MY TI-89

calculator is smarter than I am, and thus it mocks me on a regular basis.

It knows exactly what is wrong--and tells me exactly what the problem is before it will compute.

It gives me error messages like

"Missing parenthesis"

And makes me fix it.

I figure that if the g-calc (graphing calculator) already knows what is wrong, then it can fix it itself, or at least carry out the mathematical procedure while ignoring the typo.

But hey. It shouldn't waste it's time on silly things like that when it can make me do it instead.  My TI-89 is busy making 3D graphs, outputting indefinite integrals, and solving differential equations.

That's right. You heard me. 3D graphs.

The boy down the street hates it already.  As soon as I opened it he commented, "Oh man. I'm never gonna get to see you again."

I live such a hard life.  My friends and family just don't understand what a cool thing this is.  Until I took it to the engineering lab...

I have never seen such a warm welcome for a piece of technology.  There were oohs and aahhs. People congratulated me.  Others gave me advice on how to evaluate integrals or factor polynomials.  Some testified how it had changed their life.

I felt like I had given birth and brought in my newborn or something.

In any case, I think this marks a special day--the day that I can confidently forget the quadratic equation and still function in my major.


My calculator IS Jimmer.

T MINUS 9 HOURS

Well folks, this is it.
My last few hours as a teenager.

I need to do something immature. Quick.

Sad Story:
Today I discovered that I've lived in 3 decades, two centuries, and two millenniums and I'm not even twenty.

And it will only be true until 1:20 a.m.  I was so excited counting down to my b-day, and now I found a good reason to cling to 19.  What the heck.

All in all, it has been a good two decades.  I'm not complaining one bit.

Cheers.

HEIDI HAIR

This is why I was late to school today.

If it was spring, I would tuck little white flowers in it.

I DON'T DO POLITICS - TAKE TWO

I am sitting in my political science test review right now.  Anyone heard of the Federalists Papers, Shay’s Rebellion, or McCullogh vs. Maryland?

Because, I swear, this is the first time I have heard those terms in my life. 

“What IS the fourth amendment of the constitution?”

{the Political Science majors whip out their “Handy Dandy Pocket Constitutions” from their purse/backpack to look it up}

Well, in my purse I have my…graphing calculator??

I guess I could use it store some amendments in binary code.

Gah. I don’t understand these people. They have this strange language of metaphors. Dual federalism is like a layered cake, cooperative federalism is like a marble cake. PACs are like steady relationships, 527s are like friends with benefits, and 501cs are like friends.  

All I am getting out of this is:

cake + boyfriends=politics.

and:

I waste my vote because I vote libertarian

I love right-wing-indoctrinating courses.  They seem to be the core of my BYU existence.

I think I’m going to leave early and solve a couple differential equations before my brain turns to goo.

HAPPY LIST

11 Things That Made Me Happy This Week

     1. Green protected turn arrows while driving to Salt Lake City

     2. The lady in the math lab who checks out a solution manual for me for my textbook

     3. A warm february day in Utah

    4. Red, pink, and white tulips gracing my desk from this man.

     5. An article in the New York Times science section about the place where I am considering a summer internship.

     6. A handmade valentine from a kid that said "you are a good throwr at paepr erpans" (thrower at paper airplanes)

     7. Leftovers for lunch from a delicious Valentines dinner

     8. An A on an engineering test

     9, Scoring a cute pair of purple shoes for 12 dollars at the bookstore

     10. Violas playing triplets at break-neck-speed in Beethoven's Ode to Joy.

     11. An oversized pink, red, and white mug (maybe it doubles as a soup bowl??) full of dark chocolate candies (from the above mentioned man)

And to think it is only Tuesday.... 

Win.

IDEAS ANYONE?

I don't do politics. I just don't.

This is why my political science 110 assignment is kicking my booty.
I have to do a research paper on an interest group.

For some reason, I can't motivate myself to spend hours reading about the NRA.

I mean, I love guns and stuff. I guess.


Guess what? The other section of my class gets to blog for their assignment.
Life isn't fair.

Any cool interest groups I should consider before I...ahem... fire away at this paper?

Pun intended.

FEEL BAD FOR ME

Because basically I don't get to see

 

this man:










all weekend.

Boo.



Also consider that this is the third week in a row, and it will also happen again over Valentines weekend. Double boo.This is on account of the fact that we are both musicians and "get to" perform.  I guess the life of a musician means you'll never have a friday/saturday night to yourself.



We used to be in the same orchestra, but that was back in the good ol' days when I would sneakily glance at The Cute Trumpet Player-- as he emptied his spit valve on the floor... (I know. Gross. THAT is why I play a string instrument)  He didn't even know that I existed.  So, time has passed and he stayed in the philharmonic and I moved on to the Orchestra at Temple Square.  Let's just say that many a time we have been 50+ miles apart, but both on stage performing at the same time.

Aww. How sweet.

And it is going to happen again this weekend.


But hey--I'll be in warm St. George while he is stuck in frigid Provo. 




Who wins on THAT one? 

THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR

February. 

Yep, I said it.

I know everyone loves the summer/Christmas season, but I like February.  I know people loathe the second month of the year because it is in the dead of winter, etc. BUT they just don't get it.

One of my most favorite scenes is the valentine candy isle of the grocery store. Everything is awash in pink, red, and white.  Which is a very lovely color combination, if I do say so myself.

There is Valentines Day.... a No School Holiday (aka President's Day)...and my birthday.  Which I am very excited for, if you didn't know already.

I guess February is a month celebrating love.  Love for one another, love for life, love for no school...

And did I already mention that my favorite color combination is red, pink, and white??