Pete's Log: today
Entry #1177, (Life in General)(posted when I was 23 years old.)
After snoozing my alarm several times this morning, I managed to take a quick shower this morning and get to VLSI only five minutes late. In class, Arun delighted me by handing me the soundtracks to Josie and the Pussycats and Get Over It. Class ended with TCEs. I was generally positive on the TCEs, though I noted that more information on the project should have been given to us at an earlier date.
After class, Tom (the rocket guy) and I wandered to Fitz and briefly discussed our project. At this time Andy left the lab to go to sleep. Apparently he'd not done so all night. I then headed upstairs and consumed a couple poptarts. I read my daily selection of internet comics, checked some news headlines, ripped the two CDs Arun had given me (Josie proved to be a much better CD than Get), chatted with Brian on AIM a little, failed to track down Dr Brockman, talked some with Paul and then finally sat down to do some work on VLSI. Around 3:30 I got an IM from Meagan asking if she could take some pictures of me. I agreed and shortly afterwards she came to fitz and took a bunch of pictures of me. What evil purpose she intends to use them for, I do not know. I then went to work with Tom downstairs. I finished laying out an analog comparator cell. Two analog signals go in, and a digital output is either high or low, depending on which analog signal is greater. A quick debugging session yielded only a stupid mistake (I had forgotten, yet again, to connect power to something) and simulations proved my circuit to be accurate to within 0.02 volts. Good enough for now.
I then went home to grab some dinner. I made a bean burrito with fake cheese. It was tasty. After food I made some tea and took a quick look at the copy of Guns, Germs, and Steel that Arun had left lying around. I intended only to glance quickly at its content, but soon found myself 60 pages into the thing with no desire to quit. That's when Arun arrived. So I put the book down and made tomato soup, because I felt I should eat more.
Having made quick work of the soup, I returned to campus. I had some brief IM contact with Cari and Anne before going to movie night. Dazed and Confused was shown. I think I enjoy this movie more every time I see it. It's quite funny. Turnout for movie night was low: Arun, Shelece, Rebecca, Pat, and some friend of Pat's. A brief debate was held as to whether or not the 70s had been a cool decade or not. I don't believe any conclusion was reached on the issue.
I'm now listening to the Sailor Moon theme song and am about to head home for the night. So while today was not an excessively exciting day, I still enjoyed it.