-14 hours a day studying on weekdays, and at least 8 on the weekends so I barely have a chance to breathe in between assignments.
First midterm is Wednesday, so while I've been home this weekend, it has been almost like I'm not home since I've worked non-stop, including during the Seahawks' game.

But hey, if I wanted an easy schedule I'd have studied music and not engineering, and despite my complaints, I do still love my classes.

Lots of Homework, and a Seahawks Superbowl,

-Stephen

I apologize, It's been a while.

Hi All,

Sorry it's been a while since I've posted anything here. Things are going well.
I have been through pretty much all midterms (awaiting the results of the last 2, but they should be decent). Next tests come during dead week (the week before finals, and the week after Thanksgiving).

Concrete Canoe is in full swing (We are placing the canoe next weekend and have put in many hours at this point.). I had to go through tool training yesterday to be able to use the structures lab/machine shop. I was talking with a guy who knew a bit of German, about experiences in Germany, during lunch. Immediately after we went to the machine shop training, where we found this sign on a lathe:

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(Sorry for picture being slightly blurry)

Nobody could figure out why we were laughing, and we refused to explain. It is now a decent inside joke. Essentially (I'm paraphrasing and summarizing for those who don't know German), it says keep your hands in your pockets, and don't touch the machine unless you are a total idiot, because it can tend to spark etc. (It was funny, not because of what the message was, but because it was in German, and the language they used within German.)

Also this week, I ate lunch with a Mechanical Engineering graduate student who happened to be from Quito. It made for an interesting conversation on Wednesday.

Let's see... what else is going on... *thinks to self for minute*.... Oh yeah... I have a view again. The leaves finally fell off the trees outside my window, and University Village is completely covered with Christmas Lights, it's really nice looking out the window.

In other news. It's COLD!!!!!

REALLY looking forward to Thanksgiving.

Funny German warning signs & Thanksgiving Pies,

-Stephen

Happy Birthday Oma!

Happy Birthday Oma! I hope your day went well.

In other news, my Environmental Midterm went well today,

Good Midterms and Birthdays,

-Stephen

Nice Day Today

Hi All,

Fun day. I was surveying on the roof of my Civil Engineering building, and saw some incredible views.

Classes are going well, and I'm enjoying the new Civ E classes.

Also in the news, It hasn't rained whenever I'm outside, *Knocks on Wood* :) and my whiteboard eraser guys seems to be on hiatus *Knocks on Wood again*.

Anyways, heres some of what I saw off the roof today. One time only pics, since I don't think I'm going to get to go back on the roof of More hall again, since it was a special occasion.

Fun Classes/Labs, and a possible concrete canoe experience in the coming week or so (still looking into it).

-Stephen

P.S. Happy Birthday Aunt Carol. (Yes I know I'm a day early. :) Hope you have a fun day tomorrow.)

Heres the pics from the roof:

Husky Stadium

Lake Washington

Med Center (foreground) Space Needle (distance)
I actually used the Space needle in some of my calculations for the lab.

It seems my whiteboard eraser guy is back...

Hi All,

Ok so all of last year we had a guy who erased our whiteboard all last year and was really annoying.
He's back.
I'm tempted to try using a sharpie, since I know how to get it off a regular whiteboard.
That said, this whiteboard can be difficult to fully erase sometimes and I am hesitant to put ink on it that might not come off.

I am also considering writing it in election ink. That ink is water soluble and will come off the whiteboard, but not his/her hand (at least for 2 weeks until new skin grows), effectively catching him "black handed". Election ink is used in many countries to mark the fact that voted and prevent fraud.
The difficulty would be getting my hands on some. The other answer might be to attempt to find some silver nitrate and dilute it to ~18%, and mix it with water soluble ink, but that is likely difficult to do without staining my own hands.

Throw me ideas in what you think would be an interesting solution.

Other ideas I've thought of include: Singing Birthday Cards (seems overpriced for the effectiveness), pen cameras (WAAAAY too expensive but guaranteed to work).

If I could find out who was erasing the whiteboard, I could mess with him for the rest of the year... Oh such sweet satisfaction.

In other news, Quizbowl is back in full swing, HFS is refusing to fix my internet for some reason, and the weather sucks.

Rain and A Revenge Driven Nerd (thats me),

-Stephen

Back in 403.

Hi All,
I said I would try to keep this updated. So here's post one.
I'm back in 403 McCarty and it looks exactly the same as last year.
Oh and the internet of course isn't working on half the room. (This is the same thing I filed a work order to get fixed last year... they fixed it... now its broken again... Karma sucks.)

Class doesn't start for a week, so in the meantime its get settled in and do Quizbowl.

Same Room & Crappy Internet Connection,

-Stephen

I survived!

Hi All,
This was quite possibly the best finals week I have had in a long time. Feels good to be done.
With that... this blog is officially closed for the summer.
Have a good summer and Excellent Finals,
~Stephen