Happy April (What I Did This Summer)
Friday, 2 April 2010 20:14What I did these past two weeks:
- Friday two weeks ago I had my chemistry test. I have since gotten the scores back and I improved my grade by 20 points, bumping up my yearly average by 8 points. Very good news!
- I then switched from general chemistry frenzy to organic chemistry frenzy, especially when I realized I didn't remember half of the material. I was starting to wonder whether I would make it to Passover, since the test was on the first day of spring break, less than a week after the previous test.
- On Sunday I took a break from the studying frenzy, because Ada Yonath was guest speaking at the university, and I couldn't miss it. I thought she was excellent, and I was really glad I'd gone to hear her, but my cousin(-ish) who hadn't gone, heard from her friends that she was terrible. Different strokes? *shrug*
- The organic chemistry test was last Thursday, just over a week ago. Dr. A apparently realized how bad the timing was, since Dr. R's chemistry class in notorious, and his exams even moreso. He gave us a pretty easy test, and I think I did pretty well, although I'm certain I forgot a stage in my E2 reaction diagram. We haven't gotten grades yet, but everyone is hoping for the best.
- Just before Pesach, I managed to slip in my part of the Twelve Angry Men paper.
- I made Greek oven-roasted potatoes for the Seder. They came out very lemony and I will definitely make them again, except next time with more garlic, and in larger cubes (or slices).
- The Seder was excellent and typically raucous. Much fun was had by all. The grownups stayed up until 2 AM or so, I think, but I turned in relatively early to catch up on lost sleep.
- Wednesday and Thursday my brother and I went to Olamot, the Israeli all-purpose SFF con. Went to four panels, met
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marina and friends, got some comics and second-hand books, all around a very satisfactory experience for all. - Got my spring break fluff books. Finished the first, near the end of the second, both were good but mostly not staggering. Working on catching up on my comics, which have been on the fritz delivery-wise since about November.
- Played an ungodly amount of TS3. Almost all of it this afternoon.
