Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes!

%#@&! Blogger ate my post. This would have been longer, I swear.

Thursday was a long day. It seemed to drag on and on and on. Dr. Dekken shed some light on the homework problems I've been attempting, which was good. In Missiles, Dr. Flandro showed us a one-sixth scale model of the Sergeant rocket motor (it had a role in the Explorer I launch) and showes us his book that's signed by Werner Von Braun. Later, we had a roundtable discussion about our designs, and the Superfriends led the way. Gloyer feels like Jeff's design is a little too similar to my design, but no one cares what he thinks. In Viscous Flow, we finally started talking about Poisseuille (pronounced "pah-swee") Flow, which is essentially fluid flowing in a pipe. This is good because its something realistic, which always helps me learn good.

I was going to work out after class, but I felt exhausted. So I took a two-hour nap instead. After some much needed rest and dinner, I banged out 5 of the 6 homework problems that I needed doing for Vakili. After that, I was out like a light again and slept for 8 hours. Yes, I was THAT tired.

Today I got up and went to the lab to do a little bit of work, just one tray. While I was there, they test fired a rocket about 300 feet away from where I was sitting. This marked the second time in a week that a super cool dangerous machine has been test fired without me being notified. I realize now that I failed to mention in my earlier post that they test fired a turbojet engine in the next building over from me on Wednesday - I thought a plane was about to crash very near by until ran outside and saw the grass LAYING DOWN next to the building. Strange sensation. While I was hard at work (mostly writing up homework and babysitting the machine) Dr. Vakili came by to show some people around. I didn't get a good look at them when the headed into the Spin Lab, but Dr. Vakili gave me a weird look. On their way back out, he introduced Heather & I to them. One gentleman was a co-founder of UTSI, the other was a long-time administrator of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. They were a little awe-inspiring. And then Dr. Vakili asked me what I was doing there, it being a Friday and all. Go figure.

I did make it to the gym today, and boy was it a work out. I ran 3.1 miles ( 5 km ) in about 31 minutes, did 15 minutes on the elliptical machine, and did a 10 minute cool-down walk. All in all, I burned about 1,000 calories. Hoo-ah.

Jeff and I did some much needed spring cleaning this afternoon. When there's dust settled on the cleaning supplies, you've got a problem. I'd say the apartment hasn't been this clean since I moved in. Which is sad, albeit true.

During dinner, Jeff and I watched Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! This movie was awfully hilarious, emphasis on both the awfully and the hilarious. Its kind of weird, so don't expect much high-minded humor or plot development. Actually, its kinda dumb. But in a good way. After dinner, I did a little bit more Viscous work, and did some missile brainstorming with Jeff. Once we were done there, we wrapped up the evening by watching Idiocracy, a very smart little satire about the dumbing-down of society. Its from Mike Judge, the creative mind behind Office Space and King of the Hill. On the whole, it was pretty good if a little scary. The premise, like all movies, was a stretch but it was based on some real trends. See Jeff's blog for more detailed rambling. My thoughts: read a book, paint a picture, and turn the tv off.

Jennifer is coming up to visit tomorrow. I can't wait.

Finally, Blogger is dumb because it ate my post. While I was typing this, I tried to check my email at another gmail address, in another browser. Appparently, Blogger doesn't like this.

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