Oh boy!

Three days in classes and the madness has already begun. Firstly, my list of homework and other things to do can no longer be retained in my poor little brain, so I have a list of homework, a list of reading, a list of "other stuff to do" and a list of things to buy at Target. (Now I have a list of things that I have lists for... aw snap.) Secondly, here they apparently do not account for the I-forgot-everything-I-learned-last-year-over-summer-especially-math inevitability. (A serious lack of foresight and/or compassion on their part.) The first physics problem set is nine pages of fairly extensive multivariable calculus review, and we haven't even covered any material in class yet.

On a related note, I have already told Niko I am going to die this semester, so I might as well let you know: I am going to die this semester. The culprit will be physical chemistry (physical chemistry, with the giant book of scary equations, at Cornell). You and my dearest brother are in charge of playing wildly inappropriate music at my funeral. Suggestions include but are not limited to: Just Dance, The Chicken Dance, A Spoonful of Sugar, My Girlfriend Who Lives in Canada, and If I Only Had a Brain.

On an unrelated note, my room is about 9 by 11, which seems to be an excellent size for just me. It has ridiculously high ceilings (for that spacious vibe.) My suspicion that I overreacted about my housing placement was confirmed. So what if I don't have a dining hall in my building and have to walk four extra blocks? I'm away from the craziness that makes me (even more) tired.

MY MATH TA IS LIKE A PUPPY. He no speak good Engrish but unlike all of the other math TA's I've had who are too quiet to understand and just talk at you for an entire class, he has a game plan of practice problems and really encourages collaboration on said problems. I realize this doesn't make him sound very puppy-like, but he's like a puppy because he is adorable in that puppy way.

Not many good stories yet... but we watched this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8QWlp68908 in math. (Focus on the "but in liquid Prell, it drifts... looks so luxurious..." We're writing differential equations about that stupid marble. Yeah, science...) Also, I don't know if I mentioned this, but on the front of my quantum mechanics book, there is a kitty, and on the back, there is a picture of (what I thought) was that kitty sleeping. Turns out the back is a picture of a dead kitty. Once you get beyond the morbidity of seeing a dead cat on the back of your textbook, you realize they're making a Schrodinger's cat reference and it's actually very funny. Teehee.

Hope you're well!

Lola