Monday, March 21, 2005
Two and a bit weeks of school left
Hey All! It's monday on a four day school week and I don't feel like doing work! I have an Electrical midterm to study for, a biomechanical assignment and project, two optimization assignment questions, and a heat transfer lab but I don't want to do any of it. I'll suck it up and be a man later tonight and study the elec.
So I finally got ahold of my friend Dana Underhill and showed him the damage to my car door from when someone backed into it (or fronted into it, I dunno because I did not see them do it). Dana's an autobody specialist and he runs his own business fixing smashed cars. He does a lot of work for three of the bigger car dealers in Fredericton, touching up traded in cars that have been in fender benders. He said he'll fix my door for about 200 bucks which I think is really generous of him - I suspect he's giving me a deal because he knows I'm a student with not too much extra money laying around. I think I'll wait till the summer when I start getting paid again but I will definately get him to do this.
Did I update you on the summer job hunt? I was awarded an NSERC grant which means I can work for Dr. Holloway at UNB if I want. Sometime mid-April Holloway will hear if he got his funding to start a new project and if he did then my summer work will not only be work, but count towards my Master's degree also. He said he's about 90% sure this will go through. This weekend I'm headed to PEI for Thursday night, Friday Saturday and Sunday and then come back on Monday but before I come back I'm going to stop in and visit Chris and Mike at Weibel to see if I can have my old summer job back if I don't get to work on my masters. I feel positive about spending the summer in Fredericton, but it would also be nice to go home. I still need some more time to figure out what's in the plans for me I guess.
Hopefully the boys boys are going to be back in town this weekend and we can do a get together at Dooly's or something
So I finally got ahold of my friend Dana Underhill and showed him the damage to my car door from when someone backed into it (or fronted into it, I dunno because I did not see them do it). Dana's an autobody specialist and he runs his own business fixing smashed cars. He does a lot of work for three of the bigger car dealers in Fredericton, touching up traded in cars that have been in fender benders. He said he'll fix my door for about 200 bucks which I think is really generous of him - I suspect he's giving me a deal because he knows I'm a student with not too much extra money laying around. I think I'll wait till the summer when I start getting paid again but I will definately get him to do this.
Did I update you on the summer job hunt? I was awarded an NSERC grant which means I can work for Dr. Holloway at UNB if I want. Sometime mid-April Holloway will hear if he got his funding to start a new project and if he did then my summer work will not only be work, but count towards my Master's degree also. He said he's about 90% sure this will go through. This weekend I'm headed to PEI for Thursday night, Friday Saturday and Sunday and then come back on Monday but before I come back I'm going to stop in and visit Chris and Mike at Weibel to see if I can have my old summer job back if I don't get to work on my masters. I feel positive about spending the summer in Fredericton, but it would also be nice to go home. I still need some more time to figure out what's in the plans for me I guess.
Hopefully the boys boys are going to be back in town this weekend and we can do a get together at Dooly's or something
Tuesday, March 15, 2005
Back in Black.... oops I mean back to school
Damb ACDC, can't get those guys out of my head.
Well it was a good march break. The highlight of the week must have been my visit to Halifax and staying at the boys boys' appartment on Kent Street. It's a nice place Dan and Neil have themselves there, the accomidations were infinitely better than what we had when we visited Dan and Neil at Acadia. The comraderie has continued to proove itself timeless as well. We went up to Bayer's Lake (my first visit to this area) and I bought the Lord of the Rings 3 movie set at Future shop. I've watched the first two so far and love them! I feel so bad for that little Galum thing, you can tell he's good at heart but he's being corrupted by the ring. I think it's an accurate representation of how humans get corrupted into evil by vises like money, gambling, drinking, whatever. I think these thing's I've just listen CAN be enjoyed in moderation by a controlled individual but they all also have the potential to get out of hand when applied to the wrong person.
Speaking of responsible gambling, we went to the Casino in Halifax. I was the only one who didn't win like thirty five of fifty bucks, I lost five in the slots and then called it quits. I know, I'm a spoil sport. Before the Casino I had one of the most enjoyable restaurant meals of my entire life - the Steak and Shrimp with Mashed Potatoes and Vegetables at the Old Triangle in downtown Halifax. I highly recommend this place, I really feel like I got my money's worth there.
I'm in a toss up of where to work for the summer - stay in Fredericton and work for Dr. Holloway at the university where I know I have a job or try to get my job back a Wiebel in Summerside. It's really a tough call. I miss Summerside and the people there, but now many of them are not there, gone in more of a Nova Scotian direction, and I have a good life here in Fredericton too. This will bear some thought. Anyone with suggestions please come forward.
Tonight I'm trying barbequed Salmon for the first time. I hope I like it because nutritionally I think it could be a very sound component in my eat plan. I'll let you all know how it turns out.
Well it was a good march break. The highlight of the week must have been my visit to Halifax and staying at the boys boys' appartment on Kent Street. It's a nice place Dan and Neil have themselves there, the accomidations were infinitely better than what we had when we visited Dan and Neil at Acadia. The comraderie has continued to proove itself timeless as well. We went up to Bayer's Lake (my first visit to this area) and I bought the Lord of the Rings 3 movie set at Future shop. I've watched the first two so far and love them! I feel so bad for that little Galum thing, you can tell he's good at heart but he's being corrupted by the ring. I think it's an accurate representation of how humans get corrupted into evil by vises like money, gambling, drinking, whatever. I think these thing's I've just listen CAN be enjoyed in moderation by a controlled individual but they all also have the potential to get out of hand when applied to the wrong person.
Speaking of responsible gambling, we went to the Casino in Halifax. I was the only one who didn't win like thirty five of fifty bucks, I lost five in the slots and then called it quits. I know, I'm a spoil sport. Before the Casino I had one of the most enjoyable restaurant meals of my entire life - the Steak and Shrimp with Mashed Potatoes and Vegetables at the Old Triangle in downtown Halifax. I highly recommend this place, I really feel like I got my money's worth there.
I'm in a toss up of where to work for the summer - stay in Fredericton and work for Dr. Holloway at the university where I know I have a job or try to get my job back a Wiebel in Summerside. It's really a tough call. I miss Summerside and the people there, but now many of them are not there, gone in more of a Nova Scotian direction, and I have a good life here in Fredericton too. This will bear some thought. Anyone with suggestions please come forward.
Tonight I'm trying barbequed Salmon for the first time. I hope I like it because nutritionally I think it could be a very sound component in my eat plan. I'll let you all know how it turns out.
