Remembering Memorial Day

Today I would like to thank all the people who have fought for this country and our freedom. I spent most of today writing an essay, thinking about my essay, and thinking about writing my essay. Reflecting on all the sacrifices people and families have gone through so I could be sitting here writing this essay, my essay writing problems didn't seem like a big deal at all.

Old Yauger

Returned to a park from my childhood on Mother's Day. What happened to all the rocks my brother and I played in?

Plan of Attack

Today I particiapted in a dodgeball tournament. It was a good time with good people. I also spent some time working on my essay. I have it all sketched out as you can perhaps tell from the picture. Now I just need to write it.

Here We Go

Today I finally started putting words on 'paper' for my essay. Yesterday, I sketched out a plan of action on my whiteboard. Now I just need to focus and continue to chip away at this essay.

Good Game Theorist

Today I learned a lesson in my game theory class. Being a good person and a good game theorist don't usually line up. We played a game where you and a random person in the class were competing for extra points on the midterm and didn't know what the other person was going to do. I chose action y which would benefit both of us equally. The other person, however, chose action z which was purely in their own self interest. It left me with zero points and them with 6. That is what can happen when you try to be a generous person in game theory, you get burned.

Rec Wreck

Today I went to the Rec Center for the first time in quite some time. It is finally starting to hit me that this year is almost over. This makes me sad.

Game Time

Today I got back my Economics quiz. I didn't do well on it. However, it doesn't really matter much grade wise. It does make me very afraid of the looming final though, very afraid.

Same Old

Today is the last Monday with classes of this quarter. It is hard to believe this fact. It also makes me nervous about my essay I need to write because it is going to be due before I know it. It almost seems rigged, but I got the same score on my psychology test for the third time in a row. I should find out how I did on my Economics quiz tomorrow, although I almost always get the same score on that too.

Weekend not Weak

Today is the end to yet another fun weekend. I finally started thinking about my research paper I need to start writing. I also took a nice nap to catch up on sleep. I think it has been a rather productive day so far.

Busy Day

Today has been a busy day. There are a lot of things going on this weekend. Fairly soon, I need to start writing my research paper. I think it can wait though.

Crazy

Today is yet another Friday. I can't believe this quarter is almost over. Not just this quarter, but this school year in fact. Crazy.

Surprised

Today I had a quiz in Economics. The class is progressively getting more difficult, but that isn't too surprising. What was a surprise to me was that I was supposed to register for classes for the fall already. I had no clue. Thankfully, I was able to register for some classes I want/need.

Four More

Today I had a test in psychology. I think it went well. I also found out my professor accidently gave everybody four less points than he meant to on my political science midterm so that was a nice bonus. (It had totalled up to 96 points instead of 100). I like these extra points I have been getting.

Plus One

Today I got back my test in Economics that I resubmitted thinking I deserved more points on a few problems. Perhaps out of pity, I got one extra point. I'm not going to complain. I'll take all the extra points I can get.

Goodness Cake

Today is Monday. I was at four birthday celebrations for three different people over the weekend. It was a lot of fun and a lot of cake. I've had seven pieces of cake in the past three days. That is a lot of cake. I would probably say an unhealthy amount of cake and that two types of cake followed by a piece of pie are not an adequate dinner.

Happy Birthday!

Today is my roommate's birthday. He is the best roommate and friend you could ask for and really puts up with a lot having me as a roommate. Happy Birthday Nathan!

Starting Now

Today has just started, well at least for me. However, I will most likely be busy all day, so if I am going to post something today, it needs to happen now. That being said, I haven't really done anything yet so there isn't really much to say.

Skip Skip

Today I was more tempted than I have been for quite some time to skip my classes. I got to sleep in, so it wasn't really that. Perhaps the nicer weather was a major factor. Also, I wouldn't have missed anything important. That being said, I went to my classes, which is a good thing. Don't skip your classes. It isn't worth it. At least, don't make it a habit.

