ash wednesday

that was last week, but this week certainly feels like it's turning me into ashes.

a certain jackass (yes, that would be you, david) once told me that things will only get worse. i used to just nod, ignoring what he said, but apparently he was right. accursed you, david, accursed!

demo prep for the friday lecture seems to be running smoothly. i'm starting to get the hang of what i'm doing. now i only need to create a scheme of what should be done when and how. basically the lecture plan. but then again i know that the work cycle is never plan--start--finish, but wait--wait--plan. yes, i'm still a procrastinator at heart, regardless of the fact that i got shit due this friday.

nature proved me wrong twice today. i thought i'm done with all the midterms and can now focus on procrastinating until finals come, but apparently nature doesn't like that. i called kristin this afternoon and she told me that we're having another complex analysis midterm next friday. hold on, i remember the professor said that we're gonna have only one midterm... oh wait, nevermind, he never even mentioned anything about there being a midterm. i guess life is full of surprises when you have your college provost as your teacher. so busy week again next week.

as if that wasn't enough, nature decided to whack me in the face for the second time. i used to always brush off the notion that people kept telling me: "once you go mac, you can't go back." but now that i've had the ibookg4 for two days, i actually like it. i still think the touchpad sucks, but all laptop's touchpad sucks. and osX isn't really that bad, once you get used to it. i'm blogging from the ibook now. maybe i will get a mac for a laptop. that way i get both pc and mac. pc for the desktop and mac for the laptop. the only problem now is the money. anyone?

speaking of money, i got an email while waiting in line to watch the advance screening of constantine. apparently the airport in the ibook still picked up wireless signal from the lecture halls even though i was nowhere near one. the email was from university of minnesota, letting me know that they're accepting me to their summer REU program. transportation cost to and from are covered, lodging and meals expenses are covered, and i get a stipend of $3,500. now i'm contemplating whether i should go or stay in sandiego over the summer. if i stay i might get to do some sort of theoretical project together with dank, but i won't get paid. i'll have to TA to earn myself some money. but if i go... i'll make $3,500 in ten weeks. that's pretty sweet.

uh-oh. i feel the lure of the dark side.