In any case, things are still going pretty well... We had Easter break last week, which means that we didn't have class on Thursday and Friday. Since we don't have class on Friday anyways, that just means that the University is closed and I couldn't go use their free internets. Since the ISA office was also closed, same problem there. I did get a 5 day weekend though, since I don't have class on Mondays, so that was nice. I didn't go anywhere, either, partly because I was still trying to get over a cold that I got about 2 weeks ago (I think it's from when I went onto the roof at night in a T-shirt and shorts... gets chilly at night here, especially up on the roof where it's quite windy. That and I'm getting soft). The other part of my reasons for not going anywhere was that it was a vacation for everyone else in the city as well, so the beach and places like that were packed and transportation out was hard to find on short notice. So I spent a long weekend just relaxing and not doing homework (that is, the 2 essays I had to write for this week). Saw Alice in Wonderland in 3D as well... I don't know who all of you has seen it, but I wasn't terribly impressed. It was entertaining, but lacking in some aspects (imho).
On the subject of classes, I think next week should be interesting... I have 3 writing assignments due, and 2 extra classes (to make up for classes that we missed for various reasons). Not too excited about that, but....meh.... It's still less work than I had on a weekly basis the last few semesters (and less class, though that goes without saying). One thing about it though.... I miss math and physics and engineering in general. I miss my engineering classes with their ridiculous homeworks and ridiculous problems that took forever to figure out.... I suppose that's a good thing. I'm just worried that I may have forgotten how to math. I suppose I'll find out in July. Should be fun.
So even though I've been here since February, I still see things that surprise me here about how different things can be.... For example, as I was walking to class this morning, I walked past a spot on the sidewalk which was roped off because of some construction on the building's front. Since the sidewalk was roped off (and they had a truck on the street next to them), there was an area enclosed with cones out into the street for pedestrians to walk around. In the middle of the enclosed area there was a guy with a saw of some kind, which he was using to cut metal bars (like rebar or something like that). When you cut metal, though, there are going to be sparks, probably in copious amounts. Well, this was no different, and this is what was ridiculous... the guy didn't have any sort of canvas backdrop or anything like that. Nothing behind him. Just the street, and the 'pedestrian path' of cones. So there's this spray of sparks flying into the middle of the area where pedestrians would be walking by (not a huge amount, as he was a little ways away, but enough to concern me significantly). Since there didn't seem to be anything else to do, I just quickly walked through, putting my hand up to the side of my head and looking away so as to not experience the privilege of having a red-hot fleck of metal embed itself in my eye. Good times.
