Sushi Boat!

This weekend was fun but unproductive and not very healthy. Friday was dinner at Chaya on Murray, where Matt, Alberto and I took on the culinary challenge pictured above. Afterward, we saw Shopgirl at Southside works. I enjoyed the movie; it was one of those films that didn't have a particularly strong plot, but was saved by the individual performances.

Saturday was Matt's birthday, so we embarked on a bar crawl in Shadyside. Unfortunately, he wasn't officially 21 until midnight so that gave us only 2 hours to celebrate. In the end, we hit 4 of the 15 bars on my carefully compiled map- Doc's, PDC, Mardi Gras, and Cappies. Surprisingly, we were only carded at 2 of the 4 bars. Thank god Shadyside is within stumbling distance of amberson, because I was relatively incoherent by the time last call rolled around.

Today was spent recovering from last night and doing all the work I put off all weekend. This week is looking typical; more stressful than I would like, but not as bad as some previous weeks. Highlights to look forward to include the dynamics exam, heat transfer lab, and a numerical methods quiz. Friday is the Mech E/Chem E keg race, which is definitely something to look forward to. Team Rigid Sliding Joint is going to make it a night to remember!

Our heat transfer exam concluded at 4:30PM today. By 5:30PM, we were mixing margaritas and mojitos, despite the fact that I had yet to start a problem set due tomorrow.

Best. Idea. Ever.

Now I'm sitting here, and the buzz is luckily wearing off because it's *really* hard to get anything productive done when you're not totally sober.

"Oh shit! It's 1:00AM! All I've done is put together my keg race team and make the party invitation! I need to shower and get to bed so I can make it to church at 8 tomorrow morning!"

-My lovely roommate

Rooming with Maureen was the best idea EVARRRRR!

p.s.- Maureen didn't even get her team together since she got too depressed when she realized how badly the Chem E's are going to lose to the Mech E's!

Captain Planet and the Planeteers!

This is the best picture EVER.

A 2005 report by researchers at four British universities indicated that a high I.Q. hampers a woman's chance to marry, while it is a plus for men. The prospect for marriage increased by 35 percent for guys for each 16-point increase in I.Q.; for women, there is a 40 percent drop for each 16-point rise.

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But it is equally naive and misguided for young women now to fritter away all their time shopping for boudoirish clothes and text-messaging about guys while they disdainfully ignore gender politics and the seismic shifts on the Supreme Court that will affect women's rights for a generation.

- Maureen Dowd, "What's a Modern Girl to Do?"
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/30/magazine/30feminism.html?incamp=article_popular

Good thing I like cats a lot.

What if you do care about gender politics? Then is it alright to fritter away time shopping for boudoirish clothing and text messaging about guys? Haha. Not that I ever do that.

I think I've dug my self out of the slump I've been in for the past couple of weeks. Now I've got to pull my life back together and all will be well in the world.

This weekend was eventful- Maureen's 20th on Friday, and Club Wilkins on Saturday. After getting dressed and ready on Saturday, Lydia and I walked downstairs only to discover it was pouring rain- not exactly ideal weather for walking to a party. We briefly considered staying home, but decided to grab an umbrella and raincoat since we didn't have any other plans for the evening anyway. We dreaded that the party might be empty due to the weather, but thankfully there was a great turnout and I think it's safe to say that both Lydia and I had a good time.

Now I've got to focus on school and not be distracted by the upcoming weekend.

I miss the beach.

The Plan:

Spring 06:
-Chem lab
-EMS
-Thermal Fluids
-DSC
-Humanistic studies

Fall 06:
-Eng. Design
-Eng. Analysis
-Technical Elective
-6 units free elective

Spring 06: Caroline's Grand Adventure! Australia? Thailand? New Zealand? Maybe I'll just bum around the Bay Area for a while, or roadtrip around the U.S. and Canada. Who knows? All I do know is I won't be in Pittsburgh.