Double Trouble

Today I finally filled out the application for a camp I would like to work at this summer. I've been putting it off, but I finally took the time to fill it out. Not only that, but when I submitted it the first time something was wrong so it all got erased so I actually filled it all out twice. Maybe that will double my chances.

Frisbee Fun and Done

Today I didn't have my first class. I planned on going running before my class, but I slept in too late. I was able to throw a frisbee around after class which was fun. Sadly, I broke my second frisbee this year, although this time it actually wasn't my fault.

Run Redo

Today I had an Economics quiz. I'm afraid it don't go as well as I hoped. However, it doesn't really matter grade wise and is a nice way to find out what I need to work on for the test. With this nicer weather, I have decided to go running more. So with that in mind, I woke up early enough to study for my quiz and go running before class today. Hopefully, it is something I continue.

Rerun

Today I had plans to wake up earlier than I normally do and go running. However, I was really tired this morning and decided to just sleep in. It was nice and I was able to go running this afternoon. I think I made the right decision.

Mother's Day

Today is Mother's Day. While I don't need a holiday to remember it, I have a great mom. It has been nice to be home this weekend with the family. Today we had a picnic lunch at the park and I also went bowling with my brother. It will be difficult to return to the classroom tomorrow. Happy Mother's Day Mom!

Home Court

Today it was nice to be home. I went running on my old route. We tried out a frisbee golf course. Tonight, we are going to a Mother's Day dinner.

Home Front

Today I had my political science midterm. I really didn't know what to expect and I wasn't quite prepared, so I got up 'early' to study for it this morning. I feel like it went well. After my classes, I got a ride home. It is great to be home with the family. It has been a fun evening.

Excellent Question

Today I have quite a bit of studying I need to get done. An average of 3-4 times per class, my professor says, "now that would make an excellent midterm question" or something along those lines. The class meets 3 times a week and it is week number 5 of classes. This means I have over 50 such possible midterm questions. It is hard to know what I need to know for this test tomorrow.

Cinco de Mustache

Today is Cindo de Mayo. It is also perhaps less widely known as Cindo de Mustache. For that reason, I went to a mustache party. It was fun. We all had mustaches, real or drawn with sharpie. There was good food, a pinata, a reenactment of the Battle of Puebla, and lots of good men with mustaches. This may be one of my new favorite holidays.

Score More

Today I got back my Economic midterm. I've gotten 8/10 on both the quizzes, so true to form, I got an 80% on the midterm. Not too bad, especially considering the tricky nature of some of the questions and their answers. After a curve is applied, the grade is even higher and after my 2.75 points are added, it is even higher.

For the first time that I can remember, I decided to argue I should have gotten more points than I did on a few problems. Usually, I figure it isn't worth it to bicker over a few points. However, he said if we thought we should get more points to write out an explanation and he would look at it. We'll see what happens.

Test Two

Today I had my second test in my psychology class. I honestly didn't put that much work in for the first one, and still got a decent grade. I feel like I put in a bit more work for this test, but probably not by much if that is even true. I feel like I did about the same on this test. I'm just glad it is over. I found out I have a midterm on Friday that I thought was later. Time to get working on that.

Sunday Less Fun Day

Today I had some studying to get done. I studied quite a bit yesterday, so thankfully I already had quite a bit done. Even though it was raining, it was hard to study. There are so many other ways I would rather spend a Sunday afternoon and I had to fit in my Sunday afternoon nap as well.

Prove It

Today I was able to get some studying done. The days isn't over, so there is even the possibility more studying could get done. I also went to the rec center. I played a game of H-O-R-S-E with a friend of mine. I was down and needed to decided who was "going to prove it". If I missed, I lost. If I let him take the shot and he made it, I lost. I decided to take the shot, I missed. Game over. Perhaps I should have put the pressure on him. I'm sure my game theory class would have had something to say about who should have taken the shot.