10/6/15

1. Highlight of the day: Lavin welcome back reception. I knew a bunch of people from CS, Ayush, Grant, Anwell, and more, so catching up was fun. I also met some new people, including members of my new "Lavin family", which includes Jamie :) Man, a group of more socially competent and engaged people one could hardly meet. It's so weird. I've been reminiscing lately about many of my friends, philosophers, physicists, super great people, who are lacking that sense of social engagement/confidence. And here's this group of people that embody that very quality. Interesting.
2. Other things that happened today: Turned in math hw after long night of toil. Ferried board games, kettle over to SPS lounge in preparation for Physicists Together. I only had 2 people for Physicists Together (Michael and Devin), but it was fun. Talked to Daven (not Devin), who was prepping for CS midterm. Over lunch, started reading interesting SlateStarCodex post, very dark. End of day: went out for Rick's with Xin, played ping-pong with Xin, Donovan, and a new dude from the very social 1-2 North floor named Reese.
3. :) Spencer

10/4/15

1. Highlight of the day: Went out with Xin and Brandon for Xin's birthday part 2) :) Ate at this crazy Chinese place which served cuisine from Xin's native Sichuan province, then went for some bizarre ice cream and tea-like jelly from "O-Dessert!"
2. Also: lots of grading. Went on run to Gasworks and listened to crazy This American Life about a guy who ran a multi-million-dollar "female pen pal for lonely guys" scam. Listened to World of Goo and Plants vs. Zombies soundtrack on Xin's new speakers.

10/3/15

1. Highlight of the day: Played badminton with like 10 people from the floor!
2. Adversity to handle: Adam, whose teaching style I studied but now am at odds with, tried to scare us into finishing our project faster at the project checkpoint. Very irritating. 
3. Other things that happened today: celebrated Xin's birthday! (Surprised him with a cake. It was great :)) Also: glee club, fun polygamy class. 
4. Life high five to y'all!

10/2/15

1. Highlight of the day: managed to play basketball after the SPS meeting! Hurt my lower back, which is really annoying right now, but it was great. 
2. Other things that happened today: got my grade back on the 334 midterm. It's a strange week when you kill two presentations (Lavin, presentation class) and then score below average on a math test :) The first problem was really easy, and I did it the hard way, and now I'm kicking myself. 
3. Ok, other good things that happened today: SPS meeting was fun, got some grading done, helped Xin with linked list problems. Oh, and I got into Lavin! Overnighter initiation this weekend.

10/1/15

1. Highlight of the day: Awesome hike with the family. Galbraith was amazingly beautiful. Got some philosophical issues I've been having with Math 334 off my chest.
2. Other things that happened: Huskies destroyed Arizona 49-3. Ate delicious french toast. Drove down with parents and ate incredibly good Thai food. (It's been a good food day).

10/30/15

1. Highlight of the day: pwned my 312 midterm. Fast paced exam much like physics last year--used familiar mindset to bust through all the problems in time. 
2. Other things that happened today: SPS halloween party! Watched a really cheesy sci-fi horror movie and played cards. Also, Will worked through a really confusing, interesting problem in 334 section, and I then got to ask him a follow-up question, which was neat. Lastly, bussed back to Bham! So good to be home! Had fun conversations with sisters, Mom, Dad; Secret was super glad to see me.

10/29/15

1. Highlight of the day: went out for Indian food with Peter from CSE after our midterm review. We talked for a long time, very interesting. Peter works for the central network operations department within the UW. His dad sounds like a crazy character, now R&D lead on the Oculus Rift (!). 
2. Other things that happened today: hung out with Siri in the lounge, did math and grading. Ate lunch with Johan. Edited resume, went to career fair because John told me I should talk to a company called Indeed where he'd interned last year.. Got there just before the fair ended, had a short conversation, handed in my new resume. Pretty cool.