a. Woke
and headed to tutorial. Did the tutorial, then talked to the TAs a bit about
what they were working on, since this was the last tutorial. Good ending.
b. Hung
out in the SPS. Wrote email to Garcia (this was planned with Max) asking if he
would like to come to a after-final celebratory lunch/dinner, and if so, if he
would see fit to send out a class poll to determine the time of the
lunch/dinner and to advertise it. Garcia actually replied later today and not
only is this happening, we’re grilling burgers at CENPA! Read physics
chapter—fascinating stuff on heat engines (general machines that convert
temperature differences into mechanical work), stuff that really everyone
should know and should read about, if they could just get a basic understanding
of entropy and the definition of temperature in terms of entropy (which is
really cool btw). Got into a Facebook chat with Xin about the perennial topic
of whether Xin should share his homework with Brandon. Found my graduation
booklist and sent a copy plus recommendations to Red Mage, who had asked for my
booklist.
c. Went
to Homo Mysterious—last class! Interesting conversation on consciousness.
Barash didn’t define it very well in the book (is it subjective experience? Responsiveness
to stimuli? Having a model of oneself (being self-aware)? These concepts are
not interchangeable J)
but when the issues were raised, Barash showed an acute understanding of these
different categories. I wonder why he chose not to tease them apart. We talked
about other stuff as well; in general, a fun conversation.
d. Ate
lunch with Chase. More good conversation!
e. Went
to Physicists Outside and had epic Flyers Up contest with Jacob J. PhyOut is
starting to feel like a brief, adult Park Day J
f. SPS
meeting. Got my T-shirts! I’m formally an SPS Community Builder now!
g. Went
to short Glee Club meeting. Got the music (Song of Washington) for
Commencement. Held officer elections. I actually ran for the guy who manages
the Facebook, but lost on a tie J
h. Returned
to dorm. Did physics hw.
i. Grabbed
pizza and went to Film Club with Jamie. There was almost nobody there, in stark
contrast to earlier in the year. We watched some goofy student-made films, plus
the end of the Warriors NBA finals game, which was exciting.
j. Returned
to dorm. Logged in to the SPS officers email only to find they have a Slack
account! Dad and I have been talking about Slack, so I was excited to use it. I
invited myself to the “team” from the UWSPS account and made a profile.
k.
Did CSE hw. Took a break and read Karenina. Got
frustrated and read more Karenina. After enjoying a particularly awesome
chapter about the joys of mowing with a scythe, I decided to go to bed early.
Brushed, wrote this log, and crashed.
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