May. 20th, 2005

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Hooray! I got Griffiths to autograph my E/M book. He's examining on Electrodynamics and Optics this year.
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I'm more or less settled into ML for the summer at this point. My basement room is a relatively small single, but it is not a bad room. This summer should be a good one.

ExpandLab stuff... )

Hopefully when I'm home this weekend I'll pick up some additional cooking supplies and equipment (without a measuring cup I've had to eyeball measurements for things like rice, and baking is pretty much impossible). Perhaps last summer's cooking co-op could be revived and improved? With the very limited kitchen space in ML, it is probably worth an attempt. The spell of unusually chilly weather has at least kept pests to a minimum; once the heat and humidity really set in, the dorm will be infested.

I really need to start working out again, once I shake off the persistent nagging cough that has been bothering me for almost a week now. Last night during fire training I just couldn't start one of the most important tools on the Tower: the Cutter's Edge roof saw. I tugged and tugged at the starting cord, but I guess I couldn't yank it hard enough to get the thing going. One is supposed to keep a foot on the saw to keep it from moving, put one hand on the chain brake for safety, and pull the cord vigorously. Starting our other saws, a K-12 and an ordinary Stihl chainsaw, is not supposed to be any easier. Raising 35-foot extension ladders is also tough.

Much remains to be done... for one thing I suppose I should be thinking about registering for the General GRE's sometime soon. [livejournal.com profile] rose_garden and [livejournal.com profile] sildra, when did you take yours? Would summer be a good time to get it out of the way? The earliest administration of the Physics subject test, which is the one that really counts and which is notoriously hard, is not until November. Do people tend to retake the physics GRE or does one really only get one chance?

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