The Fun Starts Now

Classes are officially starting to teach actual new things now that syllabus week(s) is over and we all have been told repeatedly to show up, do work, do well on tests, and not to cheat.
Now the real work begins. Time to get down to business to defeat homework and an increasingly busy schedule. Clubs are starting up again, and so is everything else. I trying something new to help e manage my time. It looks like this:

 I've covered my mirror with post-its so that I know my weekly schedule and can actually see when I'm free and for how long. It's color coded and I see it every day. It would be perfect if I could keep the post-its from falling off... but I'll figure that out.
My classes seem to be really interesting. My MSE professor proved light last class (or more exactly, that light is an electromagnetic wave that perpetuates itself), which was pretty cool. Spanish is almost all talking and not much writing, which is nice, and is the only class I have where girls outnumber guys by any margin. My physics professor is willing to play with bowling balls and basketballs, and it's really cool to see how the equations I learned in high school are derived using calculus (I'm crazy that way). The computer aided design class is pretty much all online, but the TAs are nice and it's fun to learn how to properly doodle electronically - in 3D! Labs haven't started yet, but I'm looking forward to them.
Rube Goldberg has started up again, and now we're down to painting and making it look cool. If you're on Facebook, like this page for pictures, videos, and updates - https://www.facebook.com/uofarube  - and yes,  it gets crazy.
I now have a camera, and as I'm not yet in the habit of remembering I have it, I don't currently have pictures of people yet. I do have friends. Anyway, here's some of the latest pictures from my explorations of the U of A - enjoy.

Beginning of Spring semester

Hello to all my loyal readers. I know it's been a while, but I had a fantastic winter break where I actually got to talk to a lot of you in person. Christmas Eve was awesome, as always, and Christmas week vacation to Ventura was a ton of fun. It was good to relax and see people and be barefoot for a few weeks.
But now it's back to the grind. School is back in session, and I think that this semester is going to be really fun. My wing in my residence hall has rethemed from Hunger Games to Finding Nemo, which is pretty cool, and there has been some room shuffling as people come and go. I'm still where I was which is nice.
I am really excited about my classes this semester. I have been to at least on lecture session of every class I am in, and most of them are going to be a ton of fun. My MWFs have the big lectures on the other side of campus, and my TTh have smaller sections on the near-side of campus (and the foreign professors). All the professors seem nice and open to questions.
I'm still planning on staying involved with Rube Goldberg, SWE, and Hall Council, as well as the musical. I still have plenty of time because most days I'm done with class before noon (the upside of taking on 8 AM class).
As I go through school, I've noticed -

• As I get older, the desks get taller but the writing space is smaller.
• As classes get more advanced, there are way more males teaching than females
• As I get more specialized, classes seem to favor one gender.
• As I meet more people, they seem to get stranger
• As I get out more, I am usually the one saying hi

Side note - I now have a working camera and thus am obligated to actually post pictures. As of next week, I will try to post at least one picture. As of right now, the most exciting picture I have is of one of my shoes. Also, Thursday will still be the day, although I might post random stuff throughout the week if and when I feel like it.
P.S. Click Here to see the Rube machine at the end of last semester. This semester will be for prettifying it and making sure it runs all the way through on its own every time.